Clinical and Basic Science Expertise

• Nationally known UCLA academic faculty leading programs in multiple disease states including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, stroke, epilepsy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and migraine
• Expertise available in differential diagnosis, imaging, and treatment of neurological diseases
• Collaboration with neuroscientists performing leading edge research in basic brain science

Clinical Trial Conduct

• Well developed clinical populations
• Expertise in patient recruitment
• Community partnership to facilitate trial enrollment
• Expertise in informed consent and institutional review  board (IRB) issues
• Western IRB for industry-sponsored trials
• Good clinical practice (GCP)
• Electronic database specifically designed for clinical trials
• Strategically located center with examination rooms, conference room, administrative offices, monitor visit space, and laboratory with freezer, centrifuge and other equipment

Biomarker Expertise

• Expertise in imaging as a biomarker for clinical trials (magnetic resonance imaging, positron emission tomography)
• Expertise in genetics and pharmacogenomics

Clinical Trial Expertise

• Experienced clinical trialists
• Trial site for multicenter national and global clinical trials
• Experience in database construction and management
• Statistical consultation for clinical trials design and data analysis
• Consultation available for outcome measures, trial instrumentation, and trial design
• Expertise available for membership and construction of data safety and management boards (DSMB)
• Expertise available for advisory boards on Phase I, Phase II, Phase III, and Phase IV trials for drug development
• International Collaborations in drug development (Phase I–IV)