Welcome to Michigan State University's Office of Clinical Research.  In 2007 the Office of Clinical Research was created in response to the ever-increasingly complex process of clinical research  in a world of more restrictive funding and progressively more stringent regulatory compliance requirements.  We are a university core facility under the Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies that offers a wide range of clinical research support services to faculty and staff of Michigan State University.

Whether you are an investigator who needs support with your clinical research proposals, a patient who may be interested in possible clinical research opportunities, or an industry representative who would like to consider MSU as a site for placement of your clinical research studies, we have services that can meet your needs.

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Our Mission

Our mission is to assist researchers with the development, implementation, management, and completion of industry and government-funded clinical research (i.e., clinical trials, investigator-initiated research, etc.) conducted through MSU and its community partners, to expedite the research administration process, and to facilitate research compliance.
 
The office is supportive in nature, facilitating research through:

1. Providing clinical research support to investigators
2. Serving as the contact point for potential sponsors; linking research opportunities with qualified investigators
3. Ensuring research is conducted in compliance with up-to-date required regulatory and financial guidelines

Current assistance available in a limited capacity before Spring of 2008:

• Mentorship of new study investigators
• Assessment of study feasibility
• Regulatory documentation assistance/direction
• Study budget development
• Contract pre-review assistance
• Assessment of funding mechanisms
• Direction to other sources of university assistance

Future Goals

• Patient recruitment services
• Study coordination support
• Establishing strategic partnerships with community-based health care systems, leading to a network of community resources

What's New

• We've moved!
• New university contact for ClinicalTrials.gov!
• Lansing Community Research Day is coming up in April 2008!