Clinical Core Services
The CHRP Clinical Core consists of a clinical research nurse and three clinical research coordinators. Services available range from full support for clinical research studies and trials (administer questionnaires, assistance with budget, conduct patient visits, contract, and regulatory documents, IRB applications, recruitment, data/sample collection, and management, etc) to selected assistance (e.g. IRB preparation only).
Clinical Research Core Personnel
Elisabeth Merkel, RN Daphne Nayar Abirami (Abi) Siva Vivian Francisco Research Nurse Research Coordinator Research Coordinator Research Coordinator
- Vacation/sick coverage
- Stanford institutional knowledge
- No hourly maximum or minimum
- Experienced staff, pediatric focused
- Flexible, accurate, and fast
- Guaranteed competence in recruitment, compliance, retention
- Effective management of unexpected problems
REQUESTING CLINICAL CORE SERVICES
Submit a Request for Services Form and study protocol to Mary Chen at machen@stanford.edu or call Mary at 736-9783 for a FREE consultation. See CHRP Application Review Process for a schematic diagram of the overall review process. CHPR Core supports:
1. Federal (NIH) and Other Peer-Reviewed Studies
NIH Sponsored Studies, Foundation and Industry Sponsored Studies that have been peer-reviewed and submitted or awarded. Please submit the Request for Services Form and follow CHRP Instructions for NIH Studies.
2. Non-Peer Reviewed Industry Sponsored or Other Studies
Non-Peer Reviewed Industry Sponsored or other Non-Peer Reviewed studies. Non-Peer reviewed studies must be approved by the CHRP Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC). Please submit the Request for Services Form and study protocol and follow CHRP Instructions for Non-Peer Reviewed Industry Sponsored Studies.
List of Clinical Core Services
Administer questionnaire |
Investigator/site initiation meeting |
Answer queries |
IRB renewal |
Billing oversight |
IRB submission |
Budget consultation |
Monitor visits |
Budget preparation |
Phone visit |
| Conduct patient visits | Prepare visit documents |
Complete case report forms (CRFs) |
Protocol Amendments |
Consent forms preparation |
Patient reimbursement |
Consent Patient |
Record storage |
Coordinate with pharmacy |
Recruitment effort |
Create CRFs |
Recruitment tools |
Data collection/reports |
Report AES, SAES |
Drug accountability |
Schedule visits |
Drug ordering |
Screening |
Enroll |
Specimen handling and shipping |
In-service staff |
Supplies management |
