GCRCGCRCUniv of North Carolina,Univ of North Carolina,

Chapel HillChapel Hill

General Clinical Research Center

Clarence W. Potter,

cpotter@med.unc.edu

MissionMission

… to advance patient oriented research by providing specialized expertise and highest quality care in a professional and user-friendly environment.

We want to make it easy to do research Where else can you show up with nothing more

than an idea, initiative, and do a study? Free services - we draw / process the blood , we

pay for labs, and we build the database I offer to help them write the application

UNC GCRCUNC GCRCOne of the largest centers: ~10,000 outpatient visits a year, 5 minutes to 8

hours ~2,500 inpatient days, 1 day to 72 days ~300 “approved” protocols ~200 “active” protocols Not per-diem center All kinds of protocols – nutrition, cancer, hiv, cf,

hcv, diabetes

Standard OrganizationStandard Organization Nursing (UNC -10 beds, 6 rooms, 18 nurses, 2 phlebotomists) Nutrition – Research Kitchen, Nutrition Education/Assessment,

Anthropomorphic Measurements Core Lab – HPLC, ELISA, Investigator wet lab work space Informatics – Computers, Networks, Databases, Training, New

Technology

AdministrationResearch Subject AdvocateStatisticianEpidemiologist

Not So StandardNot So Standard

Administration – has funds for investigators Body Composition Core Lab – DXA, pQCT,

Activity Monitors, Indirect Calorimetry Training – 5 Doris Duke sponsored Fellows, 3

more by the GCRC, lot of K23 support

Informatics CoreInformatics Core

Director, 1/2 database programmer, 1/2 student ~100 users (GCRC staff and Investigators) ~60 PCs / Laptops 10 printers, 4 scanners File Server (Win2000), Database Server(Win2000/MS

SQL), Web Server (UNIX) Computer connectivity Computer Training (Win, MS Office, Database Mgt, …) Web Development Database Development (Access, SQL) WHATEVER

New Stuff in the WorksNew Stuff in the Works

Cold Fusion server to improve our web access to data capability (especially useful for multi-center)

Additional .5 fte web programmer Teleform to give us scannable forms Wired all I/P and O/P rooms for investigators Video Conferencing

How Can We Help BIRNHow Can We Help BIRN

Hosting applications Hosting storage Assist other investigators in using of BIRN data