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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

Dental Clinical Research Center (DCRC)

Dental Clinical Research Center (DCRC)

The Dental Clinical Research Center (DCRC) is a state-of-the-art center that supports oral health clinical research at UConn Health. The mission is to facilitate clinical research efforts of all faculty, as well as to encourage research collaborations among biomedical fields at UConn Health.

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Contacts

Rajesh Lalla, DDS, PhD

Director of DCRC
lalla@uchc.edu
860.679.8007

Sharon Lewicki, RDH

lewicki@uchc.edu
860.679.4995

Elizabeth Laska, RN, BSN

Nurse Manager
laska@uchc.edu
860.679.1707

Services

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Mentoring

The DCRC, in collaboration with the School of Dental Medicine Research Office, offers mentoring and planning of federal or industry-sponsored grant proposals.  Further consultation related to study design, writing and budgeting is also available.

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Study Coordination and Management

  • Screening/recruitment
  • Informed consent process
  • Study visits
  • Phlebotomy/specimen collection
  • Study medication administration (e.g., PO, IV, etc.)
  • Study coordination
  • IRB submission(s)
  • Regulatory support
  • SAE/AE tracking and reporting
  • Research record chart assembly and maintenance
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Operatory Exam Room Use

Campus Address

L Building, Room LM006
UConn Health

Mailing Address

UConn Health
263 Farmington Avenue
Farmington, CT 06030-3805