{"id":3251,"date":"2024-09-06T10:26:39","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T14:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/unccra\/?page_id=3251"},"modified":"2026-03-12T16:27:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T20:27:16","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/unccra\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<script>\n\n    (function($) {\n        $(\"body, html\").addClass(\"heels_full_width_overflow\");\n    })(jQuery);\n\n   <\/script>\n   <div style=\"background-color:#257CB7;\" class=\"full-width-contained whitebackground about section-hero\">\n<h1>About CRA<\/h1>\n<p>We&#8217;re committed to establishing evidence-based knowledge that improves clinical practice and community health.<\/p>\n\n<!-- iframe plugin v.5.2 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"animation\" src=\"https:\/\/lottie.host\/embed\/0826651c-233c-44d8-9c67-38fb8794dc47\/wfUkqEuRYa.json\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" scrolling=\"yes\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"\tcra-tagline\t\">\n\t \n<p>Better<br \/>\nResearch<br \/>\nTogether<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<script>\n\n    (function($) {\n        $(\"body, html\").addClass(\"heels_full_width_overflow\");\n    })(jQuery);\n\n   <\/script>\n   <div style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;\" class=\"full-width-contained whitebackground about who-we-are\">\n\n<div class=\"\ttitle-sub-content title-blue-line\t\">\n\t <div class=\"row who-we-are-row oscitas-bootstrap-container\"><div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-sm-6 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<h2>Who We Are<\/h2>\n<p>The Clinical Research Alliance (CRA) partners with UNC investigators, government agencies, industry partners, and foundations to serve as UNC School of Medicine\u2019s hub for leading and coordinating multi-site clinical trial research.<\/p>\n<p>As both an academic research organization and clinical coordinating center, we leverage the resources and reach of UNC-Chapel Hill and UNC Health to coordinate and streamline the clinical trial process. The Alliance provides an avenue for sponsors to engage the outstanding faculty and facilities at UNC-Chapel Hill and UNC Health.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-sm-6 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4536\" style=\"margin-top: 0.5em\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/unccra\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1352\/2024\/10\/iStock-483265099-1000x762.jpg\" alt=\"Doctors encircling a patient on a wheel-shaped network\" width=\"1000\" height=\"762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/unccra\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1352\/2024\/10\/iStock-483265099-1000x762.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/unccra\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1352\/2024\/10\/iStock-483265099-2000x1523.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/unccra\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1352\/2024\/10\/iStock-483265099-768x585.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/unccra\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1352\/2024\/10\/iStock-483265099-1536x1170.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/unccra\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1352\/2024\/10\/iStock-483265099-2048x1560.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/unccra\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1352\/2024\/10\/iStock-483265099-600x457.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row how-we-work-row oscitas-bootstrap-container\"><div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-sm-6 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4566\" style=\"margin-top: 0.5em\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/unccra\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1352\/2024\/10\/iStock-855467458-scaled-e1729194469433-994x1000.jpg\" alt=\"Shot of a group of medical practitioners analysing patient files together in a hospital\" width=\"994\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/unccra\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1352\/2024\/10\/iStock-855467458-scaled-e1729194469433-994x1000.jpg 994w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/unccra\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1352\/2024\/10\/iStock-855467458-scaled-e1729194469433-768x772.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/unccra\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1352\/2024\/10\/iStock-855467458-scaled-e1729194469433-1527x1536.jpg 1527w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/unccra\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1352\/2024\/10\/iStock-855467458-scaled-e1729194469433-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/unccra\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1352\/2024\/10\/iStock-855467458-scaled-e1729194469433-600x604.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/unccra\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1352\/2024\/10\/iStock-855467458-scaled-e1729194469433.jpg 1709w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 994px) 100vw, 994px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-sm-6 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<h2>How We Work: Collaboration<br \/>\n<em>The<\/em> <em>Carolina Way<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>As one of the preeminent public universities for research, UNC-Chapel Hill is home to leading experts in the fields of medicine, public health, health services, and human subjects research. We owe much of our success to doing things <em>The Carolina Way<\/em> &#8211; a commitment to innovation, collaboration, and sustained excellence that guides all aspects of our work.<\/p>\n<p>The CRA exemplifies this spirit by working to build partnerships across UNC, government agencies, pharmaceutical and biotech companies, research foundations, and community organizations.<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<script>\n\n    (function($) {\n        $(\"body, html\").addClass(\"heels_full_width_overflow\");\n    })(jQuery);\n\n   <\/script>\n   <div style=\"background-color:#4B9CD3;\" class=\"full-width-contained whitebackground about partnerships\">\n\n<div class=\"\tpartnerships-inner title-sub-content title-blue-line\t\">\n\t <div class=\"row  oscitas-bootstrap-container\"><div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<h2>Creating Partnerships<\/h2>\n<p>Located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, the CRA enjoys close proximity to leading academic research centers and more than 300 companies on the cutting edge of technology, biotechnology, and pharmaceutical product development. This enables us to form diverse and impactful partnerships that advance evidence-based knowledge and share research discoveries that improve community health in North Carolina and beyond.