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How to Join a Clinical Trial

Would you like to talk to someone about participating in research at the Clinical Research Center?

• For information about cancer trials, call

913-945-7552

• For information about other trials, call

913-588-0984


JCERT History

The Johnson County Education and Research Triangle is a visionary community and academic partnership that will define the region as a innovator of research, science and technology. The idea, modeled after a North Carolina collaboration, was proposed in 2007 by the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation and the Johnson County Education Research Triangle Advisory Council. In November 2008, voters approved a 1/8-cent sales tax without an expiration date, and it was assessed in April 2009.

The tax is estimated to bring in about $5 million annually for each of the three university-backed entities and will have an economic benefit of more than $1 billion over the next two decades, according the County Economic Research Institute. All revenues collected by the tax can be used only at the universities' Johnson County locations.

The Johnson County Education Research Triangle Authority oversees the funds. The JCERT Authority board conducts audits, yearly reports and is responsible for ensuring that the use of public funds complies with state and local law. The board is comprised of seven elected officials from Johnson County appointed to four-year terms, and each may serve two terms. Board meetings and records are subject to the Kansas Open Meetings Act and the Kansas Open Records Act.

The board members are:

  • Michael Boehm, mayor of Lenexa
  • Ed Eilert, Johnson County Commission chair
  • Carl Gerlach, mayor of Overland Park
  • Terrie Huntington, Kansas state senator
  • C. Edward Peterson, Johnson County commissioner
  • Jon Stewart, Johnson County Community College trustee
  • Sue Storm, Kansas School Board member

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Benefits

KU Clinical Research Center will benefit the entire region.

• For people who are ill and for whom extensive travel is difficult or impossible, having world-class clinical trials here expands their medical options.
• Healthy volunteers who want to help advance medical also have access to these services.
• You or your family may not want to join a clinical trial, but the research here may still benefit you. Treatments and cures discovered through clinical trials could help you or a loved one someday.
• Jobs created at the Clinical Research Center improve the economy of the entire region.