Clinical Research
Information for Sponsors
The Internal Medicine Research Department is an Academic Research Site with an established record of successfully completing 100+ of industry-sponsored clinical trials and investigator-initiated clinical trials in research fields such as Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology. This department has experience in Phase I-IV trials and has established itself as a reliable and consistent site providing sponsors with clean data and meeting our recruitment goals 95% of the time.
As recognized experts that provide cutting-edge treatments to neighboring communities, this site has successfully engaged the Greater Tampa Bay area community in research. Our recruitment area covers over six counties with a population of over 3.2 million. The Tampa Bay community is a community rich in diversity – with both family and retirement communities.”
We hope this information will be helpful as you look for qualified investigators for your next clinical trial. We are looking forward to working with you in the future.
Additional Information
Research Capabilities
- Exceeding enrollment requirements is our commitment to quality research.
- Research is conducted in accordance with Good Clinical Practice Guidelines, keeping the highest of ethical standards.
- Experienced clinical research coordinators.
- Full-time regulatory coordinators who facilitate timely start-up of new studies.
- On-site IRB meets weekly for new protocols, expedited review for amendments and informed consent changes.
- Contracted with several central IRB’s for our clinical trials.
Specialties within this Department
- General Cardiology
- Heart Failure
- Interventional Cardiology
- Structural Heart Disease
- Valvular Disease
- Peripheral Vascular Disease
- Vascular Medicine
- Electrophysiology
- Clinical Genetics
Clinical Expertise/Interests
- Hypertension
- Cardio-genetics
- Amyloid Cardiomyopathy
- Congestive Heart Failure
- Coronary Angiographies
- Coronary Physiology
- Nuclear Cardiology
- Aortic valve replacements
- Pathogenesis of cardiac memory
- All types of Cardiomyopathy
- Long QT Syndrome
- Brugada Syndrome
- Cardiac Catheterizations
- Mechanical and laser lead extractions
- Preventative Cardiology and Lipidology
- Statin Therapies and Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
- Device management of devices such as ICDs and CRT’s
- Autonomic modulation of atrial fibrillation
- Idiopathic Ventricular Tachycardia/Fibrillation.
- Complex atrial arrhythmia ablations
- ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarctions
- Structural heart disease interventions
- Patient-specific stem cell modeling of cardiac diseases
- Neuro-cardiac interventions and stroke prevention
- Coronary Heart disease and coronary interventions
- Molecular imaging and nanotechnology as treatment for cardiomyopathy
- Biochemical and functional analysis of disease-linked cardiac genes
- Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia (CPVT)
- Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC/ARVD)
- 3D modeling and printing for structural heart disease interventions
- Cardiovascular disease, Valvular Heart disease, and Cardiac Arrhythmia
- His Bundle Pacing, Biventricular Pacing, Left Bundle Pacing, and Cardiac Resynchronization
- Cardiac Imaging, such as echocardiography, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, and cardiac computed tomography
For More Information
Please contact:
Heather Glunk
Assistant Director of Clinical Research
hglunk@usf.edu
You can also contact any other faculty member mentioned in the Investigators and Staff page.
Office Phone: (813) 259-0671
Fax: (813) 354-4668