I am excited to share this special issue of the Journal of Research Administration with our readers and with members of the Society for Research Administration International (SRAI).
This issue, focused on Clinical Trials, highlights the crucial role that research administrators often play—either through their own efforts or in partnership with other administrative and academic units—in advancing the pursuit of discovery surrounding effective, cutting-edge treatments for health challenges affecting individuals and families around the world. In our call for submissions for this special edition, we welcomed submissions from those in healthcare or other research environments, whether working in central administration, at the unit and departmental levels, or within other organizational units. The quality of the submissions and the insights they provided were informative and engaging. Nonetheless, we received fewer submissions than we had hoped. The manuscripts published in this issue only scratch the surface of a significant yet underrepresented area, and we would love to believe that this publication inspires more researchers involved in clinical trial administration to develop scholarly manuscripts on their work and share them with the broader field of research administration.