Posts Tagged ‘OCTRI’

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 (OCTRI) has announced it will be accepting letters of intent for an additional pilot funding opportunity. The Catalyst Pilot Award for Translational Research seeks collaborative, multidisciplinary projects that will lead to further research and funding in translational research. It supports collection of preliminary data or infrastructure work necessary to lead to a large grant application or significant licensing agreement. Funding is for up to $100,000 per awardee. Award focus … Read More

The Oregon Clinical and Translational Research Institute (OCTRI) and the Oregon National Primate Research Center (ONPRC) have issued the following requests for proposals for pilot funding: ONPRC/OCTRI Collaborative Research Program Description: Provides pilot funding to encourage the use non-human primates (NHP) or NHP-derived materials for new collaborative projects that will lead to new external funding of research with clear translational outcomes. Priority will be given to new collaborations between established investigators at ONPRC and basic … Read More

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 OHSU Healthy Aging Alliance (supported by the Oregon Clinical and Translational Research Institute) invites OHSU students and researchers to its first conference on Thursday, October 27, 2011 from 12 to 5 p.m. at the Mirabella Portland Retirement Community on the Southwest Waterfront. The conference, OHSU’s Translational Role in Aging Innovation: Molecules to Mirabella, will kick off the Healthy Aging Alliance’s vision to address the gaps that currently exist between innovative aging research related to … Read More

The NIH Clinical Center seeks collaborative applications from intramural and extramural investigators for its 2012 Bench-to-Bedside Awards. Up to $135,000 per year for two years is up for grabs. Extramural PIs with an existing NIH grant are invited to initiate proposals in one of two ways: Extramural investigators may seek an intramural partner at NIH who would function as the project leader and serve as the point of contact. To identify an intramural collaborator, extramural … 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