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A New Home for Clinical Trials


  
Top photo, courtesy of Thomas Electric, pictures the outside of the new space. The bottom pictures above show, from left to right, tech park signage, the lobby and new lab space.
 

 

A New Home for Clinical Trials

Center for Health Research (CHR) projects that include clinical trials recently moved to the Cal Poly Technology Park. The new location provides easier access to participants and community members alike. The new facilities opened in August just in time for researchers to restart studies that require in-person participation. The space was made possible by Azteca Construction and the Jake Sanchez family and includes an assessment suite with a lab and separate space for blood draws as well as an additional suite for interventionists.

The Technology Park is located on the northwest side of campus and provides a space for technology-based businesses engaging in research and development.

Researchers on the Bisphenol A (BPA) study started using the space this fall, adapting their study to follow strict safety measures approved by the university. The study examines whether oral consumption of BPA — a chemical used to make plastics, cans and other food storage containers — is another contributing factor of type 2 diabetes. Participants, and requires frequent blood draws.

Staff working on Gestational Diabetes Prevention, the WW Registry and BPA studies have currently moved to the Cal Poly Tech Park, some staff remain housed in the Kinesiology & Public Health Offices for now. The majority of staff continues to work from home conducting assessments and intervention visits remotely.

The new facilities were given names inspired by the Oaxacan region in central Mexico.

 

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