The Office of Clinical Partnerships (OCP), housed in ASU’s Office of the University Provost, acts to implement some of the initiatives of The New American University through its partnerships with the Phoenix Metro biomedical community. OCP, originally created to assist ASU researchers strengthen and expand connections to biomedical institutions statewide, facilitates the development of collaborations with clinical institutions through:
- development of institutional agreements or memorandums of understanding
- shared graduate research students
- shared educational programs (including student internships)
- joint faculty appointments
Office of Clinical Partnerships links Arizona State University's colleges and institutes to various industrial and clinical partners in the community. The office was created to help ASU researchers strengthen and expand connections to biomedical institutions in Arizona.