The Queen's Medical Center
The Queen's Medical Center, located in downtown Honolulu, Hawaii, is a private, non-profit, acute medical care facility. It is the largest private hospital in Hawaii licensed to operate with 505 acute care beds and 28 sub-acute beds. The medical center has more than 3,000 employees and over 1,200 physicians on staff. Queen's has served Hawaii since 1859 and holds an important place in the history of Hawaii.
Queen's is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) and affiliated with the Voluntary Hospitals of America (VHA). The medical center is also approved to participate in residency training by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.
Research Planning and Development
The department is managed in five main areas:
- Clinical Trials Office
- The primary role of the Clinical Trials Office (CTO) is to support physicians in conducting clinical trials by providing management, nursing, and administrative services.
- Research Business Office
- The Research Business Office (RBO) provides services to investigators in various scopes, some of which are: grant application support, fiscal and administrative support, and clinical trial agreement development & execution.
- Research Regulatory Office
- The Research Regulatory Office (RRO), administrates and supports the Research and Institutional Review Committee (RIRC) and the Animal Care Committee (ACC). In this regard, the group is charged with upholding regulatory policies and procedures for the protection of human and animal subjects.
- Research Support Services
- Research Support Services (RSS) provides pre-research support and post-clinical trial assistance to clinical research investigators. Pre-research support includes all activities to get your clinical trial or chart review, developed, reviewed, and underway. Post-clinical trial assistance would include analyzing and presenting your results.
- Grants Development
- Research administration supports investigators during every step of the development of research grant proposals. They can identify appropriate funding sources, edit grant proposals, and prepare grant applications for investigators.
Contact Information
Dept. Mailing Address:
Research Planning & DevelopmentThe Queen's Medical Center
1301 Punchbowl Street
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
Main Contact Person:
Fran MatsunagaPhone: 808.547.4511
Fax: 808.547.4055
E-mail: fmatsunaga@queens.org
| Name | Function | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruth Aguda-Valenzuela | Research Associate, CTO | rvalenzuela@queens.org | 808.547.4660 |
| Suzanne Akana | Administrative Support, RRO | sakana@queens.org | 808.547.4512 |
| Kathleen Baker, Ph.D. | Biostatistician (Hrs: MWF 4-7pm) | kbaker@queens.org | 808.585.5198 |
| Ivy Dilda | Research Associate, RRO | idilda@queens.org | 808.537.7418 |
| Garret Kawamura | Manager, RBO | gkawamura@queens.org | 808.547.4429 |
| Jennifer Kimbell, Ph.D. | Grant Writer | jkimbell@queens.org | 808.585.5268 |
| Francine Matsunaga | Administrative Support | fmatsunaga@queens.org | 808.547.4511 |
| Vance Mizuba, M.S. | Coordinator, Dept. Info Systems | vmizuba@queens.org | 808.537.7986 |
| Karen Ng, R.N. | Research Nurse, CTO | kng@queens.org | 808.537.7614 |
| Rebecca Ohta, R.N. | Manager, RRO | rohta@queens.org | 808.547.4512 |
| Tina Robertson, R.N. | Research Nurse, CTO | trobertson@queens.org | 808.537.7134 |
| Henry Sweeney | Manager, RSS | hsweeney@queens.org | 808.537.7825 |
| Sam Valeriano | Coordinator, RBO | svaleriano@queens.org | 808.537.7409 |
| Bradley Willcox, M.D. | Director of Clinical Research | bwillcox@queens.org | 808.547.4511 |
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