Administration

CTRC Administration is responsible for CTRC business management, including operations, personnel, research administration, facilities, and finance. The Administrative Director is accountable to the National Institutes of Health/National Center for Research Resources, for management of the CTRC grant, and operates under NIH and Tufts Medical Center Research Administration regulations, policies, and procedures. The Administrative Director reports to the Principal Investigator, and works with the Co-Directors in running the Department. A Research Administrator assists the Administrative Director with budgetary issues, the monetary management of the Department, and protocol issues. A Study Coordinator is available to assist with clinical trials either in the CTRC or in the investigator’s clinic or research area. The Study Coordinator also assists the RSA and Administrative Director with Regulatory Issues.

The services provided by CTRC Administration include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Assistance with administrative aspects of grant preparation, protocol submission, and budget development
• Assessment, with the Co-Directors, of uses of CTRC resources, responding to the needs of the Clinical Research Community
• Oversight of CTRC databases used for tracking participant visits and admissions
• Oversight of CTRC databases used for tracking participant visits or admissions and the utilization of ancillary services funded by the CTRC
• Billing investigators for ancillary expenditures and miscellaneous services
• The Protocol Review process from submission through SAC approval 

Study Subjects Recruitment Form