Welcome to the Research Nurse Core (RNC)
The Clinical and Translational Research Center (CTRC) has two main locations as well as satellite locations. The protocols cover a wide variety of research areas including: HIV, sleep disorders, cholesterol, obesity, diabetes, various cancers, arthritis, hypertension, renal disease, short bowel syndrome, and neonatal and surgical studies as well as new treatments for various diseases. The CTRCs service over 1200 inpatients and over 6000 outpatients a year. Research subjects range from premature infants to the elderly, with the majority of adults being seen at HUP.
HUP Unit - Dulles Building:
- 8 bed inpatient
- 8 chair and 2 bed outpatient unit
- two five-bed sleep labs
- metabolic kitchen
- Scatterbed nursing services in Newborn Nursery - Ravdin Building
UPPMC Unit – 1st Fl Mutch Building:
- 18 treatment beds
- metabolic kitchen
CHOP Units:
- 4 bed inpatient unit – 5 West Main
- outpatient unit with 2 treatment rooms, 4 treatment chairs and a consultation room- Main 7
- Scatterbed nursing services throughout hospital units including the ICUs, ED and operating rooms
SATELLITE UNITS
- University of Pennsylvania Health System, Presbyterian Medical Center
- 3550 Market Street
The CTRCs offer a variety of services, including:
- Phlebotomy
- Intensive pharmokinetics
- Oral glucose tolerance tests
- IV glucose tolerance tests
- Experimental drug monitoring and management
- Patient assessment and monitoring
- Study implementation
- Assistance with protocol start-up
- Teaching
- Laboratory processing
- Laboratory shipping
- Outreach support
- Moderate sedation for subjects receiving bone marrow biopsies (adults only)
- IDS satellite pharmacy (UPPMC unit)
Contact:
The appropriate nurse manager should be contacted prior to submitting a new protocol submission to the CTRC and discussions should continue throughout the start-up process.
| Title: | Staff | Contact |
| Nursing Director, Penn Medicine and CHOP CTRC | Barbara Medoff-Cooper PhD | medoff@nursing.upenn.edu |
| Nurse Manager, HUP CTRC | Lorraine Norfleet MHA, BSN, RN, BS | lorraine.norfleet@uphs.upenn.edu |
| HUP Patient Scheduling: | 215-662-2648 | |
| Nurse Manager, UPPMC CTRC | Rhoda Collick, RN, BA | collickr@gcrc.upenn.edu |
| UPPMC Patient Scheduling: | 215-662-9026 | |
| Nurse Manager, CHOP CTRC | Audrey Kamrin RN, MSN, CRNP | kamrin@email.chop.edu |
| CHOP Outpatient Scheduling: | 215-590-3110 | |