Olive View-UCLA Education and Research Institute

What Olive View-UCLA Education and Research Institute does

Olive View-UCLA Education and Research Institute (ERI) is a California-incorporated non-profit corporation founded in 1963 and reincorporated under its current name in 1994. The ERI administers and manages all research conducted at the Los Angeles County Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, operating under contractual relationships with Los Angeles County, the Medical Center's Professional Staff Association (PSA), and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Its purpose is to improve patient-care standards, stimulate scientific contribution by medical staff, strengthen the institution as a training site, and provide facilities and personnel for medical research and education.

The ERI's core services comprise four operational lines: (1) Research Administration, which solicits and accepts contracts and grants from governmental, private, and for-profit agencies and manages award compliance; (2) the Human Research Program (IRB), a centralized Institutional Review Board that reviews all human-subject research at the medical center; (3) Financial Management Services through the ERI Business Office that supports Principal Investigators with day-to-day fiscal management of awards; and (4) compliance training delivered via subscription to the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program) at the University of Miami. Underlying protocol management, submission, review, and oversight is handled through IRBNet, a web-based electronic protocol management system adopted by the ERI effective September 1, 2015.

The ERI's funding model is grant- and contract-based rather than commercial: it does not sell products or services, and pricing is not applicable. Revenue is sourced from research sponsors, with the institute providing the technical and scientific expertise and compliance oversight required by sponsors, including governmental sponsors with stringent regulatory requirements. The customer base is structurally narrow — predominantly Principal Investigators, research staff, and trainees at the affiliated medical center and its three component health centers (Glendale, Mid-Valley Comprehensive, and San Fernando) — with an operating footprint that is regional (California). The organization holds Federalwide Assurance FWA#00000495 with the DHHS Office for Human Research Protections, covering human-subject research across the medical center and its component sites.

Name

Olive View-UCLA Education and Research Institute

Legal name

Olive View-UCLA Education and Research Institute

Website

https://ovuclaeri.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1963

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Olive View-UCLA Education and Research Institute is a California non-profit that administers and manages all human-subject research, IRB oversight, and grant administration for the Los Angeles County Olive View-UCLA Medical Center and its component health centers, serving investigators, trainees, and governmental grant sponsors under a federal FWA.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Research Administration Services

NAICS

Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Research Administration & Compliance (Sponsored Programs, IRB/REB) (EDADAKAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Clinical Research Ethics & Human Subjects Protection Authorities (IRB/REC Oversight) (HLAJACAG)

Keywords

• Clinical research administration
• Institutional review board
• Human subjects research
• Research grant management
• Medical research oversight

Headquarters

HQ city

Sylmar

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Research Contracts and Grants: The ERI solicits and accepts contracts and grants for research and service from governmental, private and for-profit agencies. It provides technical and scientific expertise and manages awards in conformance with terms and conditions of the agencies.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

ERI administers and manages all research conducted at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, including soliciting and accepting contracts and grants from governmental, private, and for-profit agencies and providing fiscal and review services. It operates a centralized Institutional Review Board (IRB) that reviews all human subject research to protect the rights and welfare of human subjects. It also provides financial management services for research awards and access to CITI online research ethics training for compliance certification.

Product overview

The Olive View-UCLA Education and Research Institute (ERI) operates as a non-profit corporation that administers and manages all research conducted at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center. The organization offers three core services: Research Administration Services, which manages contracts and grants from governmental, private and for-profit agencies; the Human Research Program (IRB), which provides centralized institutional review board oversight for human subject research; and Financial Management Services, which supports Principal Investigators with fiscal and review services. The ERI also provides access to CITI Training Program for research compliance certification. These services are coordinated through IRBNet, a web-based protocol management system used for electronic submissions and reviews.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Research Administration Services Administers and manages all research conducted at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, including soliciting and accepting contracts and grants from governmental, private, and for-profit agencies, providing technical and scientific expertise, managing awards in conformance with sponsor terms and conditions, and ensuring compliance with Federal, State, and local government requirements. Targeted at Principal Investigators, sponsors, and research staff at the medical center.
• Human Research Program (IRB)

