Clinical & Participant-Facing
Clinical Research Center
The Clinical Research Center (CRC) at BIDMC provides a wide array of services and facilities to investigators to support the conduct of clinical research projects. Services provided include research nursing; nutrition services; research coordination and project management services; assistance with specimen collection; sample processing, short term sample storage; general outpatient and overnight rooms, and specialty testing labs. Highly skilled CRC clinical and technical staff work with investigators to implement study protocols, ensuring consistent and accurate data collection. CRC staff also work in tandem with other units where research is occurring to provide a high-quality experience for participants and investigators. In addition, the CRC has an active Metabolism & Nutrition Research unit whose services include DXA, anthropometric measurement, indirect calorimetry, weighed meals, diet design, nutrient analysis, nutrition counseling, and education. Specialized research laboratories within the CRC include Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Gait and Movement, and Sleep. Research support may be provided within our research unit or by our staff in other locations in the hospital.
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Director: Janet Mullington, PhD
Phone: (617) 975-7600
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Administrative Director: Michelle Beck
Phone: (617) 975-7600
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Clinical Research Coordinator Core
BIDMC’s Clinical Research Coordinator Core provides investigators with access to administrative support for clinical trials across therapeutic areas. The core is of particular value for smaller trials that do not require a full-time coordinator. Specific services include: assistance with IRB application materials and other IRB documentation; research participant recruitment and retention; assistance at study visits; case report form completion; research sample processing; and maintenance of source documentation.
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Director: Janet Mullington, PhD
Phone: (617) 975-7600
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Administrative Director: Michelle Beck
Phone: (617) 975-7600
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Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation
The Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation provides investigators with access to leading-edge noninvasive brain stimulation technology, including transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and transcranial electrical current stimulation (tCS). Our center specializes in brain-image-guided TMS, combined TMS with lectroencephalography (EEG) and electromyography (EMG), and neuronavigated TMS brain mapping for a variety of research studies.
Capabilities include the assessment of brain-behavioral relations, noninvasive cortical mapping, studies of brain cortical excitability, functional connectivity analysis, and cortical plasticity characterization and modulation in healthy participants and patients with a variety of neuropsychiatric disorders. Services also include basic and advanced training in TMS, customized group training in TMS for single- and multi-site clinical trials, consultation for noninvasive brain stimulation study design, development of novel brain stimulation paradigms, and advice on the design of clinical trials and the establishment of TMS clinics.
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Director: Peter Fried, PhD
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Administrative Director: Alisha Roby
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Scientific Director/Advisor: Mo Shafi
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