IDCRP Has Points of Presence Around the Country
Headquartered at the Uniformed Services University (USU) in Bethesda, MD, the Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program (IDCRP) is a worldwide network of Department of Defense (DoD) clinical and research centers that have joined together to investigate infectious disease challenges facing the military. With a presence at the largest DoD medical centers, the IDCRP currently includes 10 military hospitals and 10 military research sites. Working in tandem with active duty investigators at each of these sites, the IDCRP has over 100 employees. Participating centers are partners in the IDCRP’s network Infectious Disease Institutional Review Board (IRB) at USU developed to undertake multicentered investigation with only a single IRB review followed by a secondary review at the Pentagon by a TriService Panel at the DoD Health Affairs. At present, there are over 70 active protocols in the IDCRP’s research portfolio.