Center Overview

The integrated academic health center at the University of Vermont College of Medicine and Fletcher Allen Health Care, its teaching hospital, has contributed to medical research for nearly two centuries. Recently, our academic health center has dramatically increased its clinical research productivity by using innovative methods of recruitment and state-of-the-art technology, evolving into one of the top research centers in the region. In order to meet the needs of our industry partners, our clinical research enterprise is structured with a focus on integrity, promptness, and flexibility, enhanced by the extensive resources of the institution, including the Vermont Children's Hospital, the General Clinical Research Center, the Vermont Cancer Center, the Vermont Lung Center, a dedicated Research Pharmacy, and many other research services. In addition, our outstanding relationship with private practices in the region strongly enhances the recruitment activities of clinical trials.

Clinical Research Experience

As one of the first medical schools founded in the United States, groundbreaking medical research has been a hallmark of the institution for decades. Among the many innovations developed here include a breakthrough new medicine for life-threatening sepsis pioneered by our researchers, and development of new treatments for depression in senior citizens. We are one of only 20 states in the nation to have both a National Institutes of Health-funded General Clinical Research Center, a National Cancer Institute funded Comprehensive Cancer Center. Our long history of excellence in research, teaching, and patient care, coupled with our dedication to attracting quality research projects, ensures that research conducted here will be efficient, effective and completed on time. We are an investigational site with nearly 200 years of clinical research experience in conducting Phase I - IV trials. In addition to study coordination, our staff can provide consulting in protocol development and design, manuscript preparation, and medical writing.

Some of our specialties include:

• Addiction Research and Education
• Asthma, Allergy and Immunology
• Cardiology
• Critical Care Medicine
• Dermatology
• Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
• Emergency Medicine
• Family Medicine
• Food and Nutrition
• Genetics
• Gastroenterology and Hepatology
• Geriatrics
• Hematology
• Infectious Diseases
• Imaging Sciences
• Medical Genetics
• Medical Microbiology and Immunology
• Medical Physics
• Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology
• Nephrology and Renal Disorders
• Neurology and Neuroscience
• Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Oncology
• Ophthalmology and Visual Science
• Organ Transplantation
• Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
• Osteoporosis
• Pathology
• Pediatrics (all sub-specialties)
• Pharmacology
• Physiology
• Preventive Medicine
• Psychiatry
• Pulmonary Medicine - Respiratory Care
• Radiology
• Rehabilitation Medicine
• Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology
• Sports Medicine
• Surgery (all sub-specialties)
• Tobacco Research and Intervention
• Urology
• Vascular Disease

Facility Description

The University of Vermont College of Medicine, in alliance with Fletcher Allen Health Care, is a premier academic medical center in the northeast and one of 125 in the country. Our mission is to improve the health in the communities we serve through compassionate patient care, education and research. The outstanding caregivers at Fletcher Allen - including nationally-renown physicians, specialized nurses and allied health professionals - are committed to providing our patients with only the highest-quality care. The academic medical center takes an active role in participating in finding cures to today's illnesses through medical research and training tomorrow's health professionals. The 562-bed includes more than 40 patient care sites and 100 outreach clinics.

Investigator Experience

Investigator and Staff:

A private, publicly supported integrated health care system, our organization features a medical staff of 700 physicians and a nursing staff of over 1,200 registered nurses. Our clinical research staff has coordinated hundreds of studies for pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry sponsors, foundations, and the National Institutes of Health. We deliver high-quality, accurate results by adhering closely to research protocols. Our experienced study coordinating, recruiting, and research staff is readily available to quickly address questions and to meet with monitors.

Patient Demographics

In this section of the site we invite you to learn more about the University of Vermont College of Medicine and Fletcher Allen Health Care - from our mission and history to our research departments and the communities we serve. Serving a population of more than one million in Vermont, northern New York, and throughout New England, we have an established network to provide us with rapid referrals of new patients so that we may quickly reach your enrollment goals.

Contact Information

Kimberly Luebbers, MSHS, RN, BSN, OCN ®
Director Office of Clinical Trials Research
University of Vermont College of Medicine
Office of Clinical Trials Research
UHC Campus, Arnold 3437
1 South Prospect Street
Burlington, VT 05401
USA
Phone: 802-656-8990
Fax: 802-656-4074
EMail: clinicaltrials@uvm.edu
Web Site: http://www.med.uvm.edu/clinicaltrials

If you are interested in contacting this center to discuss placing a clinical trial there, please complete and send the E-mail form below. A representative from the research center will then follow up with you.