WSU, Henry Ford Hospital open clinical research center

Wayne State University and Henry Ford Health System have opened a joint venture that promises to enhance clinical research sharing between the two institutions.The Clinical Research Center will be housed in the C.S. Mott Center for Human Growth and Development, next to the Detroit Medical Center’s campus in Midtown. There will be access to medical exam rooms; office space; a large procedure room for conducting intensive and interactive studies; a pharmacy; trained coordinators; and administrative support for university and hospital investigators to conduct clinical and translational research studies in all areas. “We’re trying to make these services available so they can take their inventions to the next step,” says Michael P Diamond, executive director of clinical and translation research at Wayne State University. The center will aid in study design and clinical trial management as well as conducting power calculations and data review as studies progress. Think of it as the place that helps slow-moving or stalled studies to speed up or even get on the fast track with pharmaceutical firms or government research funding.The idea is to increase the volume and quality of clinical and translational research studies while developing the next generation of researchers. Clinical trials will also focus on historically underrepresented minority groups.Source: Michael P Diamond, executive director of clinical and translation research at Wayne State UniversityWriter: Jon Zemke