Why I Built This Site
Friday, October 3rd, 2008In the end, it’s all about the money.
That of course is NOT how I see things and why I have provided this site as a resource for free since its inception in 2004.
I believe that the internet should be a place for everyone to freely exchange ideas and information. Quite frankly, if you don’t want the world to know something, don’t put it on the front page of your website. With that said, it is important to point out that each clinic profile page on my site has been put together using freely available public information and that the embedded web pages primarily showing current studies for a clinic are merely linking to the clinic page which again, is freely available to the public. With the exception of a handful of clinics, I do not receive study information from the clinics.
My site was designed to streamline the process of locating studies and to provide potential volunteers with insight and reminders of what clinical research is all about. This site promotes ethical and responsible behavior by research volunteers as well as serving as a benchmarking tool for clinics to help improve the experience they provide to volunteers. This site will always be free and due to being hosted as an organization website (.org) will always be advertisement free with the exception of raising monetary support via t-shirt sales to help offset webhosting costs.
