Clinic Visits
For research appointments that need to be scheduled in the outpatient/inpatient clinics at CHOA, independent of the patient’s medical appointments, most of the scheduling is done by the hospital schedulers utilizing EPIC. However, it is still the responsibility of the research staff to communicate the specifics of the protocol visit, including timing of the visits scheduled, how long visits are expected to take, complete any paperwork necessary, obtain physician order for lab or special testing that needs to be performed at a given visit. Please see the list of research spaces below:
Research Facilities
- Location: 2015 Uppergate Drive Atlanta, GA 30322:1st Floor, Rooms: 164, 170, 172, and 173
- Hours of Operation: Monday-Friday; 8:00am-5:00pm (after hours visits available upon request)
- Scheduling: Click here to access the online scheduling system.
- Phone: 404-727-4888
- Email: ECC-RU@emory.edu
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- Location: CAP
- Hours of Operation: Monday-Friday; 8:00am-5:00pm
- Scheduling: Visits must be scheduled in CR Assist by at least 48 hours in advance of the visit.
- Phone: 404-785-0400
- Email: PRC@choa.org
Pediatric Research Unit (PRU) – Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
What We Do
The Pediatric Research Unit (PRU) provides a dedicated, child‑focused environment for high‑quality clinical research at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Center for Advanced Pediatrics. Our core mission is to advance clinical and research excellence by meeting the needs of Research investigators by providing a supportive environment for quality clinical research, Research participants by offering exceptional nursing care in a safe environment, and Our community by collaborating to bring new technologies and treatments to the pediatric community.
Our unit includes 4,237 sq/ft of research space with 6 patient rooms, observation and triage rooms, and dedicated coordinator workstations, supported by 7 highly skilled, PALS‑certified staff. We are backed by a 672 sq/ft Research Pharmacy, a Core Research Lab for processing, a Central Lab for real‑time resulting, and a collaborative CCTR lab.
Services & Specialties
We support both outpatient and inpatient pediatric studies by providing protocol review, order set development, roundtables, REDCap build with patient scheduling, full conduct of protocol visits, in‑patient visit staff training and support, phlebotomy‑only visits, EKGs, room utilization, pulmonary function testing, and Mullens testing.
The specialties supported include Allergy, Asthma, Cardiac, Dermatology, Endocrine, ENT, ED/Critical Care, Genetics, GI, Hematology, Hepatology, ID, Laboratory, Metabolic, Nephrology, Neurology, Pulmonology, Rheumatology, Surgery, and phlebotomy‑only studies.
How to Work With Us
We welcome collaborations with new and experienced investigators. To explore PRU support for your study:
- Contact Cheryl Stone, RN, MDiv, CCRP, Clinical Research Manager – cheryl.stone@choa.org
- Contact Michelle Popler, RN, BSN, CCRP, Team Lead Research Nurse – michelle.popler@choa.org
- Or submit your protocol for feasibility review via REDCap:
https://redcap.choa.org/redcap/surveys/?s=K38YM4A7Y7LKM3NY
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- Location: 1405 Clifton Rd, 1st FL
- Hours of Operation: Monday-Friday; 8:00am-4:30pm
- Scheduling: Advanced notification for scheduled patient visits will be provided to the pharmacy as soon as the patient visit has been scheduled. Contact IDS in advance to schedule pharmacy monitoring visits.
- Phone: 404-785-1281
- Email: idsrx@choa.org
Meet the Team
Claudia Morris, MD, FAAP
Center Director for CCTR, Research Director for Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Nodal Principal Investigator for PCARN-SPARC
Sarah Marie Huban, MA, CIP, CHRC
Director, Clinical Trials
Kirsten Williams, MD
Pediatric Director, CTSA
Brian Vickery, MD
Vice Chair for Clinical Research, Professor of Pediatrics Marcus Professor of Pediatric Immunology Chief, Division of Allergy/Immunology at Emory University & Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Jordan Bryant, MPH
CCTR Program Coordinator
Khalel De Castro
ECC-RU Manager