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Emergency Medicine ResearchUniversity of Virginia

Emergency Medicine ResearchUniversity of Virginia

For researchers

Run a study in the emergency department

The Emergency Medicine Research Office (EMRO) helps investigators across UVA screen, enroll and follow patients in the emergency department.

Request study support Studies we support
Members of the Emergency Medicine Research Office
The Emergency Medicine Research Office team.

Why the ED

Why recruit in the emergency department?

The office’s studies range from crash-injury research to device feasibility and drug trials: all 10 are listed here.

  1. 01

    Patients reach us first

    Coordinators can screen people for a study early in their emergency visit.

  2. 02

    A wide range of patients

    The emergency department sees people and conditions that clinics elsewhere in the health system may not.

  3. 03

    Support beyond enrollment

    The office offers clinical research coordinator (CRC) support, data support and on-call support.

The office

Who you’ll work with

Everyone

Get support

Request study support

Tell us about your study and the support you need: screening and enrollment, data support or on-call support. The research office will follow up by email.

The question, the patients you need to reach, and where the study is (IRB, funding, timeline).

Please don’t include patient names or other identifiers in this first message; we’ll follow up by email.