OCTRI

The Human Investigations Program (HIP) trains scientists in the principles of and best practices in clinical and translational research. It offers an integrated clinical and translational education curriculum. Participants can obtain a Certificate in Human Investigations or a Master of Clinical Research degree – and a non-degree track allows enrollment in individual courses. The curriculum includes a wide variety of requirements and electives that will provide a rich background in human investigation – everything from the … Read More

The Oregon Students Learn and Experience Research (OSLER) program, within the Oregon Center for Clinical and Translational Research Institute (OCTRI), is pleased to announce the recipients of an NIH supported TL1 training award, AHRQ T32 training award, and Summer OCTRI Student awards. This program supports early research experience for pre-doctoral medical, dental, graduate nursing, basic science, bioengineering, and pharmacy students, enhancing the pipeline of OHSU health professionals interested in clinical and translational research. These students … Read More

Interested in collecting samples from one of the largest local health systems? This is an opportunity to collaborate with the NW  Biobank at Kaiser Permanente to enhance your research. The Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research (KPCHR), in collaboration with OCTRI, is offering another opportunity for OHSU investigators to guide a specimen-collection effort. The NW Biobank at Kaiser Permanente is currently collaborating with OHSU investigators  to collect cases in these research areas:  prostate cancer, lung cancer, depression, risk biomarkers of … Read More

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has amended the regulatory requirements for obtaining informed consent for FDA-regulated products. The changes require that informed consent documents and processes for applicable drug (including biological products) and device clinical trials must include a specific statement that clinical trial information will be entered into the ClinicalTrials databank. This databank is the clinical trial registry databank maintained by the National Library of Medicine.

The Oregon Clinical and Translational Research Institute is sponsoring a Quarterly Clinical Research Coordinator Training Workshop on January 24 and 25, 2012. The workshop is designed to provide a basic framework of the role and responsibilities of the research coordinator, the regulatory and policy requirements for appropriate conduct of clinical research at OHSU, and tools to assist coordinators to successfully perform their role. The workshop is open to all OHSU and VA employees. Registration is … Read More

The Human Investigations Program (HIP) trains scientists in the principles of and best practices in clinical and translational research. They offer an integrated clinical and translational education curriculum. Participants can obtain a Certificate in Human Investigations or a Master of Clinical Research degree – and a non-degree track allows enrollment in individual courses. The curriculum includes a wide variety of requirements and electives that will provide a rich background in human investigation – everything from the … Read More

The Oregon Clinical & Translational Research Institute (OCTRI) has consolidated offices and clinical research space into Hatfield Research Center and Multnomah Pavilion. All OCTRI space in the Center for Health & Healing has been vacated. If you collaborate with OCTRI or utilize their services, here are a few basic reminders: All OCTRI mail should be sent to mailcode CR107. Some phone numbers will change. SmartWeb and Outlook will be updated by mid-July. It’s best to … Read More

Due to budget cuts at NIH, OCTRI will no longer be able to provide biostatistics support for anyone except OCTRI Scholars. (What is an OCTRI Scholar?) This includes the weekly drop-in sessions, which will no longer be offered as of July 2011.   OCTRI Scholars (investigators applying for or implementing K awards or first R01) who require biostatistics support should contact OCTRI Research Navigator Program at octri@ohsu.edu or 503-418-9790 to  make arrangements.   If your … Read More

Proliferative and Bioenergetic Capacity of Cultured and Breast Cancer Tumor Cells Revealed through Expression Profiling Tuesday, July 12, 12 – 1 p.m. Mackenzie Hall, Room 2201 John Sninsky, PhD, is a pioneer in delivering molecular diagnostics to enable personalized medicine. He currently serves as vice president of discovery research at Celera. While directing research at Roche Molecular Systems, Dr. Sninsky’s team of scientists devised Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) diagnostic assays for many infectious pathogens, genetic … Read More

From September 11-16, 2011, the Oregon Institute for Patient-Centered Comparative Effectiveness Annual Research Intensive will provide an opportunity for 40 promising investigators to learn comparative effectiveness research (CER) methods from national leaders in the field. The program begins with a six-day, on-site workshop at OHSU and includes ongoing proposal-development support throughout the year. The Annual Research Intensive will involve active hands-on development of proposals for primary CER and will provide participants from across the country with the tools they … Read More