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Velocity Clinical Research, Huntington Park

California

6011 Pacific Blvd, Suite 116 Huntington Park, CA 90255

(323) 588-1968

Help Make a Difference

By Participating in Clinical Research

People who volunteer to participate in clinical trials are key to the advancement of medical research. Our sites are dedicated to conducting clinical trials with an emphasis on patient care. Our physician investigators and other members of our research teams are extensively trained in different medical subspecialties as well as the complex field of clinical research. We strive to provide our study participants and sponsors a high quality, efficient and care-directed clinical trial experience.

Velocity Clinical Research, Huntington Park

Velocity Clinical Research, Huntington Park, formerly National Research Institute, is part of the Velocity Clinical Research Organization, a wholly owned Site Organization, providing excellence in patient care, high quality data and fully integrated research sites.

Our Mission

Velocity’s mission is to bring innovative medical treatments to patients. We are committed to making clinical trials succeed by generating high quality data from as many patients as possible, as quickly as possible while providing exemplary patient care at every step.

Our Story

Conducting Clinical Trials Over 30 Years

Velocity Clinical Research, Huntington Park founded as the National Research Institute, a five site research network in southern California. Huntington Park offers a wide range of expertise including diabetes, NASH, vaccines, psychiatry, women’s health, and pediatric trials. Huntington Park’s experienced staff maintains high quality standards and enrollment on all their trials.

Located outside of Los Angeles, the Huntington Park site is easily accessible for patients through public transport. The Huntington Park team is bilingual allowing the site to recruit a diverse patient population. The local hospital is located less than a mile away.

The Huntington Park team is committed to being a resource for study volunteers, to providing the highest quality of patient care with compassion and kindness and to advancing medicine through research. By becoming part of the Velocity Clinical Research organization in 2021, they added new efficiencies and integration to their already comprehensive approaches to conducting clinical trials.

Our Experienced Research Team

The Velocity Huntington Park team of physician investigators and clinical research professionals are experienced clinical researchers. All physicians are board certified in their specialty area(s) and all research staff is trained in clinical research regulations, including GCP and HIPAA. Training records and certifications are maintained. Our clinical team is dedicated to conducting quality research in a professional and caring environment and strives on collecting quality data.

Stanley Hsia, MD

Principal Investigator

Dr. Hsia is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, and a Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor with the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology & Metabolism, and is a consultant endocrinologist for the Diabetes Clinic at the Martin Luther King Jr. Multi-Service Ambulatory Care Center. He has also served as a program director for residents and endocrinology fellows, and as a clerkship director for the Drew/UCLA medical students. Dr. Hsia has been conducting clinical research over the past 13 years, including both industry and investigator-initiated trials, and has been funded by grants from National Institutes of Health and the American Diabetes Association. He has also published original research, book chapters, review papers and CME programs on the management of lipid disorders, insulin resistance, and diabetes mellitus.

Tricia Leone, NP

Sub Investigator

Tricia Leon is a Nurse Practitioner having graduated with a MSN from California State University Long Beach. She received a B.S. in Nursing from University of Southern California where she graduated cum laude. Tricia serves as a Sub-Investigator for Velocity in a variety of different therapeutic areas including Metabolic and Cardiovascular Diseases and Women’s Health.

Rosa Bonilla

Site Manager

Rosa is a seasoned leader having more than 20 years of clinical research experience with National Research Institute. Rosa has served many different roles at National Research Institute including as a Clinical Research Coordinator, Project Manager and now as the Site Manager at Velocity’s Huntington Park location. She is a certified Research Coordinator with an extensive list of certifications including GCP, FDA guidelines, CDUs in Diabetes, as well as, EDC certifications across multiple systems.