Overview

The National Institutes of Health established the General Clinical Research Centers Program in 1959 through a Congressional mandate and the first Clinical Research Centers were opened in 1960. Since that time, the program has expanded and changed to reflect the diversity of research interests and scientific needs within the academic research and health care communities. The one thing however, which has remained constant is the mission of the Clinical Research Centers Program.

The primary mission of the General Clinical Research Centers Program is to provide the resources necessary to conduct high quality clinical research. Centers are intended to provide the latest support systems and technical tools for health-related research studies.

The General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) at the University of Colorado, Boulder is located on the Third Floor in the South wing at Wardenburg Health Center. The CU Boulder GCRC is a satellite facility of the Adult GCRC located at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver, which is under the direction of the Program Director, Robert H. Eckel, M.D. The primary objective of the CU Boulder GCRC is to provide an optimal clinical environment for the performance of NIH-funded and investigator-initiated research. However, studies funded by foundations, industry, and other sources are also welcome. Our goal is to provide an environment within which all investigators can perform clinical research in concert with a high standard of quality health care.