Clinical Research Centre (CRC), Sabah Women and Children Hospital (SWACH) was established as part of the Network of Clinical Research Centres of the Ministry of Health (MOH) on 17 February 2011. It is headed by Dr Flora Chong Li Tze and the deputy is Dr Heng Hock Sin. This unit consists of one medical officer, 3 research officers and 2 officers from Clinical Research Malaysia (CRM).

CRC functions to promote, support and conduct quality and ethical clinical research to improve patients’ outcome in SWACH. CRC SWACH undertakes clinical research and provides research-related administrative services and training courses including research methodology, medical biostatistics and Good Clinical Practice (GCP) workshops.