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We have undergone successful audits by the American FDA, the SAHPRA, and a number of local and international pharmaceutical research companies and clinical research organisations.
TREAD has experience in a wide range of therapeutic areas, namely: Cardiology & Cardiology Risk Factors, Nephrology, Rheumatology, Osteoarthritis, Gastroenterology, and Vaccines to name a few.

In June 2016, we became the first research organisation in Africa to be awarded accreditation by the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP) joining an elite group of only 231 research institutions throughout the world to have achieved such accreditation merit. All research conducted at TREAD Research is reviewed and approved by either a private or university health research ethics committee.
TREAD is committed to advancing responsible research, ethical treatment of human research subjects, and ensuring that the right of every human being to voluntary, informed consent with regards to research is respected. We serve to carry out this mission by:
  • Promoting an environment of respect and understanding of the rights and welfare of human research participants;
  • Ensuring that the risks and benefits of each research study are thoroughly considered; and
  • Ensuring that our human participants are well-informed of their research rights.

Prof Burgess, who runs TREAD Research have also trained students from HealthTech S.A. (Pty) Ltd.

TREAD Research provides training of registrars passing through Cardiology – usually 10-12 per year. Many of these doctors are now in private practice and functioning as principal investigators in their own right now.

In addition, TREAD has also taken on a number of medical students for elective periods. During this time, students are exposed to research techniques and have been given the opportunity to participate in clinical research.

TREAD Research staff has been involved in assisting and setting-up other clinical research sites – including Wits Clinical Research and Paarl Research Centre. These units now function independently; however, many of the staff from these new units spends time on a regular basis at TREAD Research learning research techniques. In addition, TREAD Research staff has been involved in developing research training courses together with Wits Health Consortium. To date, they have developed GCP courses (basic, refresher and for auxiliary staff), quality control courses and site management courses. These courses are run by TREAD Research staff all over the country (Johannesberg, Pretoria, East London, Bloemfontein, Cape Town and Durban) and approximately 900-1000 people are trained per year. New courses are being planned at the moment.