The Clinical Trials Office at Rush is committed to fostering industry-sponsored research. Services available for research sponsors include:

Identification of clinical investigators for new studies
The Clinical Trials Office can help to identify qualified Rush investigators with expertise and interest in pursuing a trial devoted to a particular disease, intervention or assessment.

Institutional Review Board
Two Rush Institutional Review Boards (IRB) meet weekly to review protocols involving human subjects. The Clinical Trials Office can assist investigators and companies in meeting the required deadlines.

Clinical trials agreements
Our office will facilitate negotiations and expedite processing of sponsor clinical trial agreements. We have many master agreements already in place.