A Welcome Message from the Director
Marion Schwartz, LCSW
Director, Institute for Clinical Research
Thank you for visiting the Institute for Clinical Research (ICR) website!
The primary mission of the ICR is straightforward: To provide the infrastructure necessary to assist investigators and research staff in performing high quality clinical research. The ICR is committed to providing a full range of research services to facilitate and streamline the development, implementation, and successful completion of clinical trials.
Our principal responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Efficient clinical trial contract, budget and grant negotiation, execution, administration for all externally funded, or sponsored clinical trials.
- Expert budget and billing guidance as well as assistance determining study feasibility
- Provision of guidance, tools, templates, and education for clinical trial activity
All of us at the ICR believe our dedicated endeavors and support will promote an expansion of clinical and translational research at Weill Cornell Medical College . We are also confident WCMC will succeed in building on its existing expertise and strengths, advancing our overall status as an internationally recognized clinical and translational research medical college.
This website serves as an information hub and a one-stop-shop knowledge center. You'll find information on the contracting and budgeting processes as well as a large range of user friendly research tools and templates, training, and educational presentations appropriate for the whole Clinical Research Community. Please take the time to peruse our website to see what it has to offer your clinical research group. And of course keep checking back! The ICR along with the ICR website will be growing to meet the WCMC clinical and translational community needs.
If you have any questions regarding your clinical trial contracts or budgets, or questions regarding clinical trial operations, please call, e-mail or stop by our office and speak with one of our knowledgeable specialists. Also, we encourage feedback, suggestions, questions, and comments about our services.
