Clinical Research Center

The Clinical Research Center (CRC) provides centralized clinical research infrastructure for investigators in multiple disciplines.  The CRC research unit serves pediatric and adult patient-oriented research, including first-in-human studies, mechanistic and integrative physiology, clinical trials, and behavioral studies.  A mobile team of clinical research staff supports investigators with studies conducted at point-of-care sites. The new CRC facility in the Van Etten building features 6 patient exam rooms; a procedure suite for intensive protocols which require multiple blood drawings and close patient observation, staff offices, and a full kitchen where the fasting patients can eat. The facility has patient care staff and laboratory specimen handling personnel 5 days a week. To request usage of the CRC, click hereor speak with Minka Chikolareva directly.


  • The main purpose of the CRC is to provide investigators
  • with an infrastructure for studies of normal and abnormal
  • body function and for investigation of the cause,
  • progression, prevention, control and cure of human disease.
  • Resources available via the Albert Einstein College of
  • Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center CRC include,
  • specialized nursing staff, sophisticated analytic laboratories,
  • MR imaging and spectroscopy, and biostatistical and
  • informatics support.

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Location and Contacts

Clinical Research Center Van Etten Building 4th Floor B Wing; MMC/Moses Research Pavillion 4th Floor
  • Matthew Abramowitz, M.D.
    Program Director
    718-430-8566

  • Elizabeth Castro
    Administrative Director
    718-920-5126

  • Minka Chikolareva, RN,BSN,MS
    Clinical Staff Director
    718-920-5174