About Us

Mission

EMMC strives to provide excellent, compassionate primary and specialty healthcare services, and cooperates with others to promote the well being of the people of Maine. The Clinical Research Center shares the mission of EMMC to care for patients, families, communities, and one another. 

Vision

The EMMC Clinical Research Center is multidisciplinary and collaborative, and seeks to enhance EMMC services and patient care. The Clinical Research Center is integrated with current EMMC operations and its Five Pillars of Excellence:  People, Service, Quality, Finance, and Growth.

EMMC’s Clinical Research Center is easily accessible and provides a support system for clinical investigators who have new ideas for clinical research. The experienced professional staff serve as a liaison between clinical investigators and clinical trial sponsors, providing support in all areas of clinical trial budgeting, contracting, management, and operations. The Center also maintains a database of principal investigators in multiple specialty areas, and provides referrals to physicians for research opportunities.

Objective

The objective of the Clinical Research Center is to support, coordinate, and direct sponsored and non-sponsored activities in epidemiological, clinical, behavioral, and outcomes oriented clinical research. The Center enables EMMC providers to pursue independent research by offering, advising, and administering competitive research grants.  It also provides services related to IRB submissions, research SOPs, Good Clinical Practice Guidelines (GCP), contract negotiation, budget preparation, administration of grants, and developing, maintaining and analyzing research data.

Goal

In the end, the Clinical Research Center seeks to contribute knowledge toward good patient care and help to discover better healthcare practices.