Founded in 1947, Health Research Association (HRA) is an affiliate of the University of Southern California (USC) and provides clinical trial support services to the USC & Los Angeles County Health Science Campus. HRA expertly joins Sponsors and Clinical Research Organizations with internationally acclaimed medical research faculty from all six hospitals in the USC/LA County campus.

HRA delivers flexible, efficient administration through its staff of over 150 employees. HRA supports hundreds of USC Faculty researchers with fiscal management, project staffing, purchasing, contracting, budgeting, project accounting, sponsor/investigator financial reporting, staff development and training, IRB document preparation, study opportunities, proposal preparation/grant writing, and other clinical research administrative tasks.

The Investigational Drug Pharmacy at HRA manages all investigational product tracking, mixing, dispensing and monitoring. HRA can assist investigators with patient accrual and community outreach.

HRA also provides grant support and funding for new investigators who are interested in clinical research but are new to the field.

HRA is dedicated to ensuring the work of the USC Principal Investigators is completed in a timely way while adhering to all the regulations and laws governing human subject clinical research.