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Pediatric Research Facilities

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The Pediatric TRU provides nursing care and coordination for research subjects and their families. Care, from infancy through adulthood, is individualized to meet a variety of research needs. Learn More on the Children's Wisconsin Website Request Services

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Services

The Pediatric TRU is located on the 4th floor of the center tower of Children’s Milwaukee campus. You can access the TRU by taking the S elevators to the 4th floor and following the signs to the TRU.

Services offered include:

Research operations and training support - EPIC credentialed research trainer, IRBnet navigation assistance, budget consultation, FDA regulation assistance, and monitoring support for IND/IDE studies.
Nursing support - coordination and study support
IV starts, Investigation Drug Administration, Cellular and non-oncology gene therapy, and phlebotomy - Ability to draw clinical labs at the time of the research draw.
12 Lead ECG support (not reading/interpreting)
Simple lab spinning, storing, and shipping of specimens.
TRU Lab: designated as a BSL 2 lab, the lab contains: refrigerated and standard centrifuge machines, Baker Hood for maximum safety when processing specimens and sterile alliquoting, Linda T. and John A. Mellowes Center for Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine DNA sample pick up site, and all staff are IATA/DOT trained.
All RNs are PALS certified nurses

Request Pediatric TRU Sevices

Please note, we have centralized the requests for services for the service cores listed below. You no longer need to submit a separate request forms for each core, if you are using more than one.

Adult TRU
Pediatric TRU
VA TRU
Community TRU
Mobile TRU
TRU Core Lab
CTSI Clinical Trials Office
Biostatistics
Bionutrition Services

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