Columbia, Missouri 65212
573-882-4894 http://som.missouri.edu/research/ eichelbergerd@health.missouri.edu
University of Missouri Health Care (UMHC) is the largest medical facility in Mid-Missouri, employing more than 6,000 clinicians, scientists, educators, and other healthcare providers. As one of Missouri's premier academic medical centers, it provides highly specialized, multidisciplinary care through an extensive network of hospitals, community-based clinics, and centers of excellence. Its primary academic partners consist of the schools of medicine, nursing, and health professions.
Other features of note include the designation of University Hospital as one of only two Level I trauma centers in the state, the development of Columbia Regional Hospital as the home for women's and children's services (including the Family Birth Center and the Children's Hospital, the region's largest, most comprehensive pediatric facility), the Rusk Rehabilitation Center (a premier facility for physical medicine and rehabilitation), the recent addition of the Missouri Psychiatric Center, and the specialty research functions of Ellis Fischel Cancer Center (Missouri's official state cancer center) and Dalton Research Center (cardiovascular health and nuclear medicine).
Located midway between St. Louis and Kansas City, with outpatient clinics in several communities throughout the region, UMHC is home to the Missouri Telehealth Network (MTN) providing high-quality specialty care to 200 sites in rural Missouri. MTN received the 2003 American Telemedicine Association President's Award for the Advancement of Telemedicine.
Specialties
|
|
Therapeutic Areas
|
|
Sponsors & CRO's/Coordinating Centers
|
|
Office of Clinical Research nurse coordinators, registered nurses with a wide range of clinical experience, are certified by the Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP). All staff are fully trained in compliance issues. Services provided include the management of clinical trials , coordination of IRB and regulatory submissions, budgeting, and recruitment of subjects.
Staff members are also available to perform a variety of clinical services for investigators including:
- EKG and blood pressure monitoring
- Renal diagnostic testing
- Apheresis
- Drug titration
- Doppler studies
- IV infusions/phlebotomy
- CRF data collection and completion
- Patient education
- Coordination of ancillary services such as radiology, nuclear medicine, cardiology testing , and laboratory services
The UMHC system includes five member hospitals, partnerships with 17 area hospitals and health care centers, and numerous community-based clinics serving both urban and rural areas. UMHC serves a diverse patient population seeking primary, secondary, and tertiary services through its institutions, affiliates, and network of clinics.
Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
Dental/Maxillofacial Surgery
Dermatology/Plastic Surgery
Endocrinology
Gastroenterology
Hematology
Immunology/Infectious Diseases
Musculoskeletal
Nephrology/Urology
Neurology
Obstetrics/Gynecology
Oncology
Ophthalmology
Otolaryngology
Pediatrics/Neonatology
Pharmacology/Toxicology
Psychiatry/Psychology
Pulmonary/Respiratory Diseases
Rheumatology
Trauma/Emergency Medicine
The Office of Clinical Research, a fully equipped facility located in the University of Missouri Health Sciences Center, conducts a variety of Phase I' IV clinical trials.. Space is available for monitor visits, meetings with investigators, examination rooms, and storage for records, supplies, and equipment. The OCR is adjacent to the University Hospital and the Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital and thus has access to a broad spectrum of ancillary and laboratory services.
Debbie Eichelberger, RN, CCRC
Manager, Office of Clinical Research,
M746 Health Sciences Center, University of Missouri
1 Hospital Drive
Columbia, MO 65212
USA
573-882-4894
573-884-4779 (fax)
eichelbergerd@health.missouri.edu
som.missouri.edu/research/