Northern California Acute Care Research Network
Northern California Acute Care Research Consortium (NORCARES)
This program connects hospitals and emergency services across Northern California to run clinical trials that could lead to better treatments for people with emergency conditions like stroke, heart attack, breathing failure, blood disorders, and severe injuries.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | University of California at Davis NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Davis, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11285179 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
You would be linked to a network led by UC Davis, Stanford, and UCSF that enrolls emergency patients into carefully run clinical trials. The Hub includes about 30 hospitals and multiple EMS systems across urban and rural areas so trials can reach people from many racial and ethnic backgrounds. In emergency situations, research teams may approach eligible patients or their representatives in the emergency department or in the field to ask about joining studies or donating samples. Joining could offer access to new treatments being tested and help doctors learn how to improve future emergency care.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Ideal candidates are people treated by participating hospitals or EMS for acute neurologic, cardiac, respiratory, hematologic, or traumatic emergencies who meet a trial's specific eligibility rules.
Not a fit: People living outside the participating regions, those with non-emergency or stable chronic conditions, or those who do not meet a study's inclusion criteria would not be eligible to participate.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this network could speed delivery of new emergency treatments and improve survival and recovery for people with serious acute conditions.
How similar studies have performed: The parent SIREN network has previously supported successful multicenter emergency trials, so this hub builds on proven methods for enrolling and testing new emergency treatments.
Where this research is happening
Davis, United States
- University of California at Davis — Davis, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Nishijima, Daniel Kiden — University of California at Davis
- Study coordinator: Nishijima, Daniel Kiden
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.