Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center last year saw:

• 903,000 emergency room and outpatient visits
  
• 57,000 hospital admissions
  
• 8,000 births

WHY HEALTH RESEARCH ASSOCIATION IS THE PERFECT SMO-LIKE MANAGER FOR YOUR STUDY

Founded in 1947, HRA has decades of experience in managing and reviewing industry sponsored research. HRA manages over 300 research studies per year and has 250 employees.

The HRA Medical Research Group is made up of over 125 selected USC faculty/physicians, many of whom are internationally known. The Group offers researchers in every medical specialty covering any research intensive disease entity. This experience allows HRA to bring a depth of skills to the management of research rarely seen in any other setting.

The HRA/USC IRB meets four times a month, enabling your study to commence quickly and proceed efficiently with careful oversight at every phase.

By assisting researchers with fiscal management, purchasing, human resources, training, clinical oversight and patient recruitment, principal investigators are free to devote more time to scientific study.

HRA provides flexible, efficient administration through its staff of over 250 employees. Located across the street from the campus, HRA is housed in its own building for quick and easy access to the campus.

LAC/USC is Frequently the Nation’s Top Enrolling Site.

Patient Demographics

HRA Currently has studies with the following sponsors:

Therapeutic Expertise Areas

If you would like to search Health Research Association's database of over 400 investigators, please visit the website at http://www.health-research.org.

AIDS/HIV Anesthesiology Cardiology Cardiothoracic Surgery Dermatology Diabetes Emergency Medicine Endocrinology Family Practice Gastroenterology Genetics Geriatrics Hematology Infectious Diseases Liver Diseases

Nephrology Neurology Neurosurgery Obstetrics/Gynecology Oncology Ophthalmology Orthopedics Otorhinolaryngology (ENT) Pathology Pediatrics Physical/Occupational Therapy Preventive Medicine Psychiatry/Behavioral Medicine

Pulmonary Diseases/Critical Care Radiation Medicine Radiology Rheumatology Surgery - Burns Surgery - Cardiovascular Surgery - GI Surgery - General & Trauma Surgery - Plastic Surgery - Thoracic Surgery - Transplantation Surgery - Vascular Urology



Facility Description

Care is given in 7 state of the art medical facilities:

• Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center
  900 bed full service facility

• General Clinical Research Center
  Does 70 studies and treats 3,000 patients per year

• Norris Cancer Center
  Does advanced cancer research

• Doheny Eye Institute
  In nation’s top 10 recipient of NIH grants

• University Hospital
  284 bed research & tertiary care center

• Rand Schrader AIDS Clinic
  Sees 50% of HIV affected people in LA county

• Health Research Association
  Manages 300 industry sponsored studies per year

• Women's and Children's Hospital

  

  Contact Information

  For more information, please contact:

  Kathleen Hurtado
  President & CEO
  USC - Health Research Association
  1640 Marengo St., 7th Floor
  Los Angeles, CA 90033 USA
  Phone: 323-223-4091
  Fax: 323-342-0947
  E-mail:
  

  

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Last updated on June 20, 2008