Clinical Research Department

Because of increased funding, and expansion of the Clinical Research Department, a reorganization took place in early 1963. The reorganizers created a separate Psychopharmacology Branch and placed me in charge. 

This Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service is awarded to Dr. Frederick R. Sidell of the Clinical Investigation Branch, Clinical Research Department, Medical Research Laboratory, Research Laboratories, Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland, for exemplary performance of duty during the period from August 1966 to February 1969. 

Meanwhile, a Regular Army lieutenant colonel was now chief of the recently established Psychology Department. He boldly competed for turf with our Clinical Research Department. Some psychologists even tried to preempt occupancy of newly installed padded rooms by simply moving into them, like prospectors staking claims. 

Dr. Seymour D. Silver, front, director of research labs at Edgewood, and his staff, from left Col. Henry T. Uhrig, director of medical research labs Col Joseph R. Blair, deputy director for medical sciences and Lt CoL James Ketchum, chief of the clinical research department, stand in front of one of the buildings that make up the nerve gas capital of America. ... 

Researchers responded to this assignment promptly and vigorously, finishing their report in less than a year. Fred Sidell told me that a truck from Washington DC came empty and left loaded to the gunnels with multiple copies of everything in the Clinical Research Department document library, plus an unknown amount of material from other files. 

Associate Director, Clinical Research Department of Clinical Pharmacology Merck Research Laboratories... 

Design and follow-up of post-authorisation studies shall be the responsibility of the companies medical or clinical research departments. Medical representatives shall not be involved in the studies other than in logistic aspects. 

Verify the shipment of CRFs from clinical research department to the inventory of data management department (Table 26.3). 

Clinical Research Department, Roche Products Limited, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, and Downing College, Cambridge, England... 

Director of Clinical Research, Department of Anesthesia, Lotus Clinical Research, Huntington Hospital, Pasadena, CA, USA... 

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