Welcome to the Colonial Research Associates Blog

Welcome to the Doug’s blog for Colonial Research Associates. How about a short one to start us off:

I thought that I would have a blog to talk about/vent the craziness of the clinical research business. So it is Thanksgiving week and already they are talking about a crazy, more crazy then normal, travel week. Thank God I am local this week. I am sure one of the many things I will be blogging about is travel. As all CRAs know it is a part of our business but it has been getting worse and worse over the years. I have been traveling weekly since 1993 so you can imagine the changes I have seen. I always had a dream of real remote monitoring…another time.

So how about a bit about me. I am the founder and President of Colonial Research Associates, Inc. I like to say we are a small boutique CRO (Clinical Research Organization) that provides cost effective solutions to small pharmaceutical firms. Check out the web site for more info.

I have also started to do some recruiting, or headhunting like it used to be called. I will have lots to say about that.

So on that note Happy Thanksgiving and I look forward to having you all read about my life running a small CRO and all the other stuff that and life brings with.