Welcome to the Clinical Research Center!

The new UAMS Clinical Research Center (CRC) has a metabolic kitchen and satellite units at the VA Medical Center, Arkansas Children's Hospital, Institute on Aging, Cancer Institute and the Psychiatric Research Institute. This transformed CRC is the Arkansas CCTR's premier resource for supporting investigators and research participants.

The management plan for CRC and its satellite units includes a baseline level of support and a flexible schedule for supporting studies. In addition to providing specialized research space and traditional services such as nursing support, dietary consultation, a metabolic kitchen, biostatistical support, informatics consultation and specialized core laboratories. CRC coordinators are now available to assist in front end protocol development, the regulatory aspects of protocol management, recruitment of research subjects, and other needs as specified by the protocol.

We are excited to be in the planning stages of a ~7,000 sq ft CRC with an adjacent ~5,000 sq ft for CCTR administrative offices. Construction of the new UAMS Hospital will allow current hospital functions to move into the new 550,000sq-ft hospital. UAMS will have excellent space for the CCTR, CRC, and coordinated administrative functions in the previously existing hospital space. This will greatly improve research coordination and integration of CCTR components.   

The CRC Mission

The primary purpose of the CRC is to provide clinical research infrastructure to investigators in human-based research who are funded by the NIH or by federal, state, and local agencies and the private sector.  The Center provides space, staff and other resources to further translational research in Arkansas and acts as a catalyst for collaboration among basic and clinical scientists.

The Center serves as an institutional resource for new clinical investigators to complete pilot studies that may result in extramural funding.  The CRC also provides educational programs and grants in support of new investigators.