CTSI Annual Pilot Awards to Improve the Conduct of Research

An Open Proposal Opportunity

Awarded Proposals

Research Networking Software App/Gadget Development Competition

Submitted by Leslie Yuan on February 27, 2012 - 5:45pm Last revised by Anonymous on May 2, 2014 - 12:08pm.
Type: 
Proposal
Topics: 
IT and Informatics
Proposal Status: 
Awarded

Background/Rationale: Social networking sites such as Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn are web platforms. They allow independent applications to run within their sites to enhance the user experience, often integrating with external services to provide dynamic content as varied as reading lists from Amazon, blog posts from WordPress, to live game play from Zynga. The beauty of these external services is that they can be shared across any software platform that chooses to deploy them.

Data Management for Research Community

Submitted by Jennifer Creasman on February 27, 2012 - 11:18am Last revised by Anonymous on May 2, 2014 - 12:08pm.
Type: 
Proposal
Topics: 
Clinical Research
Proposal Status: 
Awarded

Rational:

CTSI’s Consultation Services Data Management Unit (DMU) is just one of the successful research resources available on campus to help UCSF faculty and staff with his/her research.  Along with many other data management services, the DMU also provides consultation in data processing to help transform research data into a statistically analyzable format.  In our efforts to provide consultation to the UCSF research community, we have realized that some trainees and faculty do not have the programming skills or resources to perform data processing tasks that are necessary to keep their research moving forward.  Complicated data merges and transformations require specific programming expertise to ensure that it is performed correctly.  Data management programmers, who can devote more time and effort to small projects, are needed.  The DMU’s ability to provide these services is very limited.  As a result, we have identified a gap in services that the Data Management Unit is currently able to provide.

Translating Research into Law and Policy

Submitted by Dennis Hsieh on February 27, 2012 - 9:33am Last revised by Anonymous on May 2, 2014 - 12:08pm.
Type: 
Proposal
Topics: 
Clinical Research
Community Policies & Practices
Regulatory
Training
Proposal Status: 
Awarded

Rationale: Currently, there is no direct pathway for health sciences research to move from scholarly publications into policy and law. Although some evidence is cherry-picked by advocates and policymakers, legislation often reflects rhetoric rather than evidence. While some translational researchers study the effects of laws or write white papers summarizing the state of the evidence, we know of none who take the approach of working with investigators to leverage their research and write model legislation.

“Expedited” Expedited CHR submission and approval for Chart Review Research (Category 5)

Submitted by Amy Gelfand on February 24, 2012 - 2:47pm Last revised by Anonymous on May 2, 2014 - 12:08pm.
Type: 
Proposal
Topics: 
Clinical Research
Proposal Status: 
Awarded

Title: “Expedited” Expedited CHR submission and approval for Chart Review Research (Category 5)

 

Rationale: Clinical researchers often perform retrospective, chart-review studies as a relatively inexpensive and quick way of determining which clinical questions are worth pursuing before engaging in more expensive, time-consuming prospective studies.

 

Extending Direct-to-Participant Recruitment on the Internet with Effective Online Self-Screening Eligibility Surveys

Submitted by Anthony Kim on February 13, 2012 - 7:35pm Last revised by Anonymous on May 2, 2014 - 12:08pm.
Type: 
Proposal
Topics: 
Clinical Research
IT and Informatics
Proposal Status: 
Awarded

Rationale: Developing efficient and effective methods to recruit and screen participants for clinical research remains a major challenge for clinical discovery.

Action Research Program

Submitted by Rafael Gonzales on February 12, 2012 - 10:28pm Last revised by Anonymous on May 2, 2014 - 12:08pm.
Type: 
Proposal
Topics: 
Clinical Research
Community Policies & Practices
Training
Proposal Status: 
Awarded

Rationale The Program in Implementation Science has created a series of courses within the Training in Clinical Research Program that are designed to meet the didactic training needs of fellows and junior faculty, but lacks an experiential component.