South Carolina Translational Research (SCTR) Center
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SCTR Programs
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SUCCESS Center
Research Navigation Consults
Regulatory Consults & Training
Recruitment Consultations
The “Front Door” for
Research Support
Intake
or
Online
Request
Form
Grant Submission/Report
Consultations
Budget Development
Consultations
Research Coordinator
/ Nurse Core
Research Opportunity Core
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SUCCESS Center Consultations
Research Navigator: Content area experts providing information and
consultation to researchers & staff in navigating through the research
process and implementing studies. Clinical Research Management.
Recruitment Core: Participant recruitment strategies, budgets,
materials, and partnerships.
Grants Navigator: Grant assistance & budget development
Regulatory Core: State-wide eIRB project management, hands on
training & consultation for regulatory submissions and document
templates (IRB submissions, IC & HIPAA authoring, IND consults).
REDCap Consults and Training: Research electronic research data
capture, databases, and surveys using the REDCap system.
Research Opportunity Core: Corporate Funding Opportunities
Research Coordinator Core: Trained coordinators hourly rate
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New SCTR Services
Research Opportunity Core: Identification of research
opportunities, matching opportunities with Investigator’s interest
and capacity, maintaining Investigator database, supporting site
selection process including guidance, assistance, and support for
feasibility assessment, site visits, agreements and budget
development.
Research Coordinator Core: (Fee for Service)
Experienced
Research coordinators and Nurse Coordinators available to provide
research coordination, project management, grants administration,
data management, regulatory management, and recruitment.
Coordinator time can be contracted on an hourly basis for
coordination and protocol specific activities and procedures.
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Clinical & Translational Research Center
• DEXA Total Body
• Infant Total Body
• BodPod
• PFTS
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Pilot Project Program
2009-2012
 $500,000 SCTR Pilot Project funding awarded
annually
 USC has $200,000 funding committed to Pilot
Projects that include USC Investigators
 More than $3.5 million pilot funds has been awarded
(including matching fund contribution of $360k from
PI’s Dept./Division/Centers in 2012)
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SCTR Voucher Program Facts
Funding opportunity open to MUSC Principal Investigators
SCTR commits $100,000 annually to voucher funding
Vouchers up to $1,000 are available for services and supplies
for research projects
such as Medical University Hospital (MUH) Laboratory and Radiology,
Core Facilities, outside labs and research vendors, research supplies,
protocol specific lab supplies, software and medications.
Only 1 voucher is allowed per protocol annually
A PI is limited to 1 voucher per year
To apply for a voucher, enter a request through the Request
Services button at www.SCTR.MUSC.edu
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Biomedical Informatics
Office of Biomedical Informatics — provides investigators to a
variety of software tools, databases, and support systems that
will greatly facilitate the performance of clinical and
translational research. By engaging researchers in the design
and development of new tools and research development
processes, Biomedical Informatics has substantially increased
the innovative use of these systems for translational research.
Service available include:
 REDCap Database
 Biomedical Informatics
Development
Consultation
 REDCap Review
 Legacy Systems Support
 Bioinformatics Consultation  MUSC Research Data Request
(CDW)
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Biostatics
 Provide methodological expertise to translational
researchers at MUSC (&USC).
 Stimulate methodological development in the
areas of study design and biostatistics.
 Examples of requests:
Sample size / power estimation
Analyses of preliminary data for a grant
Developing analysis plans
Assistance with manuscript preparation
Grant review
Survey design
1 on 1 didactic teaching
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Novel Methods
•
Mobile Technology Consults
(Dr. Frank Treiber)
•
Comparative Effectiveness Research Consults
(Dr. Patrick Mauldin)
•
Tele Health Research Consults
(Dr. Robert Adams)
•
Rehabilitative Science Consults
(Dr. Steve Kautz)
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Translational Technologies
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Commercialization, Patents, Intellectual Property
•
Technology Officer (Dr. Jesse Goodwin) – Liaison
for Investigators with FRD
•
Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurialship
(Dr. Tom Finnegan)
•
Biotechnology Interest Group
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TEACH
SCTR Institute –Training, Education, and Career Home
 Core Clinical Research Training (CCRT)
 Month Rotation in the Clinical Translational Research Center
(CTRC)
 TL1: Pre-doctoral Training (SPTCR)
 KL2: Postdoctoral Training
 Master of Science in Clinical Research (MSCR)
 Society of Clinical Research and Translational Early Scientists
(SOCRATES)
 Mentoring: Academy of Mentors
 Seminars, Workshops, Short Courses, Mentored Rotation
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MUSC Clinical Data Warehouse for Research (CDW)
The MUSC CDW is a single, secure, integrated database
extracted from the MUSC OACIS Clinical Data Repository,
which includes patient demographics, ICD-coded
diagnoses, ICD-coded procedures, medications, and
laboratory test results.
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE CDW FOR RESEARCH?
The CDW will provide clear pathways for data requests
with full regulatory compliance and accelerate our
translational research programs that will lead to new
diagnostic tools and therapies for a range of diseases.
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A secure, web-based application designed exclusively to
support data capture for research studies
Intuitive interface for data entry (with data validation)
Includes audit trails for tracking data manipulation
Automated export procedures for seamless data
downloads to common statistical packages (SPSS, SAS,
Stata, R)
Other features include branching logic, calculated fields
data de-identification, and survey capabilities
For more information: http://sctr.musc.edu
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SPARC Web-Based Research Management
(Services, Pricing, Applications & Request Center)
Request Services
Budget Development
Track Services
Invoice Sponsor
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SUCCESS Center
Questions?
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