VUMC CRC Adult Facilities Core

Overview of Services

The Clinical Research Center (CRC) provides facilities and personnel support to conduct research with human subjects in a safe and efficient hospital-based environment. Open 24 hours per day Monday –Friday, and the 1^st and 3^rd weekends of each month, the facilities located in Medical Center North includes 14 inpatient licensed hospital beds and 5 outpatient beds. All inpatient beds can flex for outpatient visits. Additionally, the CRC contains 2 outpatient exam table/phlebotomy rooms, 2 large procedure rooms suitable for infusions for inpatient and outpatient visits, a metabolic kitchen, imaging and stress test resources, and an exercise physiology lab. The CRC is staffed with 20 full-time nurses and 12 technical support staff.

Leadership

Gordon Bernard, MD, Program Director

Kevin Niswender, MD, Medical Director

Lana Howard, BSN, RN, CCRP, Nurse Manager

General Questions:  CRCquoterequest@vumc.org 

Location and hours of operation

Links and Resources

1. https://starbrite.app.vumc.org/maincrc
2. https://starbrite.vanderbilt.edu/funding/resources.html