Consistently reviewing new developments and discoveries that could be applied to the treatment of patients with pancreatic cancer and pursuing their clinical evaluation.

Strategic design of clinical protocols.

Planning and coordinating all aspects of clinical trials, for example:

preparation of protocols

centralized IRB management

design of ancillary laboratory studies

design of data collection forms

Design and conduct of preclinical studies.

Establishing contracts with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies and collaborating institutions.

Establishing a bank of properly consented serum and DNA samples.

Centralized communication with investigators.