Our areas of expertise include:
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Building Strong Translational Research Skills & Teams
- Training and mentoring the clinical trials workforce
- Identifying collaborators
- Enhancing grant applications
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Completing Regulatory Requirements
- Creating informed consent forms
- Assistance with IRB applications
- Applying for INDs and IDEs
- Registering in ClinicalTrials.gov
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Utilizing NCATS, UT System, & ITS Resources
- NCATS's Trial Innovation Network - A collaborative initiative aiming to address critical roadblocks in clinical trials and to accelerate the translation of novel interventions into life-saving therapies. The network focuses on operational innovation, operational excellence and collaboration while leveraging the broad expertise and reach of the CTSA Program. Its features include: a single institutional review board system, master contracting agreements, quality-by-design approaches, and a focus on evidence-based strategies to recruitment and patient engagement.
- UT System's Clinical Trial Express - An initiative established to provide an efficient and scalable centralized operating model for launching and conducting multi-site clinical trials.
- ITS's Clinical Research Center - A physical facility on the UTMB campus that provides comprehensive clinical research services and expertise, an optimal setting for controlled studies by translational and clinical investigators, and cost-effective state-of-the-art laboratory equipment and instruments
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Creating & Managing Clinical Trials
- Designing rigorous studies
- Developing biostatistics
- Designing research protocols
- Utilizing biomedical informatics
- Forming recruitment and retention plans
- Conducting multi-site clinical trials
- Adhering to research ethics
- Integrating special populations
- Engaging communities
- Communicating results