Frederic C. Bartter
General Clinical Research Center (GCRC)
What is a GCRC?
In the summer of 1959, the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations recognized the need to expand federal support of clinical studies in health and human disease. The committee recommended that special centers for clinical research be established throughout the country to address the deficit in clinical investigation. Two years later, a nationwide clinical research program was developed by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Funds were released in May 1960 for the establishment of "General Clinical Research Centers". Three months following the announcement, nineteen medical schools responded with requests to form centers.
The Frederic C. Bartter General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) opened in March 1982. This GCRC is situated on the 7th floor, in the Special Diagnostic and Treatment Unit of the South Texas Veterans Health Care Systems, Audie L. Murphy Hospital. This unit represents a unique joint venture between two federal agencies (NIH and the Veterans Administration), and a state agency (The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio).
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