Welcome!
ALERT Welcome to Pitt’s iLab system, established on 10 August 2024. Pitt’s iLab is integrated into our single sign on system and our billing backends, tying faculty and staff grants to reserved time and services.
As of August 2025, we have 16 shared research facilities online!
Looking ahead, by the end of fall 2025 we will have 30+ shared research facilities in our system, and we will offer training classes for faculty, staff and students at Pitt.
This summer we will update the department of all Pitt employees using a standardized naming convention - please do not modify that field. We are using it to build templates enabling automated reporting.
Please review our new Shared Facilities webpage and the iLab training material available in the “Using Core Facilities” section.
(hide this warning on this page)The University of Pittsburgh Clinical Research Unit (CRU) is an outpatient clinical trials research unit devoted to the study of experimental treatments and tests for HIV infection and its complications. The CRU, previously the AIDS Clinical Trials Unit or ACTU, began conducting HIV/AIDS clinical trials in 1986 and has since acquired broad experience in Phase I-IV studies from NIH, industry, and investigator-driven studies. As a Rustbelt CFAR Core D partner, the Pitt CRU provides rapid access to existing clinical data and repository samples, on-demand acquisition of fresh biologic samples, including hard-to-acquire tissue samples, regulatory support, database development, and community outreach. Personalized services are provided to identify and obtain the most appropriate services for each project. A complete list of services is available on the "Request Services" tab in iLab.
Clinical Sciences Core D is led by Directors Jeffrey Jacobson of CWRU and Sharon Riddler of Pitt.
| Hours | Location |
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Monday-Friday |
3520 Fifth Avenue |
| Name | Role | Phone | Location | |
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| Sharon Riddler, MD |
Director, Clinical Core
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riddler@pitt.edu
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3520 Fifth Avenue Suite 510 Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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| Amanda Saylor, MPPM |
Program Leader, Clinical Core
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ajz13@pitt.edu
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3520 Fifth Avenue Suite 510 Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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