The mission of the Center for Information and Study on Clinical Research Participation (CISCRP), a
first-of-its-kind non-profit organization founded in 2003, is to:

• Educate, inform and empower patients, the public, medical and research professionals, the media and policymakers about clinical research participation and what it means to be an active participant   in the process

• Promote greater awareness and understanding of clinical research participation and the role that it plays in public health

• Facilitate more effective collaboration among all members of the clinical research enterprise
  
  
• Provide resources for the research community to better understand the study volunteer