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Your First Application to the GCRC
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Copy-Paste —GCRC Resources & Environment
When you prepare applications and publications related to research conducted at the GCRC,
you are welcome to use the following sample wording (amended
appropriately). Additional information may be found on our Copy-Paste
Wording page.
Our productivity is measured in part by the number of publications arising from studies that
use GCRC resources. If your study is supported by the GCRC, we rely on you to
cite our grant in your publications. It impacts our
funding and thus our ability to support your work. Don't forget to send us a reprint too!
(campus mail, Box 356178). Thank you!
Inaugurated on July 1, 1960 , the General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) at the University of
Washington Medical Center is one of the original centers established by the NIH National
Center for Research Resources. The GCRC is funded by the NIH to support hospitalization
and outpatient clinic costs for human research subjects. Research, rather than patient
service, is the primary purpose of admission of a subject to the unit. Since the opening
of the Center, over 1,100 major projects and unique opportunities have been activated by
patient admission involving the participation of approximately 3,300 investigators,
including several hundred postdoctoral research fellows who have been trained in clinical
investigation in this setting. There are over 1,200 publications acknowledging use of the
GCRC in the accomplishment of the investigation.
Space dedicated to the UW GCRC patient care area includes five patient care rooms (a total
of 9 beds) for both overnight and day use; three patient care rooms (a total of 7 recliner
chairs) for day use; a multi-purpose room used for sleep monitoring, blood draws, interviews;
a handicap accessible shower/toilet; a clean utility and medication room; soiled utility and
specimen processing room including short term specimen storage; staff work room; nourishment
room / tray hold area; and a conference room. The unit also houses a body metabolism
laboratory, a research kitchen, and a cGMP manufacturing facility for gene and cell therapies.
Patient safety is of utmost importance. All studies must have receive approval from the
Institutional Review Board (IRB) and the GCRC Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC), a
multidisciplinary body of basic and clinical researchers. The SAC conducts a scientific
review modeled on the NIH review process. A Research Subject Advocate program with an
independent reporting structure ensures that studies place the highest priority on research
subject safety and ethics. Education of health care providers in proper conduct of clinical
research and protection of human subjects is a priority of the unit. GCRC nurses are full time
clinical research nurses who are trained in Good Clinical Practices.
In 2004, the GCRC supported 335 inpatient visits and 3438 outpatient visits, representing a
total of approximately one hundred protocols that were approved through a scientific review
modeled on the NIH review process.
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