• HOME
  • FEATURES
    • Best Of Cover Shoot
    • Pet Owner’s Stories
    • People
    • Places
    • Issues
    • Remembering
    • Things
    • To Do
  • DEPARTMENTS
    • Finance / Real Estate
      • Financial Articles
      • Top 10 Most Expensive Homes Sold
      • Real Estate
        • Real Estate Experts
        • Articles
    • Attorney Directory
    • Ask the Experts
    • Business
      • Belle Hall Shopping Center
      • Lowcountry Women in Business
      • MP Business
    • Entertainment
      • Golf
    • Fashion & Beauty
    • Food & Drink
    • Giving Back
    • Health & Wellness
      • COVID-19 Articles & Resources
    • House & Home
    • Learning
      • Wando High School
    • Love & Marriage
    • Pets
    • Relax & Retire
  • Read Magazine
  • MORE MAGS
    • Charleston Women 👩‍🏫🏢
    • Lowcountry Cuisine 🧀🍷
    • Best of Mt Pleasant Mag 🏆🏆
    • Charleston Women in Real Estate 👩🏘️
    • MP Business Mag 🏢
    • MP Pets 🐶🐱
    • Charleston Independent School Directory 🏫
    • MP Senior Living 👴👵
    • More Mags
      • IOP Mag
      • SI Mag
      • MP Town Hall Magazine
  • OUR TOWN
    • MP Town Hall
    • MP Town Council
  • DIRECTORIES
    • East Cooper Church Directory
    • East Cooper Fitness Directory
    • Local 2019 CPA Tax Directory
    • Mount Pleasant Apartment Directory
  • SUBSCRIBE

Mount Pleasant Magazine

Mount Pleasant Magazine (Mount Pleasant, SC) informs residents and visitors about people, places and happenings around our area.

Read about Mount Pleasant doctors and dentists on the Charleston Physicians website.
  • Best of Mount Pleasant
    • Best of MP Podcast
    • 2021 Best of Mount Pleasant including Previous Years
    • Best of Mount Pleasant Winner Articles
    • 2021 Best of Mount Pleasant Cover Photo Shoot
    • Best Of Magazines
    • Best Of Videos
    • Best Of Party Photos
    • Best Of Plaques
  • VOICE for MP Podcast
  • Real Estate Podcast
  • Our Winners
  • Advertise
    • Advertise With Us
    • Media Kit
    • Video Testimonials
  • MORE
    • MP Neighborhoods
    • East Cooper Online Network
    • Real Estate Experts
    • Attorney Directory
    • News
    • Contact

Coastal Carolina Research Center

Posted by MPM Leave a Comment

The story of how Coastal Carolina Research Center in Mount Pleasant came to be begins in 1997, when Nancy Dinsmore, RN, was seeking the opportunity to branch off into her own research-based medical practice. She took a leap into the unknown when she and her partner opened a tiny office on Coleman Boulevard. Their objective would be not only to help physicians in private practice learn about potentially new, innovative drugs but also to benefit volunteers in the community who might want to participate in research studies.

 

In 1998, Nancy brought friend and distinguished physician Dr. Cindy Strout aboard to help run the Coleman Boulevard research office.

 

“I can remember those days,” said Dr. Strout. “Our first ever study was osteoarthritis.”

 

Since then, Coastal Carolina Research Center has conducted more than 400 studies on subjects ranging from binge eating to migraine headaches at its present location on Bowman Road and has become a locally-owned small business success story. Research Director Nathan Morton struggles with the common misconception that medical research facilities are labs that test drugs on “human guinea pigs.”

 

“It doesn’t matter your social or economic status. Everyone, people from all walks of life, may volunteer to help expand medical research,” Nathan explained. “Furthermore, guinea pigs don’t get to choose. Every volunteer who walks through our doors is making their own choice, of their own free will. And in doing so, they may potentially benefit persons around the world who one day may have a better, more healthy quality of life because they chose to participate in a medical research study.”

