Clinical Research

Biomedical research is conducted in such diverse areas as aging, arthritis, epilepsy, diabetes, neurobiology of pain, cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, organ transplantation, mechanisms of drug addiction, neurodegenerative diseases (e.g. amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), cancer, AIDS, hepatitis and other infectious diseases.

Over 300 clinical trials, primarly funded by pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, are currently conducted at the Medical Center. California Pacific also has one of the few medical center based programs in the United States in which complementary or alternative medicine approaches to treatment for specific health problems are studied.

Our Clinical Research Programs include:

• Centers for Research in Clinical Excellence (CRCLE)
• Clinical Trials
• Complementary & Integrative Medicine Research
• Da Costa International Funds for Breast Cancer Prevention
• Forbes Norris Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Center
• Mind-Body Medicine Research Group
• Addiction & Pharmacology Research Laboratory (APRL)
• SF Coordinating Center