Research at Eskenazi Health

About Eskenazi Health


Eskenazi Health
is the public hospital division of the Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County Indiana. It has offered high-quality and patient focused health care to the residents of Marion County and Central Indiana for 160 years. It is one of the leading providers of health care in Central Indiana and services nearly 1.2 million outpatient visits through a Federally Qualified Health Center, Community Mental Health Center, and numerous outpatient specialty departments. Our mission is to advocate, care, teach and serve, with special emphasis on the vulnerable populations of Marion County. As an academic affiliate of the Indiana University School of Medicine, Eskenazi Health is one of the primary teaching sites for a wide variety of trainees and the site of hundreds of research studies each year.

Sidney & Lois Eskenazi Health
720 Eskenazi Ave.
Indianapolis, Indiana 46202

Eskenazi Health Center Research: As you contemplate using the Eskenazi Health Center as a research site: Consider the unique clinical and regulatory setting; Understand the competing clinical care and teaching priorities; Understand that there are many ongoing research studies; Weigh the impact of your project on these ongoing activities; Learn the steps to obtain Eskenazi Health Research Approval

Conducting Research at Eskenazi Health

All research [including Exempt] conducted at any Eskenazi Health site, involving Eskenazi Health patients, Eskenazi Health staff, or using Eskenazi Health data must be approved by both the IU IRB and the Eskenazi Health Research Department. 

Please contact patricia.noblet@eskenazihealth.edu for research policy questions, and the Eskenazi Health help desk at 317-880-7800 for technical questions. 

Eskenazi Health Notice of Research Approval

To begin the application process to obtain approval, please complete the Eskenazi Health Research Approval Application.

More information can be found on the Eskenazi Health Researcher webpage.

Indiana University Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval

Learn more about Indiana University IRB.

Resources for Researchers