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The Core Incentive Plan (CIP) is back for 2025!

CIP is an internal funding initiative administered by UConn OVPR that provides seed funding to faculty from UConn Storrs to be allocated for research projects that specifically engage UConn's world-class diverse core facilities.

Learn more about the CIP

Clinical Core

Clinical Core

The Clinical Research Center (CRC) provides support across the full spectrum of patient-oriented research and is the cornerstone for clinical research at UConn Health. Our staff can provide investigators with the resources they need and help make it easier to get and stay engaged in research. CRC support is available to all UConn Health researchers who have a need for CRC resources and who will conduct clinical research of scientific merit.

Examples of what the CRC Clinical Core can provide are as follows: assistance with preparing IRB submissions, screening and recruitment, conducting study visits, sample processing/storage/shipping, investigational drug administration and informatics.

Studies funded by federal sources, foundations, industry and other sources are welcome. CRC collaborates with UConn Health’s Office of Clinical and Translational Research (OCTR) to navigate the intricacies of budget and contract negotiations as well as the complexities of research financial compliance.

Investigators are encouraged to contact the Clinical Core Nurse Manager to discuss the process for requesting CRC resources and the particular needs of their study. The CRC is dedicated to continuing to foster and optimize clinical research at UConn Health.

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Contacts

Paul Appleton, MD, CCRP

Clinical Research Assistant 3
pappleton@uchc.edu
860.679.3088

Kathleen Curley, BS, RN, CCRP

Research Facilitator
kcurley@uchc.edu
860.679.2633

Slawa Gajewska, MA, BEc, MEc, CCRP

Clinical Research Assistant 3
gajewska@uchc.edu
860.679.2939

Megyn Clement, DA, CCRP

Clinical Research Assistant 3
mclement@uchc.edu
860.679.1751

Catherine Jahne, BSN, RN

Research Assistant 3
jahne@uchc.edu
860.679.1138

Kiara Matias, BS

Clinical Research Assistant 1
matias@uchc.edu
860.679.6080

Elizabeth Laska, BSN, RN

Nurse Manager
laska@uchc.edu
860.679.1707

Sumith Abraham Varghese, MSN, BSN, RN

Research Nurse
abrahamvarghese@uchc.edu
860.679.4903

Sheila Thurlow MSN, RN, CCRP

Research Facilitator
thurlow@uchc.edu
860.679.4637

Heather Vargas, BA, BSN, ADN, RN-BC

Research Nurse
hvargas@uchc.edu
860.679.1658

Services

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Study Coordination and Management

  • Screening/recruitment
  • Informed consent process
  • Study visits
  • Subject Teaching
  • Phlebotomy/specimen collection
  • Investigational drug administration
  • Special testing/procedures
  • Other data collection (e.g. questionnaire administration, assistance with self-administered computerized questionnaires)
  • Study coordination
  • IRB submissions
  • Regulatory binder creation/maintenance
  • SAE/AE tracking and reporting
  • Case Report Form (CRF) design
  • Research record chart assembly and maintenance
  • Medical exam room use
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Phlebotomy/Specimen Collection

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Informed Consent Process

Location

CRC is located in the main lobby of the Connecticut Tower, just past the main Information Desk. Our outpatient facility includes a reception and waiting area, seven exam rooms (one negative pressure), lab specimen processing laboratory (with countertop refrigerated centrifuge), dirty utility room, two in-suite handicap-accessible bathrooms and staff office space.

Campus Address

Clinical Research Center, CM 219
UConn Health

Mailing Address

UConn Health
263 Farmington Avenue
Farmington, CT 06030-3805