The Emergency Medicine Research Center (EMRC) is located within the Department of Emergency Medicine at Stony Brook University and Medical Center. It was established in order to coordinate the departmental research efforts scanning from bench to bedside.
The EMRC incorporates the personnel, expertise and resources necessary to support successful academic researchers. It includes an experienced director and associate director, and an administrative assistant who coordinates submissions to the Humans Subjects and Animal Care and Use committees as well as coordinates contracts and grants submissions. The center is also supported by two clinical research nurses and a unique Academic Associate program that utilizes undergraduate students to help identify and recruit human subjects into clinical studies. The center has its own full-time statistician, which is extremely valuable to researchers during all phases of research.
The center has received millions of dollars in research funds and has been supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Defense, Office of Naval Research and the Emergency Medicine Foundation. The center also conducts numerous clinical studies that are supported by Industry.
In addition to supporting the Department of Emergency Medicine’s residents and faculty, the center has assisted numerous collaborators from other departments and institutions, serving as a model for other research centers. The center offers research electives and training for undergraduate and graduate students as well as for residents and faculty.
Our Vision: To become the premiere emergency medicine research center in Long Island and the greater NY Metro area.
Our Mission: To create new knowledge that leads to an improvement in the quality of our patients’ lives by performing excellent, state of the art basic and translational research and training future emergency medicine researchers.
The Academic Associate Program
Department of Emergency Medicine
The Academic Associate Program of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Stony Brook University was one of the first of its kind in the US and has served as a model for many similar programs since. This program is comprised of undergraduate students from Stony Brook University who staff the emergency department and screen patients for clinical studies. The program was established to introduce students to clinical research while facilitating patient enrollment in clinical studies in the Emergency Department.
Eligible students include junior (U3) and senior (U4) undergraduate students at Stony Brook University. The program is one of many University externships in which students receive academic credit for life experiences. Students receive one academic credit for participation and are expected to complete weekly four-hour shifts over the course of the semester. Returning students and those who excel have the opportunity to assume increasing responsibility and involvement in ongoing and independent research projects.
Over the last decade hundreds of students have participated in our program. Many students have conducted independent research projects that have been presented at regional and national meetings and published in peer-reviewed medical journals. Graduates of our program have also gone on to successful careers in medicine.
For more information, please contact us at juliana.hise@stonybrookmedicine.edu or call (631) 444-7856.
