Research & Clinical Trials

Montefiore Medical Center is a vast medical science complex, internationally  recognized as a leader in the forefront of modern health care, research, education and social commitment.

Montefiore has been the University Hospital for The Albert Einstein College of Medicine  and its primary teaching affiliate since 1963. This outstanding association between two of the nation's pre-eminent medical institutions fosters the growth of knowledge by attracting leaders in the world of medicine and by promoting opportunities for basic and clinical research into the mysteries of disease and illness.

For information on  specific  research programs currently underway, please contact the relevant clinical department.

The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs

The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP) facilitates every aspect of the investigator’s research and provides oversight for the following:

• Institutional Review Board for Protection of Human Subjects (IRB), Scientific Review, Risk/Benefit Analysis, Informed Consent Review, Annual Recertification, Adverse Events Review, Amendments Review, Emergency Use Approvals.
• Institutional Animal Care and Usage Committee ( IACUC), Animal Purchases, Housing, Feeding, Cleaning, Disposal, Surgery, Technician Training. To visit the Montefiore IACUC website click here.
• Oversight of Patent Committee, Radiation Safety Committee, and Biohazards Committee.
• Office of Clinical Trials (OCT), Member of Biomedical Research Alliance of New York (BRANY), an academic research organization.
• Facilitating investigators’ work by acting as liaison with funding agencies, including federal, regional, state, foundations, industry and other public and private sources.
• Providing appropriate forms for grant applications including NIH grants application packets. Consulting with grant application budget process.
• Providing new investigator incentive awards.
• Acting as liaison with Legal Affairs.
• Establishing and administering research project accounts for investigators.