Update on the General Clinical Research Program and the Heartland Institute for Clinical and Translational Research
Year: 2007
Type: article
Abstract: In January 2005 our GCRC became operational, and we began seeing subjects.In 2006, we applied for an NCRR/NIH grant, which was funded in April 2007 for $7.5 million over three years.As of August 2007, we have approved 82 protocols that use the GCRC resources.At KUMC, the GCRC is currently a predominantly outpatient unit located in approximately 6,000 square feet of newly remodeled space on the ground floor of the Delp Pavilion.There are six patient examination rooms; a large infusion / procedure area; a specimen processing laboratory; a cognitive testing room; a patient lounge; an exercise physiology suite with a metabolic cart; a metabolic kitchen; a computer laboratory; a conference room for GCRC and clinical research-related meetings; and administrative rooms for the biostatistician, nursing and administrative personnel, the program director, and associate and assistant program directors.With the beginning of grant funding, we now also can accommodate overnight patients in the University of Kansas Hospital through a scatter-bed system.Additionally, with the NIH funding, three exciting new programs are now available to young researchers:Clinical Research Feasibility Funds (CReFF) provide $20,000 grants for pilot studies to young investigators (assistant professors or below).The proposed research project must use GCRC resources, and the applicants must first go through a protocol development process and meet with a senior investigative mentor, the research subject advocate, a biostatistician, and the GCRC administrative director.We fund five CReFF awards annually, and the first five awardees were selected in July 2007.These first five CReFF awards at KUMC are:•
Authors: Richard Barohn, Lauren S. Aaronson
Institution: University of Kansas Medical Center
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
Funders: Yale University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pittsburgh, University of Rochester, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Georgia Clinical and Translational Science Alliance, National Institutes of Health, University of California, Davis, University of California, San Francisco
OpenAlex ID: W2917598044