The CTA offers the following support to new and existing investigator sites:

Existing Sites

The CTA offers existing sites formal clinical research training for site employees, opportunities to serve as a work site for CTA graduate Apprenticeships, assistance with site visibility and trial enrollment activities, trial pipeline referrals, networking events, and more.

Site Startup

The CTA provides strategic planning, partner introductions, and site startup support to healthcare clinics wanting to explore the business options, potential risks, and opportunities related to offering clinical research as a care option.

The CTA provides the following tuition-free certificate skill-based training courses.

CRC Foundations Course

THis cource provides entry-level tuition free clinical research coordinator “CRC” training in partnership with Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP) for individuals over the age of 18-years residing in West Texas or Southern New Mexico.

NEW Investigator Training

The CTA provides investigator training for experienced physicians and mid-level practitioners (NPs, PAs, PharmDs, PhDs) wanting to become clinical trial investigators.

CHW Clinical Research Training

The Community Health Worker (CHW) “Introduction to Clinical Trials” course teaches CHWs about trials, the importance of trials on healthcare outcomes, effective communication skills, and how to search and refer participants to trials. CHW’s wanting to serve as CTn Ambassadors will also receive “CTn Ambassador Field Training.”

CTA graduates are also eligible to apply and receive paid, on-the-job CRC training at an approved clinical research site in El Paso, Texas. Upon completion of the CTA Apprenticeship program, each apprentice should be well along the way to a rewarding career in clinical research.

CTA Apprenticeships

CTA graduates are also eligible to apply for a CTA Apprenticeships paying $16/hour over 480 hours. CTA Apprenticeships provide our graduates with critical on-the-job training (OTJ) training needed to fully enter the clinical research profession.