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Integration1 record

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• IRBNetcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2015Effective September 1, 2015, the ERI began using IRBNet for management, submission, review and oversight of research protocols. Features include electronic document management, web-based protocol sharing, automatic notifications, electronic submissions and reviews, integrated training and credential management, and audit capabilities.
• University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1994The ERI reincorporated in 1994 as Olive View-UCLA Education and Research Institute to reflect the medical center's name change and its closer ties with UCLA. The organization coordinates research activities with UCLA.
• County of Los Angeles/Olive View-UCLA Medical CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe ERI is contractually related to and responsible for coordinating research activities with the County of Los Angeles/Olive View-UCLA Medical Center. Under the ERI agreement with Los Angeles County, it assures proper use of facilities and compliance with Federal, State and local government requirements.
• Professional Staff Association (PSA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe ERI is contractually related to the Medical Center's Professional Staff Association and coordinates research activities with this organization.
• Glendale Health CenterminorOthersComponent health center covered under the ERI's Federalwide Assurance (FWA#00000495) for human subject research conducted by Olive View investigators.
• Mid-Valley Comprehensive Health CenterminorOthersComponent health center covered under the ERI's Federalwide Assurance (FWA#00000495) for human subject research conducted by Olive View investigators.
• San Fernando Health CenterminorOthersComponent health center covered under the ERI's Federalwide Assurance (FWA#00000495) for human subject research conducted by Olive View investigators.
• Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program) at University of MiamicoreTechnology or IntegrationThe ERI subscribes to the CITI Program for all online research-based training. The CITI Program at University of Miami is a leading provider of research education content serving millions of learners at academic institutions, government agencies, and commercial organizations worldwide.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Kinetiq: Commercial IRB division historically linked to Quorum Review, providing IRB services for clinical research sponsors; directly competes with ERI for IRB review mandates on industry-sponsored studies.
• WCG (WIRB-Copernicus Group): Largest independent commercial IRB in the US, offering central IRB services for multi-site clinical research; competes with ERI's IRB function for sponsor-driven single-IRB review work.
• Advarra: Commercial IRB and research services provider (formed via Quorum/IntegReview merger); offers central IRB review and research technology that overlaps with ERI's IRBNet-based IRB service line.
• BRANY (Biomedical Research Alliance of New York): Non-profit IRB and research administration consortium serving multiple hospital and academic sites in the Northeast; closest operating-model match to ERI as a hospital-affiliated non-profit IRB providing centralized review and grants administration.

Emerging players

• Smart IRB: NIH-supported IRB reliance platform that streamlines single-IRB arrangements across institutions; relevant because it embodies the federal single-IRB trend that could either route more work through ERI or away from it.

Others

• Huron Consulting (Research Enterprise): Consulting firm that helps academic medical centers redesign research administration, IRB operations, and grants management; adjacent peer representing the type of outside help institutions engage when scaling or restructuring functions like ERI's.
• Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research (PRIM&R): Professional association advancing ethical research and IRB practice; adjacent peer as the primary community and standards-setting body whose membership and guidance directly shape ERI's IRB operating environment.

Broad incumbents

• USC Office of Research: University-wide research administration and compliance office for USC; comparable in providing central grants, IRB, and compliance services within a major LA academic institution, but at much larger scale.
• Cedars-Sinai Office of Research Administration: Research administration and IRB function for a large Los Angeles academic medical center; analogous operating model to ERI at a larger, private-hospital scale within the same regional market.
• UCLA Office of Research Administration: Central research administration and compliance office for the parent university; comparable in function but at significantly larger scale, and a strategic counterparty that could absorb or compete with ERI's role within the UCLA ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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