Welcome to the July 2012 edition of the CCTS Investigator! This e-newsletter is sent to the OSU and NCH Research Communities, faculty, staff, and students on a monthly basis.

Visit us at ccts.osu.edu.



Register for Project REACH Workshop
A commercialization workshop for women in STEM disciplines

 

Registration is open for the Project REACH Workshop at The Ohio State University, September 23-25, 2012 at The Blackwell Hotel.

 

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CCTS HERO Line Reaches Milestone
The CCTS HERO Line has surpassed the 400 call mark

 

The HERO line (614-293-HERO) is a phone line in the CCTS Recruitment Office dedicated to assisting the general public with their search for research studies and answering questions about volunteering as a study participant. On June 26th, the HERO line received its 400th call.

 

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New Clinical Research Management System
The new system launched July 9, 2012

 

The Wexner Medical Center at Ohio State University has contracted with Click Commerce to develop a Clinical Research Management System (CRMS) to track clinical research. On July 9, 2012, the pilot group, the Heart Vascular Research Organization, started using the system to track clinical trials in their unit.

 

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CCTS Research Calendar Hosts OSU Research Events
The CCTS Research Calendar hosts OSU related research events and information

 

Dates and information on upcoming events related to research, including seminars, educational opportunities and more are available on the CCTS website.

 

To have your event included on the CCTS Research Calendar, contact Jeff Grever.*

 

*Preference will be given to CCTS related events.

 

View the CCTS Research Calendar 

 

NetWellness Provides Services for Researchers
NetWellness offers helpful resources for researchers to promote their studies


NetWellness.org, a non profit consumer health website, offers a variety of resources for researchers to promote their research and for the public to contribute to the studies. The website provides resources for researchers to promote their studies and for volunteers to contribute in studies. 

 

View more information on NetWellness.org's resources 

 

Nationwide Children's Hospital Accredited by AAHRPP
Nationwide Children's Hospital was accredited by The Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP)

 

Nationwide Children's Hospital was accredited again as an organization that demonstrates and emphasizes clinical study participant safeguards that surpass state and federal requirements.

 

Currently, more than 1,000 studies are in progress at Nationwide Children's Hospital.

 

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Become a CCTS Member
Take advantage of the benefits that come with membership

 

Benefits of becoming a member of the CCTS include:

  • Opportunities for research collaboration
  • Education and training programs in clinical and translational science
  • Shared research resources and services
  • Eligibility for pilot funding

All faculty and staff engaged in clinical and translational science at OSU and Nationwide Children's Hospital are invited to join the CCTS and take advantage of these benefits.

 

Register as a member today 

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In This Issue
Register for Project REACH Workshop
CCTS HERO Line Surpasses 400 Calls
New Clinical Research Management System
CCTS Research Calendar Hosts OSU Research Events
NetWellness Provides Services for Researchers
Nationwide Children's Hospital Accredited by AAHRPP
Become a CCTS Member

Faculty / Staff Highlight
Alison Lane, PhD, OTR/L

The Ohio State University Center for Clinical and Translational Science has awarded Alison Lane, PhD, OTR/L, the Pilot and Collaborative Studies Award for her study, 'Clinical and neurophysiologic identification of sensory dysfunction in children with autism.'

 

With this project, Lane hopes to gain a better understanding of sensory processing in children with autism.

 

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Featured CCTS Services / Resources
Medicinal Chemistry Shared Resource

The Medicinal Chemistry Shared Resource (MCSR) integrates the expertise of multiple disciplines to provide medicinal chemistry support to investigators.

 

The MCSR helps to translate investigators' basic science findings into small-molecule agents for testing individual hypotheses.

 

More information is available on the CCTS website

 

My Research Record
Request CCTS Services / Resources

My Research Record is the new way for CCTS members to request and track CCTS services.  

Got Questions?

Contact Our Research Concierge, Valerie DeGroff

Contact Valerie DeGroff, the Research Concierge, if you have any questions or would like some guidance with CCTS services or resources.

 

 

Acknowledging CCTS Support
How does NCATS affect acknowledging CCTS support?

 

Now that NCATS is up and running, all CTSA funded institutions have a new protocol when it comes to acknowledging CTSA funded
support
in research publications.

 

Contact the Research Concierge if you have any questions or need further assistance with this new protocol that is required by the NIH.

 

 

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Visit the CTSA website for more information about the CTSA National Consortium
The OSU Center for Clinical and Translational Science has been a proud member of the CTSA National Consortium since 2008.

 

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