UW ICRC Fact Sheet

About the International Clinical Research Center:

• The ICRC is within the University of Washington, Department of Global Health.
• The ICRC was established in October 2007 to provide the essential framework and coordination for streamlining the implementation of multi-center international infectious disease prevention trials.
• The mission of the ICRC is to expand clinical research trial capacity for infectious disease interventions of public health importance. The ICRC facilitates collaborations; implements observational cohort studies and clinical trial operations; and provides repositories of biologic specimens and reagents for future scientific investigations for pathogenesis and prevention research related to HIV and other infectious diseases.
• The overarching objective of the ICRC is to expand UW capacity to conduct preeminent biomedical prevention and laboratory research investigations and utilize well-designed systems for research trials operations. The areas of focus include:
• clinical trial design and implementation for infectious disease prevention research initiatives, including observational epidemiologic study operations and databases;
• laboratory operations and repositories; and
• training of UW and international investigators in research design and implementation.

Director: Connie Celum, MD, MPH, University of Washington, Professor - Department of Global Health, Professor - Department of Medicine, Adjunct Professor - Department of Epidemiology

Employees: 30+ staff

Headquarters: Seattle, Washington, USA

Research study locations:

• Botswana: Gaborone
• Kenya: Nairobi, Thika, Kisumu, Eldoret
• Peru: Lima
• Rwanda: Kigali
• South Africa: Johannesburg, Soweto, Orange Farm, Cape Town
• Tanzania: Moshi
• Uganda: Jinja, Kampala, Kabwohe, Mbale, Tororo
• USA: Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, New York City
• Zambia: Lusaka, Kitwe
• Zimbabwe: Harare

(as of May 7, 2009)