{"id":6664,"date":"2026-01-20T11:14:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T16:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oor\/?page_id=6664"},"modified":"2026-01-20T11:14:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T16:14:15","slug":"the-clinical-research-alliance-cra","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oor\/research\/the-clinical-research-alliance-cra\/","title":{"rendered":"The Clinical Research Alliance (CRA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/unccra\/\"><strong>Clinical Research Alliance (CRA)<\/strong><\/a> is an academic clinical research organization at UNC\u2011Chapel Hill that coordinates and manages multi\u2011site clinical trials by bringing together experienced faculty, staff, and established institutional partnerships. The CRA provides a streamlined, single\u2011partner approach to overseeing collaborators, vendors, subcontractors, and resources, while leveraging specialized expertise in program management, data management, regulatory affairs, contracting, and business development. Through its network of investigators and clinical sites with proven performance, the CRA supports the conduct of rigorous, high\u2011quality clinical research that transforms discovery into reliable evidence and measurable health outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about on the <strong>CRA website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/unccra\/\">https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/unccra\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h4><strong>CRA Informational Webinar<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The <strong>Clinical Research Alliance (CRA) Informational Webinar<\/strong> provided an overview of the CRA\u2019s mission, structure, and role in supporting innovative, high\u2011quality clinical research at UNC\u2011Chapel Hill. Led by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/unccra\/people\/david-b-peden-md-ms-faaaai\/\">Dr. David Peden<\/a>, Director and Chief Research Officer<\/strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/unccra\/people\/michael-sledge\/\">Michael Sledge<\/a>, Vice President and Chief Business Officer<\/strong>, the session highlighted how the CRA unites leading investigators and expert operations teams to deliver coordinated oversight, resources, and expertise for efficient clinical studies.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/580\/2026\/01\/Clinical-Research-Vision_CRA_UNC-Health_SOM-Webinar.pdf\">Webinar Slides<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/adminliveunc-my.sharepoint.com\/:v:\/g\/personal\/jacross_ad_unc_edu\/IQCldHiG_-pgQrRP0FOyHzz-AR-tp1D6S3yB4ZnCeY6pqW8?nav=eyJyZWZlcnJhbEluZm8iOnsicmVmZXJyYWxBcHAiOiJPbmVEcml2ZUZvckJ1c2luZXNzIiwicmVmZXJyYWxBcHBQbGF0Zm9ybSI6IldlYiIsInJlZmVycmFsTW9kZSI6InZpZXciLCJyZWZlcnJhbFZpZXciOiJNeUZpbGVzTGlua0NvcHkifX0&amp;e=eSQdqV\">Webinar Recording<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Clinical Research Alliance (CRA) is an academic clinical research organization at UNC\u2011Chapel Hill that coordinates and manages multi\u2011site clinical trials by bringing together experienced faculty, staff, and established institutional partnerships. The CRA provides a streamlined, single\u2011partner approach to overseeing collaborators, vendors, subcontractors, and resources, while leveraging specialized expertise in program management, data management, regulatory &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oor\/research\/the-clinical-research-alliance-cra\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Clinical Research Alliance (CRA)\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119700,"featured_media":0,"parent":2243,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-6664","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119700"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6664"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6670,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6664\/revisions\/6670"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/oor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}