About the General Clinical Research Center (GCRC)
In 2010 the General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) is transitioning to become part of the Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute.
The GCRC at University Park is housed in the Elmore Clinical Research Wing of the Noll Physiological Research Center. The three-story, 14,000 square foot GCRC facility, which opened its doors in the fall of 1998, provides personnel support and facilities for research with human subjects. While the GCRC is based in the College of Health and Human Development and receives significant support from the College, the GCRC aims to be a resource for all investigators from any college or campus who are doing research in human disease and wellness.
Resources currently available include:
- Clinical Services (project consultation with physicians and nurses, physical exams, stress tests, medication administration, all nursing procedures including blood drawing)
- Nutrition Services (food preparation, counseling, diet analysis)
- Study coordination (%FTE of study coordinators available)
- Help dealing with IRBs, including consent form and other document preparation
- Off-site Services (where physically possible GCRC personnel can carry out procedures at remote sites)
- Ancillary Tests (blood tests, etc.)
- Blood, urine and other processing, storage or shipping
- Informatics support
- Biostatistics support
- Bone density measurement (DXA)
- Ultrasound
- Space (various clinical and interview rooms)
If you do not see something that you need, please ask, we will gladly consider adding new services.
To initiate a study using GCRC resources, please contact Susan Eberly, the GCRC Administrative Manager, at sxe1@psu.edu. We are in the process of transitioning to a new Fee-for-Service system - you will soon be able to click here for the current version of the fee schedule, however, during this transition period, please also contact Susan Eberly for updates, changes and services not yet listed.
The GCRC supports investigators funded by NIH and other federal, state and local agencies as well as by pharmaceutical or other biomedical industries.
It is best to contact the GCRC staff if you are planning to apply for external funding for research to be conducted in the GCRC. We will help you make sure that your grant application properly dovetails with GCRC resources and fees.
For purposes of continued support of the Center, we request that you document the use of any of the GCRC contributions in all publications. Please also send us copies of all published manuscripts, articles, or abstracts based on research supported by the GCRC.