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More than 70 clinical trials are open and active in UConn Health\u2019s Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. Clinical Research Center<\/a> (CRC), which recently celebrated the origins of clinical trials.<\/p>\n

May 20 is generally accepted within the scientific research community as Clinical Trials Day.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe CRC provides support across the full spectrum of patient-oriented research and is the cornerstone of clinical research at UConn Health,\u201d says research nurse Catherine Jahne, \u201cOur staff can provide investigators with the resources they need and help make it easier to get and stay engaged in research. Our primary mission is to support UConn Health faculty conducting research that supports the National Institutes of Health.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Megyn Clement is a clinical research assistant in the Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. Clinical Research Center at UConn Health. (Photo provided by Catherine Jahne)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One of several departments conducting human-subject research at UConn Health, the CRC is a dedicated space for this purpose, in the main lobby of the Connecticut Tower. It has 19 employees.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe CRC has been a valuable resource for School of Medicine and School of Dental Medicine faculty conducting clinical research since 1994,\u201d says Dr. Victor Hesselbrock, the CRC\u2019s interim director, who\u2019s been involved from Day 1. \u201cIn addition to providing highly trained staff, exam rooms, clinical laboratory assays and administrative support for clinical research at UConn Health, it has also provided a variety of education and training programs (including the Masters Degree in Clinical and Translational Research) for students, staff and faculty over the years. More recently the CRC supported a number of industry and federally funded clinical trials related to mitigating the COVID-19 pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n

Clinical Trials Day recognizes the start of what\u2019s largely considered the first randomized clinical trial, dating back to before the American Revolution.<\/p>\n

The CRC also has an academic component, offering monthly seminars for faculty, staff, residents, and students interested in clinical research.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany research topics have been presented in areas such as outcomes research, statistics, and training, as well as research techniques in molecular biology, exercise physiology, pediatric AIDS, cardiology, cancer, and dentistry,\u201d says Elizabeth Laska, CRC nurse manager. \u201cThe CRC Seminar Series is an approved Continuing Medical Education (CME) activity.\u201d<\/p>\n

The number of active clinical trials changes monthly as studies close and new ones open. See CRC\u2019s current research listing.<\/a><\/p>\n

There\u2019s also a searchable page to find information about other research studies at UConn Health<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As for that very first clinical trial, that\u2019s credited to James Lind, a Scottish physician who, as a ship\u2019s surgeon in the British Royal Navy, on May 20, 1747, randomized sailors into groups in an effort to compare the effects of different treatments of scurvy. Lind published his findings in 1753.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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