 

“So if my uncle had type 2 diabetes, and I want to play my part in furthering medical research for a drug that controls type 2 diabetes, I’ve come to the right place?” I asked.

 

Dr. Strout, Nathan and Nancy agreed.

 

The study opportunities at Coastal Carolina Research Center are diverse.

 

“There are a lot of volunteers who want to serve in the U.S. military, but, for one reason or another, they are unable to join the services,” said Dr. Strout. “We often need healthy volunteers for Department of Defense vaccine trials and these types of people, who have a fondness for our men and women in uniform, often volunteer for these vaccine studies.”

 

Upon hearing Dr. Strout’s statement, Nathan chimed in with a story about a former volunteer who decided to participate in Coastal Carolina Research Center’s study of a new plague vaccine developed to protect against biological warfare. The woman didn’t volunteer simply because she would be receiving $1,200 for her participation but rather to support her husband, who was at war in Afghanistan.

 

The roundtable conversation progressed with numerous stories of doctor-volunteer relationships and the many Lowcountry citizens who have participated in multiple studies over the years, everyone working together in the interest of furthering medical research.

 

For more information about the Coastal Carolina Research Center, visit www.coastalcarolinaresearch.com or call (843) 856-3784. The center is located at 1156 Bowman Road in Mount Pleasant.

 

By Cullen Murray-Kemp

Photo by Cameron Haines

Sharing is Caring

Possibly Related:

No related posts.

Filed Under: Health & Wellness Tagged With: March/April 2014

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Search the Site


We're on Facebook We're on Twitter Mount Pleasant Magazine Youtube Channel We're on Pinterest Mount Pleasant Magazine Facebook Community We're on Instagram
READ ONLINE
Read the digital magazine now.
GRAB A COPY
Where can I pick up a copy of Mount Pleasant Magazine?
SUBSCRIBE
Get Mount Pleasant Magazine Delivered.

2021 Best of Mount Pleasant Final Results

Best of Mount Pleasant Podcast

Backyard Retreats, Mount Pleasant, SC​ - Where Your Retreat to the Good Life Begins!
Mount Pleasant's ONLY source for everything PETS!
Read Charleston Women Magazine online now.
Need a doctor? Charleston Physicians can connect you with Mt Pleasant doctors.


Online Magazines

Mount Pleasant

Lifestyle Magazine

Read Isle of Palms

Magazine Online

Read Sullivan's Island

Magazine Online

Take a Bite

Lowcountry Cuisine Magazine

Convergent Financial Group - Planning & Investment Advice You Can Trust
Isle of Palms Magazine - family of sites logo
Mount Pleasant Magazine - family of sites logo
North Mount Pleasant Magazine - family of sites logo
Sullivan's Island Magazine - family of sites logo

Recent Posts

Southern Bell Living: A Wealth of Experience in Real Estate

By Lindsay C. Bishop In a place like Charleston, where houses go under contract the same day they’re listed, there’s no shortage of Realtors®. With so many well-qualified professionals to choose … Continue Reading

GrandScapes: Highlight Your Home

By Stacy Domingo Winner of Best Landscaper and also a nominee for Best Place to Work, GrandScapes is the go-to company for landscaping services in Charleston. Open since 2009, GrandScapes has … Continue Reading

Daniel Island Section

Keeping the Dream of Playing Tennis Alive: The South Carolina Junior Tennis Foundation

Since 1973, South Carolina’s Lowcountry has welcomed players from the Women’s Tennis Association once a year for the annual Volvo Car Open, North America’s largest women-only tennis tournament. … Continue Reading

Truly One-of-a-kind: 369 Ralston Creek Drive

Big cities certainly have advantages – culture, dining, employment opportunities and excitement. But face it: Sometimes people yearn for a peaceful, serene atmosphere where they can relax, raise a … Continue Reading

More Daniel Island Section Posts

SEARCH

Featured Pages

Mount Pleasant Apartments
East Cooper Online Network

Copyright © 2021 · Mount Pleasant Magazine, All Rights Reserved. Advertise With Us.