Division of Clinical Research Management
Director Amelia T. Nasrallah, MA (513) 558-2226 amelia.nasrallah@uc.edu
Budgets/Contracts Specialist Karen Parker (513) 558-5112 karen.parker@psychiatry.uc.edu	Clinical Research Regulatory Assistant Jennifer Flesch (513) 558-8621 jennifer.flesch@psychiatry.uc.edu
Quality Assurance Associate Kim Whisman (513) 558-5384 kimberly.whisman@psychiatry.uc.edu	Clinical Research Regulatory Associate Jackie Miefert (513) 558-3314 jacqueline.miefert@uc.edu
Website: http://psychiatry.uc.edu/clinicaltrials/ Fax: (513) 558-2661
Address: Clinical Research Management Psychiatric Professional Services, INC* 231 Albert Sabin Way Cincinnati, OH 45267-0559
*A Not-For-Profit Corporation Associated with the University of Cincinnati

Overview

The Department of Psychiatry at the University of Cincinnati College Of Medicine (UCCOM) is dedicated to studying the safety of the neurobiology and phenomenology of novel treatments for psychiatric disorders through ethical clinical research. Globally recognized leaders and experts in psychopharmacology, our clinical research faculty has many years of experience in the conduct of psychiatric research funded by industry, government, and private foundations. In addition to their appointments in the UCCOM Department of Psychiatry, these research investigators are affiliated with University Hospital, Inc., Children's Medical Center, and Summit Behavioral Healthcare.

Current on-going inpatient and outpatient research studies are representative of the varied interests of our investigators and their respective specialized research programs. They have studied many novel treatments that have subsequently been approved for clinical use in geriatric, adult, adolescent, and child populations diagnosed with a variety of psychiatric disorders.

The necessary administrative support for the initiation and conduct of clinical research studies is centralized through the Division of Clinical Research Management (CRM), which provides regulatory and contractual support to investigators. Regulatory support ensures the timely and efficient process of obtaining institutional approval for the clinical research studies. Contractual support ensures the implementation of standardized, contractual language and budgetary considerations, which significantly streamline the clinical research agreement review/approval process for research conducted through PPSI. CRM is responsible for the acquisition of new clinical research studies, and for maintaining a database of the clinical research programs and study-related performance. Federal and foundation studies can also be managed by CRM.

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