<\/div><div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4537\" style=\"margin-top: 0.5em;margin-bottom: 2em\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/unccra\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1352\/2024\/10\/iStock-1302453852-scaled-e1729172696634-1000x1000.jpg\" alt=\"Shot of a group of unrecognisable scientists joining hands in solidarity in a laboratory\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/unccra\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1352\/2024\/10\/iStock-1302453852-scaled-e1729172696634-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/unccra\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1352\/2024\/10\/iStock-1302453852-scaled-e1729172696634-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/unccra\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1352\/2024\/10\/iStock-1302453852-scaled-e1729172696634-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/unccra\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1352\/2024\/10\/iStock-1302453852-scaled-e1729172696634-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/unccra\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1352\/2024\/10\/iStock-1302453852-scaled-e1729172696634-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/unccra\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1352\/2024\/10\/iStock-1302453852-scaled-e1729172696634.jpg 1646w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"row  oscitas-bootstrap-container\"><div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<h4>Patient Partners<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/unccra\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1352\/2024\/10\/UNC-Health-with-Starred-Counties-1000x701.png\" alt=\"UNC Health Map With Starred Counties Where Locations Are\" width=\"1000\" height=\"701\" \/><\/p>\n<p>UNC Health treats and cares for every patient who comes through our doors, regardless of their ability to pay, providing all members of our community with equitable, compassionate, and respectful care across the state of North Carolina. As leaders in research, we are able to provide the latest in evidence-based medicine to our communities. This evidence comes from research, making it important that all populations are represented so that research addresses community priorities and concerns, and research findings apply to those we serve.<\/p>\n<p>The CRA works closely with our clinicians and UNC programs such as <a href=\"https:\/\/tracs.unc.edu\/index.php\/services\/engagement\/engagement-services\">NC TraCS Engagement Services and Patient and Community Engagement in Research (PaCER)<\/a>\u00a0to ensure communities are engaged partners in clinical research, informing research priorities and representing all populations we serve.<\/div><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"row  oscitas-bootstrap-container\"><div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<h4>Global Reach<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"row global-reach oscitas-bootstrap-container\"><div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 oscitas-bootstrap-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3969\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/unccra\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1352\/2024\/10\/ACTG-Logo-Full-Color-e1730229111860-1000x268.jpg\" alt=\"Full logo for ACTG: Advancing Clinical Therapeutics Globally\" width=\"1000\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/unccra\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1352\/2024\/10\/ACTG-Logo-Full-Color-e1730229111860-1000x268.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/unccra\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1352\/2024\/10\/ACTG-Logo-Full-Color-e1730229111860-768x206.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/unccra\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1352\/2024\/10\/ACTG-Logo-Full-Color-e1730229111860-1536x412.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/unccra\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1352\/2024\/10\/ACTG-Logo-Full-Color-e1730229111860-600x161.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/unccra\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1352\/2024\/10\/ACTG-Logo-Full-Color-e1730229111860.jpg 1689w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Through our partnerships provided by the NIAID-funded Advancing Clinical Therapeutics Globally for HIV\/AIDS and Other Infections (ACTG), led by Joseph Eron, MD, our community extends beyond NC, setting standards of care and improving the lives of people with HIV across the globe. Voices for those affected by HIV, hepatitis B, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases (including COVID-19 and mpox) are represented at the national, international, and local levels through ACTG community advisory boards, which supports community outreach, education, and participation in research, and represents community concerns directly to <a href=\"https:\/\/actgnetwork.org\/global-community-advisory-board\/\">ACTG leadership and researchers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;margin: 0\"><a class=\"btn btn-primary btn-lg  oscitas-bootstrap-container\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/actgnetwork.org\/\">View Network<\/a>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"row  oscitas-bootstrap-container\"><div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<h4>Government Partners<\/h4>\n<p>CRA partners with faculty who have long-standing relationships with several of the institutes within NIH. Our staff also has knowledge and experience in working with FDA and meeting its reporting requirements. Beginning Dec 2025, the CRA will serve as the NIAID-funded ACTG Leadership and Operations Center, with Joseph Eron, MD as Chair. The <a href=\"https:\/\/actgnetwork.org\/\">ACTG network<\/a> has enrolled over 47,000 participants, conducted over 3,000 trials in over 60 sites across 4 continents and 15 countries.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"row university-partners oscitas-bootstrap-container\"><div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<h4>University Partners<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"966\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6222\" style=\"height: 100px;width: auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/unccra\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1352\/2026\/03\/University_Signature_CarolinaBlue_Navy_rgb_h.png\" alt=\"Primary logo for UNC Chapel Hill\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/unccra\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1352\/2026\/03\/University_Signature_CarolinaBlue_Navy_rgb_h.png 966w, 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Comprehensive Cancer Center (LCCC)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tracs.unc.edu\/\" rel=\"noopener\">NC Translational and Clinical Sciences (NC TraCS) Institute<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.cscc.unc.edu\/cscc\/\" rel=\"noopener\">UNC Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/osp.unc.edu\/\" rel=\"noopener\">UNC Office of Sponsored Programs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/research.unc.edu\/about\/administration\/\" rel=\"noopener\">UNC Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"row  oscitas-bootstrap-container\"><div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<h4>Research Organization Partners<\/h4>\n<p>By partnering with both Contract and Academic Research Organizations (AROs, CROs), we are able to expand expertise and resources needed to perform clinical research across the state and globe.<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"row research-org-images oscitas-bootstrap-container\"><div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 oscitas-bootstrap-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3971\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/unccra\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1352\/2024\/10\/DCRI_logo.jpg\" alt=\"Logo for Duke Clinical Research Institute\" width=\"2195\" height=\"245\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 oscitas-bootstrap-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3894\" style=\"height: 80%;width: auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/unccra\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1352\/2024\/10\/PPD-Violet-e1729193500501.jpg\" alt=\"Logo for the PPD\u2122 clinical research business of Thermo Fisher Scientific\" width=\"150\" height=\"82\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"row research-org-images 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