Clinical Research

Advancing Patient Care Through Clinical Research

Our team supports non-cancer clinical research by guiding clinicians, learners and staff through study coordination, regulatory compliance and project development.

Clinical research supports safe, effective patient care by evaluating treatments, exploring new therapies and improving outcomes. At ThedaCare, research spans provider-led, departmental, specialty, observational and registry-based studies.

What We Do

Coordinate, regulate and monitor studies focused on clinical research
Support exempt human subject research and QI/QA projects
Assist with regulatory and compliance processes
Facilitate provider-led, department, specialty and observational protocols and registries
Manage Humanitarian Use Device protocols and registries

Who We Support

Graduate Medical Education department
Investigators and research staff involved with our clinical research studies
Learners and students
Residents and fellows who contribute to clinical advances through research

Start Your Research Project

Complete the intake survey below to get started with your research project or request support from our team. For other questions or additional research-related inquiries, please email the Clinical Research Office.

ThedaCare Clinical Research Intake Survery

Please complete the following fields with the information available, indicating Unknown as needed.

Full Name(Required)

Department(Required)

Title of Study(Required)

Purpose and goals of the study.

Purpose and goals of the study is unknown.

Unknown

Importance of this research.

Importance of this research is unknown.

Unknown

Outline of research design (Target population and sampling frame – sample size and method of selecting).

Outline of research design is unknown.

Unknown

Proposed timing of study (start and end dates of data collection, dates of proposed communications with subjects, data analysis and timing).

Proposed timing of study is unknown.

Unknown

Plan for analyzing and distributing results.

Plan for analyzing and distributing results is unknown.

Unknown

Funding source as applicable.

Funding source as applicable is unknown.

Unknown

Contact the Clinical Research Office

ThedaCare Clinical Research Office
ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Neenah
130 Second St.
Neenah, WI 54956
920-454-2798
TC.ClincalResearch@thedacare.org

Meet the Team

Jennifer Roberts, MD, MS, FACS

Associate Chief Medical Officer, Trauma and Critical Care
Director, Non-Cancer Research
Contact Dr. Roberts

Lifelong discovery has always been a passion of mine. Encouraged from a young age to ask “why” by my parents (yes, really!), and developed professionally by my mentors as a trauma surgeon, I’ve learned research is far more than just the collection of data. It stimulates critical thinking and demands passion, resilience and dedication. It’s the framework behind innovation that ensures our community receives the care they deserve to live their best lives.
Heather X. Rhodes-Lyons, PhD, DHS, MHS, RT(R)(ARRT)(CT)

Director, Trauma Research Infrastructure and Implementation
Contact Dr. Rhodes-Lyons

I grew up in a rural community where the nearest hospital was a drive and the closest trauma center was a decision. That distance shaped everything I do. Injury does not respect county lines, and neither should the care that follows it. No patient should have a different chance at survival because of the zip code where they were hurt. What brought me to ThedaCare is the conviction that rural and urban systems succeed together. Collaboration across a region is not a courtesy; it is the mechanism by which a patient gets home.
Carolyn Harvey BS, MPH

Manager, Medical Education and Non-Cancer Clinical Research
Contact Carolyn Harvey BS, MPH

Journalism provided the unexpected first step of my journey, igniting the spark that would lead me to advocacy, social services, patient care and, finally, public health and research. A personal belief in lifelong learning supports my love of words and science. These are all the necessary ingredients to fuel clinical investigation, the engine that drives innovation. Who among the curious would not want to be a part of that?