By Julie Carrico, MBA, CCRC Right now our site is enrolling patients in Type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease clinical studies. Due to our focus in these disease areas I’ve become more aware of products and services aimed at this patient population. With alarm, I’ve seen advertisements that promise to cure, reverse or completely alleviate […]
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Research Center summer internship guided student on career path
By Lauren Chen The past two summers I have been beyond blessed to have the opportunity to work with the wonderful staff at The Corvallis Clinic Clinical Research Center. Members of the department went out of their way to make me feel like a part of the team, even though I was a high school […]
We take the time to provide care for patients
By Julie Carrico, MBA, CCRC The duration of our clinical studies can range from as short as one day onto three or more years. In the long-term studies we really get to know our patients and likewise, they get to know us pretty well. I’ve had patients bring in their vacation photos to share and […]
Clinic offers metabolic testing
By Lori Dodds, RDN, LD Have you ever wondered how many calories your body needs in order to lose weight? You can eliminate the guesswork as we now offer Metabolic Testing! This simple, 10- minute breath test calculates precisely how many calories you burn as if you were doing nothing but sitting a chair all […]
Longtime Clinical Research Center manager to retire
By Pat Eshleman, RN, BSN, CCRC As I get ready to retire after 45 years of taking care of my community as a health care professional, I look back on a wonderful career filled with sorrow and joy. My career has been peopled with phenomenal co-workers, a lot of family support and most of all […]
