USC Clinical Research Organization

Office of Research Advancement

USC Clinical Research Organization

USC CRO is the clinical research organization for the University of Southern California and performs various clinical research administration tasks—including contracting, Medicare coverage analysis, budgeting, fiscal management, purchasing, interim project staffing, and research billing compliance.

Moreover, the organization is focused on serving as an effective liaison between industry and the clinical research community, facilitating quick start-ups, developing and enabling strategic partnerships and strengthening relationships between the two by effective communication.

USC CRO delivers these services through highly trained staff and is dedicated to ensuring the work of the principal investigators is completed in a timely manner while adhering to all the regulations and laws governing human-subject clinical research.

Iris Connect: Real-time clinical trial financial information

TRUE: Clinical trial participant registry and study forms

TRUE 2.0: Electronic gateway for the submission, review, approval and tracking of clinical trials and related budgets for research at USC.

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