Monroe, NC (East Building)

MBR’s Monroe East Building is the network’s dedicated overnight and early-phase site in Monroe, North Carolina. As part of MBR’s dual-building campus, the East Building is purpose-built for Phase 1 and other complex studies requiring confinement, serial sampling, overnight stays, and intensive protocol support.

The site is well suited for first-in-human, SAD/MAD, crossover, adaptive-design, vaccine, cardiometabolic, endocrine, and psychiatry/CNS protocols, with specialized infrastructure for controlled-substance and psychedelic research.

MBR’s Monroe East Building is backed by centralized contracting, startup, regulatory, and participant recruitment teams — a unified operations model that brings continuity across the MBR network.

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Monroe Biomedical Research
343 Venus St
Monroe, NC 28112

Phone: (704) 283-7369
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Site Capabilities

Therapeutic Expertise

  • Addiction
  • Allergy and Immunology
  • Autoimmune
  • Cardiometabolic
  • Cardiovascular
  • Critical Care
  • Diagnostics
  • Endocrinology/Metabolic Disorders
  • Family Medicine
  • Gastrointestinal
  • Infectious Disease
  • Internal Medicine
  • Nephrology
  • Neurology
  • Pain
  • Preventive Medicine
  • Psychiatry/Mental Health
  • Respiratory
  • Sample Collection
  • Sleep Medicine
  • Vaccines
  • Phase 1 / Overnight Studies

Facilities & Equipment

  • 12,000 sq. ft. overnight and early-phase facility with 15-bed unit and 20 exam rooms
  • 24-hour staffing with support for multiple consecutive overnight visits and structured confinement
  • Serial PK sampling support and on-site lab processing
  • On-site pharmacy support for IV preparation, blinding, and temperature-controlled IP storage
  • Limited-access unblinded room for IP preparation
  • Psychedelic dosing rooms with Schedule I and II DEA licensure support
  • Holter monitoring capability
  • Participant amenities including meals, laundry, entertainment, and access to campus recreational space
  • Local partner access for MRI, PET, PBMC processing, X-ray, fundus exams, and EEG

Featured Staff

  • Awawu E. Igbinadolor, MD

    Dr. Awawu E. Igbinadolor is a highly accomplished Principal Investigator with broad experience across internal medicine clinical trials. At Monroe Biomedical Research, she has led studies across respiratory disease, diabetes, hypertension, Alzheimer’s disease, and COVID-19 research. She has completed more than 100 trials across diverse therapeutic areas and is experienced with first-in-human, dose-escalation, SAD/MAD, crossover, and adaptive designs in early Phase 1 trials. Dr. Igbinadolor is a strong fit for general medicine trials, with deep experience in cardiometabolic, endocrine, respiratory, infectious disease, vaccine, and early-phase studies.
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  • Rasheed Onafuye, MD

    Dr. Rasheed Onafuye is a psychiatrist and clinical researcher with extensive experience caring for adults with complex mental health, sleep, and metabolic conditions. At Monroe Biomedical Research, he serves as Principal Investigator and Sub-Investigator for trials. He is a key investigator for psychiatry, sleep medicine, addiction, CNS, and controlled-substance studies, and also supports obesity and chronic weight management research.
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  • Claire Presswood, MD

    Claire Presswood, MD, is a board-certified Internal Medicine physician, Diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine, and Principal Investigator with years of clinical trial experience. She has been an investigator on over 100 clinical trials, with research interests in obesity, diabetes, post-bariatric hypoglycemia, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, cardiovascular outcomes, MASH, vaccines, devices, healthy participant studies, and Phase 1-3 clinical trials.
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MBR is currently seeking participants, including healthy adults, for clinical trials in Monroe.

When you take part in a study at MBR, you may:

  • Receive study-related exams and care at no cost
  • Learn about investigational medicines
  • Get compensated for study-related time and travel

Health insurance is NOT required to join a study. Submitting your information does not commit you to joining a study. It's simply the first step toward finding which studies may be a good fit.

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After you submit your information, someone from MBR will contact you to learn more about your health history, location, and study interests.

Together, you’ll review studies you may qualify for, what participation involves, and any compensation that may be available. You’ll have time to ask questions before deciding whether a study is right for you.

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