Research and clinical trials
Research team
When it comes to medical research, most people think of test tubes, microscopes and statistics. But in truth, people are at the heart of every medical breakthrough. At Piedmont, we're proud to have some of the best people in the business - visionary medical professionals characterized by expansive thinking, tenacious curiosity and a dedication to the patients they serve.
Leadership
Charles Brown, MD
Terrell Faircloth
Committees
Each therapeutic area is led by a Scientific Review Committee (SRC). The SRC is charged with reviewing all disease-specific research studies performed at a Piedmont Healthcare facility. The primary focus of the SRC is to ensure that studies conducted at Piedmont Healthcare meet the highest scientific standards, complement the needs of our patient population, and sufficient resources are available and allocated to successfully complete the study.
Institutional Review Board
The Piedmont Healthcare Institutional Review Board (PHCIRB) is in compliance with both the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Office of Human Research Protections (OHRP) requirements for IRB registration. The PHCIRB is the local designated committee charged with responsibility to provide robust review, approval, and oversight monitoring of research to ensure the protection of the rights, safety, and well-being of human subjects participating in research. The PHCIRB may review industry sponsored, investigator-initiated, student research, and affiliate research proposals.
Western IRB (WIRB)
WIRB is an independent central IRB that offers the full range of regulatory and ethics review services for research. At Piedmont, WIRB may provide IRB oversight for industry-sponsored studies.
Central Institutional Review Board for the National Cancer Institute
This entity serves institutions conducting NCI sponsored research.
NOTE: Researchers can access either committee above via ORS@piedmont.org.
The Office of Research Services Staff
Medical research is truly a team effort, with an array of necessary tasks and steps that have to come together to pave the way for innovation. Our Research Staff includes a multi-discipline team of medical professionals, scientists and analysts, all working together to make sure our research programs are safe, streamlined, efficient, and above all, focused on helping develop real breakthroughs in medical care.
- Terrell Faircloth, Director of Research Operations
- Ralph Ball, Research Audit Specialist
- Madeline Peyton, CIP, CIM, CCRP, Institutional Review Board Manager
- Michelle Clark, CCRP, Regulatory Analyst
- Shirley Elkins, CIM, Regulatory Analyst
- Shelby Radek, Clinical Research Specialist/Analyst
- Keshawna Sherer, RN, Research Audit Specialist
- Sandra Silas, Senior Medical Technologist