EXCEED THE SPACEPROVIDED.The General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) supportsfaculty investigators throughout the School of Medicine in their pursuit of clinical studies judged scientificallymeritorious by the GCRC Advisory Committee and approved by the UCSD Human Research ProtectionProgram. Major areas of investigation include diabetes, pediatric metabolic errors, physiology of sexhormones, pathophysiology of endocrine dysfunction, blood pressure control, hyperlipidemia and heartdisease, sleep physiology and neurochemistry, infectious diseases, pulmonary diseases and cancertreatment. Resources include 8 inpatient beds at the UCSD Medical Center with adjacent Metabolic Kitchen,Informatics Core for biostatistical and computer support, two outpatient rooms and administrative supportspace. A 1100 sq. ft. Core Laboratory is located across the street in the Clinical Teaching Facility. Inaddition to the facilities at the Medical Center campus in Hillcrest, an outpatient facility encompassingapproximately 3000 sq. ft. has been operational since 1984 on the La Jolla campus. As a result of the 15mile distance between the two campuses, a supplemental application to fund scatter beds at the VA MedicalCenter adjacent to the La Jolla campus was funded in 1987 to meet the inpatient needs of investigatorslocated on the La Jolla campus. In April 2000, a satellite facility was funded and opened at the University ofCalifornia Irvine with outpatient resources and a Specialized Human
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