Research Facilities
CTSI houses two research facilities-the Masonic Clinical Research Unit for inpatient needs and the Delaware Clinical Research Unit for outpatient needs.
Masonic Clinical Research Unit
MCRU is an inpatient research facility that can accommodate complicated research. It is open 7 days a week, 24 hours a day as needed to support clinical investigation. Its facilities include:
- 10 inpatient beds
- 4 outpatient beds
- specialized rooms for addiction studies
- rooms dedicated to glucose clamp studies
- rooms for human performance studies, with specialized equipment for exercise testing, non-invasive vascular investigation and body composition assessment
Location: MCRU is located on the 2nd floor of the Masonic Memorial Building, adjacent to the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview.
424 Harvard Street S.E.
Masonic 211B
Minneapolis, MN 55455
(612) 624-0104
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Delaware Clinical Research Unit
DCRU is an outpatient research facility for adults and children, including a specialized pediatric unit.
The adult subject-oriented DCRU includes:
- 10 exam rooms
- 5 consultation rooms
- 5 specialized rooms
- sample acquisition room
- small laboratory
- metabolic kitchen
- large conference room for group classes or interventions
- ample parking immediately outside.
Its pediatric-specific facilities includes:
- 12 pediatric exam rooms
- 6 electrically silent rooms appropriate for evoked response potential measurement
- 6 rooms with hidden cameras to allow observation from a different room
- well-equipped sibling waiting room
- investigator workspace.
Location:
717 Delaware Street S.E.
Room 205
Minneapolis, MN 55414
(612) 624-4423
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