Other Volunteer Opportunities

PROVIDING A LINK BETWEEN INDUSTRY AND ACADEMICS

The UK Clinical Research Development and Operations Center (CRDOC) serves as a liaison between clinical trial sponsors and research faculty. We are a resource for sponsors in identifying investigators to conduct trials and assist faculty in searching for trial opportunities in their preferred therapeutic area.

We maintain a research interest database of over 750 researchers with interests in a variety of specialty areas, these including Ph.D. researchers for translational opportunities. .

In addition, the CRDOC provides administrative regulatory and/or operations support to investigators to accelerate study initiation and coordination.

Kentucky’s Health Profile

Kentucky’s top health burdens include high incidences of cancer, metabolic syndrome, and cardiovascular diseases.

Kentucky’s National health rankings:
(Data from United Health Foundation)

• Ranked 37th among the states in overall health

• 28.2 percent of the population smokes, ranked 49th

• 28.7 percent of the population is obese (BMI <30),
ranked 40th

• 3.6 percent have poor mental health outcomes, ranked 38th

Kentucky health outcomes:
• 343.3 deaths/100,000 population (pop.) from cardiovascular disease,
ranked 44th

• 226.2 deaths/100,000 pop. from cancer deaths, ranked 50th

• 9,059 years of life lost/100,000 pop. due to premature death, ranked 42nd

• 8.1 deaths/100,000 pop. from occupational fatalities, ranked 41st

• 113.8 discharges/100,000 pop. for preventable hospitalizations, ranked 49th

For further information and assistance in placing clinical research studies at the University of Kentucky contact Roxane Poskin at (859) 257-7856
or e-mail roxane.poskin@uky.edu.

CDA's may be faxed to 859-257-1563 or e-mailed.