Partners Clinical Research Office
Partners Clinical Research Office (PCRO) is responsible for developing, negotiating, and executing agreements and budgets for industry-sponsored clinical research at some entities within the Partners HealthCare hospital system.
PCRO provides these services for Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Faulkner Hospital, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, McLean Hospital and Partners Community Healthcare, Inc. (PCHI).
Click below for a listing of PCRO agreement associates and financial analysts and the departments for which they are responsible.
PCRO agreement associates departmental responsibility list
PCRO financial analysts departmental responsibility list
The mission of Partners Clinical Research Office (PCRO) is to support research and the translation of Partners HealthCare science to the patient bedside.
PCRO offers information on agreements, clinical trial agreements, clinical research support agreements, confidentiality agreements, budgeting for clinical research studies, Medicare coverage analysis, Medicare petitions for device studies, and required forms.
PCRO is dedicated to facilitating collaborations between academic medical centers and industry. These collaborations are beneficial to both parties and continue to result in advances in health care for patients both within and beyond Partners HealthCare.
Links to research efforts at hospitals across Partners HealthCare as well as to Partners’ policies and procedures.
Contact PCRO as soon as you believe that a study is likely to happen (whether or not you have submitted to the IRB) or when an industry sponsor sends any agreement or amendment for signature by the Principal Investigator or the institution.
Innovation and Leadership
Partners leadership is dedicated to developing new and improved methods of care delivery, treatments, and cutting-edge research.
Careers at Partners
"I decided to work for Partners because it is a worldwide leader in medical research programs that seeks to further our current medical knowledge and better the lives of people."
--Cora Cheng-Chong, Research Grants and Contracts Officer, Research Management at Partners HealthCare
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