CTSC | Cores

Clinical Research Units Services (CRUS)

A core group of clinical research administrators help assure the most efficient and effective ways for researchers and clinical trials participants to interact. They coordinate the use of available inpatient and outpatient facilities, resources, and staff across the CTSC partner institutions. Each Partner Institution's clinical unit offers researchers specific services, including a host of laboratory services. To learn more, or to obtain application forms from them, visit these websites: Cleveland Clinic, MetroHealth and University Hospitals.
This Core Resource is focused on creating capacity, opportunity, and a supportive environment for clinical and translational research to be conducted. They provide:

  • A culturally sensitive and welcoming clinical environment for volunteer research participants
  • Inpatient and Outpatient facilities such as research-only overnight rooms, examination rooms, specialized procedure rooms, core laboratories
  • Inpatient and Outpatient services such as metabolic meal preparation, research dietician consultation, human exercise performance measurement
  • Highly trained personnel to carry out research protocols in the hospital, in outpatient medical centers and in other community settings.

Contacts:

Core Resource Leadership

  • Patrick Catalano, MD, Co-Director
  • Serpil Erzurum, MD, Co-Director
  • Jackson T. Wright, Jr., MD, PhD, Co-Director

Contacts for each CRUS site