The Clinical Trials Research Center (CTRC), located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, with a satellite center in Saint John, New Brunswick, was established in 1992 and is a research organization with expertise in pediatrics, infectious diseases, clinical epidemiology and biostatistics.

CTRC is a research group based in the Department of Pediatrics at Dalhousie University and is affiliated with the IWK Health Centre. CTRC's personnel of medical research scientists, nurses, technicians, administrative support staff, and postgraduate and undergraduate trainees work collectively in various areas related to the conduct of medical research, particularly in the field of infectious diseases, including epidemiological research and clinical trials with drugs and biologics.

Our mission is to characterize the epidemiology of and assess interventions for the prevention, control and treatment of infectious diseases in children, adolescents, adults, and their families.