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Research Overview

CTSI Service Center

Not sure where to start? Research navigators can help direct your team to the right resources. Please see the table below for a list of CTSI services and contacts.

Initial consultations for all services are offered at no cost. If a study requires special or extended involvement of staff, cost may be assessed. We will discuss all available options at the first consultation.

Please contact any of the CTSI services listed below as early in the process as possible, even before you have submitted a grant proposal.

Primary Contacts

  • Holly Morris, RN, MSN, CCRC, CHRC
    CTSI Director of Research Services
    hlmorris@ufl.edu
    352.294.5881
  • Bob Kolb, RN, BS, CCRC
    CTSI Research Project Navigator
    kolbhr@ufl.edu
    352.273.8882

Design a Study

 

Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design

  • Design a study, determine appropriate sample size and perform statistical analysis.
  • Contact
    Matthew Robinson
    matthewarobinson@ufl.edu
    352.294.5933

Citizen Scientist Program

  • Assistance with engaging citizen scientists in research projects.
  • Contact
    Damian Alderman
    celxius@ufl.edu
    352.294.5988

LibGuides for Clinical Research

  • Tabs for resources, training, IRB, safety and ethics, standards and templates and professional associations.
  • Contact
    Terry Selfe, PhD
    tselfe1@ufl.edu
    352.273.8420

Data Management and Software

 

Clinical and Translational Science – IT

  • Design and develop custom applications for research.
  • Contact
    Chris Barnes
    cpb@ufl.edu
    352.273.8876

REDCap

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IND, IDE Assistance

  • Receive guidance on IND, IDE application and reporting requirements.
  • Contact
    Sheila Austin, MS, CIP
    sheila.austin@ufl.edu
    352.273.8702

Quality Assurance

  • Consultation, auditing, SOP development, batch releases and training to ensure GCP, GLP and GMP.
  • Contact
    Corinne Holman
    c.holman@ufl.edu
    352.273.5133

Regulatory Assistance

  • Receive guidance on regulatory submissions, informed consent, IRB submissions and ClinicalTrials.gov registration and compliance.
  • Contact
    Tiffany Pineda
    tiffany.danielle@ufl.edu
    352.450.9761

Research Participant Advocate, Ethics Consultation

  • Consult an expert on clinical trials and Data Safety Monitoring Boards.
  • Contact
    H. Robert Kolb, RN, BS, CCRC
    kolbhr@ufl.edu
    352.273.8882

Recruit Participants

 

Recruitment Center

  • Assistance with developing recruitment strategies, creating recruitment materials and evaluating recruitment methods.
  • Contact
    April Braxton
    abraxton@ufl.edu
    352.294.5880

HealthStreet

  • Recruit participants from the community, including underrepresented populations.
  • Contact
    Teina Phillips, MPA
    phillipsteina@ufl.edu
    352.273.5468

Integrated Data Repository

  • Access clinical data for cohort identification and recruiting, and to answer research questions.
  • Contact
    Alex Quinones
    IRBDataRequest@ahc.ufl.edu
    352.294.5894

OneFlorida Clinical Research Consortium

Trial Innovation Network

  • Addresses critical roadblocks in clinical research and accelerate the translation of novel interventions into life-saving therapies.
  • Contact
    Holly Morris, MSN, RN, CCRC, CHRC
    hlmorris@ufl.edu
    352.294.5881

Conduct Research

 

Clinical Research Center

  • Facilities for outpatient and inpatient research including nursing, dietary and lab support.
  • Contact
    Janet King
    jking1@ufl.edu
    352.294.5882

Clinical Research Support Services

  • Clinical research study monitoring services.
  • Contact
  • Socorro “Tet” Pata
    spata@ufl.edu
    352.273.5516

Biobehavioral Core

  • Consult with experts on applying human-validated assessment measures of behavioral concomitants of disease or therapeutic interventions.
  • Contact
    Sara Jo Nixon, PhD
    sjnixon@ufl.edu
    352.294.4920

Biorepository

  • Store biological samples securely in a CAP-certified facility.
  • Contact
    Amer S. Abouhamze
    amer@ufl.edu
    352.273.9498

Human Imaging Core

  • Use structural and functional MRI services for human subject research.
  • Contact
    Song Lai, PhD
    songlai@ufl.edu
    352.294.5597

Translational Technologies

 

Center for Cellular Reprogramming

  • Receive training and services for induced Pluripotent Stem Cell (iPSC) derivation and related reprogramming technologies.
  • Contact
    Katherine Santostefano
    khankows@ufl.edu
    352.392.2690

Center for Safety, Simulation & Advanced
Learning Technologies

Genotyping Core

  • Design and perform genetics and pharmacogenetics studies with expert consultation.
  • Contact
    Taimour Langaee, PhD
    langaee@cop.ufl.edu
    352.273.6357

Southeast Center for Integrated Metabolomics

  • Use metabolomics services, including mass spectrometry, nuclear magnetic resonance and bioinformatics.
  • Contact
    Alisha Mitchell-Roberts
    352.627.9177
    info@secim.ufl.edu

Translational Drug Development Core

  • Receive assistance in moving your compound from the lab toward clinical trials.
  • Contact
    Christopher R. McCurdy, PhD, FAAPS
    cmccurdy@cop.ufl.edu