Contact
833 Chestnut Street
Suite 900
Philadelphia, PA 19107
The mission of the Jefferson Clinical Research Institute (JCRI) is to provide a centralized service-line approach to cutting-edge, highly effective and compliant clinical research.
JCRI offers a variety of services designed to promote the successful development, implementation, and management of clinical research at Thomas Jefferson University.
JCRI operates under the leadership of the Executive Director David J. Whellan, MD, MPH, James C. Wilson Professor of Medicine, Associate Provost for Clinical Research at Jefferson, and Associate Dean for Clinical Research at the SKMC.
JCRI Services
Project Development & Management
JCRI Project Development and Management offers services to support Jefferson faculty investigators in all phases of clinical research, including proposal development, protocol implementation, and preparation and dissemination of deliverables. The Project Development and Management group specializes in investigator initiated studies.
- Grant proposal development
- Support for investigator initiated project development
- Project and data management
- Administration of Clinicaltrials.gov
- Preparation and dissemination of deliverables (abstracts, posters, manuscripts)
- Funding announcements
For questions & inquiries, contact Melissa McCarey, MPH, Assistant Director of Project Development & Management.
Training & Education
JCRI Training and Education offers a robust menu of educational opportunities and support for clinical research personnel and investigators, with the goal of ensuring reliable and compliant clinical research. The Training and Education team leverages MyJeffHub and collaborates with all research departments, to connect those performing clinical research with colleagues and essential institutional resources.
- Synchronous, remote conferences:
- The Road Map to Clinical Research at TJU
- Clinical Research Fundamentals
- A Competency Based Approach to Clinical Investigator Responsibilities
- Jefferson Clinical Research Forum
- Self-paced micro learning modules
- Recorded presentations
- MyJeffHub Jefferson Enterprise Clinical Research Community
For questions and inquiries, contact
Kathleen O’Malley BSN, CCRP, Associate Director of Education and Training
Clinical Research Systems
JCRI Systems Team is responsible for implementation, training, and oversight of Clinical Research Systems at Jefferson. This office is responsible for clinical research policies, procedures, and ticket resolution for each of the systems below.
- JeffTrial Clinical Trial Management System
- Greenphire - ClinCard Patient Remuneration System
- EPIC CareLink
- For EPIC CareLink Remote Monitoing requests, please submit a ticket in ServiceNow.
Set up a meeting with a member of the Systems team and you will receive a Teams meeting calendar invite where you will have dedicated time with a Systems team member to ask about JeffTrial, ClinCard, Carelink or any other System related questions. We still require the use of ServiceNow for any access, training, or study build requests.
Clinical Research Systems Resouces
For questions and inquiries, contact
Jefferson Clinical Research Systems Team
Clinical Operations
JCRI Clinical Operations offers services to support our investigators for all types of clinical research, including staffing and managing regulatory compliance. Clinical Operations specializes in industry sponsored trials and also provides as needed coverage for investigator initiated studies.
- Regulatory and IRB management
- RN and Non-RN Study coordinator support (Full time, part time, and as needed coverage for employees on leave)
- Data entry and management
For questions and inquiries, contact
Jeanne Morrison, BSN, RN, CCRP, Director of Clinical Operations
Business Operations
JCRI Business Operations oversees and manages all pre-award and post-award services for clinical research. All Jefferson faculty seeking funding for clinical research are required work through the office of Business Operations to manage grant applications, contracts, budgets, and Medicare coverage analyses.
- Federal grant and Industry contract proposal submission
- Grant administration
- Budget development
- Medicare Coverage Analysis
- Contract Management and invoicing
- Contract and Grant close-out
For questions and inquiries, contact
Ron Polizzi, MBA CRA, Director of Business Operations
Leadership Team
Ron Polizzi, MBA CRA Director, Business Operations |
215-503-2127 |
833 Chestnut St. Suite 900 |
Michael Caggiano Director, Business Operations |
Email 215-503-4746 215-503-2365 fax |
833 Chestnut St. Suite 900 |
Jenny Campbell, MS MBA Assistant Director, Research Billing Compliance |
215-503-4282 |
833 Chestnut St. Suite 900 |
Jeanne Morrison, BSN, RN, CCRP Director, Clinical Operations |
215-503-8954 |
833 Chestnut Street Suite 900 |
Molly Tiedeken Assistant Director, Clinical Operations |
215-503-9980 |
833 Chestnut St. Suite 900 |
Melissa McCarey, MPH Assistant Director, Project Development and Management |
215-503-7417 |
833 Chestnut St. Suite 900 |
Marisa Cinousis, MBA Assistant Director, Clinical Research Systems |
215-503-4070 |
833 Chestnut St. Suite 900 |
Kathy O'Malley, RN, BSN, CCRP Associate Director, Training and Education |
215-503-4079 |
833 Chestnut St. Suite 900 |