Services and Support

Become a Trial Innovation Network Site Investigator

University of Rochester researchers can participate as site investigators in multi-site clinical trials initiated by others in the  Trial Innovation Network (TIN)

Audiences: Early Career Faculty, Faculty, Fellows, Residents, Staff
Stage of Research: Project Setup, Project Management
Branch: Research Services Branch

Clinical Research Collaboration and Networking

Bio-Lab Informatics System

The Bio-Lab Informatics System (BLIS) is a comprehensive, web-based data management system developed to store, integrate, analyze, and securely share biomedical research data. BLIS is built using the open-source LabKey Server which provides a number of experiment modules for managing laboratory assay workflows and flexible architecture for customization.

Audiences: Early Career Faculty, Faculty, Staff, Fellows
Stage of Research: Submit Proposal, Project Setup, Project Management, Project Closeout
Branch: Informatics and Analytics Branch

Clinical Research Data and Information Management Informatics and Analysis

Center for Health + Technology (CHeT)

 The Center for Health + Technology (CHeT) is a global leader in clinical research, supporting over 155 trials with 45,000+ participants, 12 FDA-approved treatments, and 200+ disease-specific outcome measures. CHeT offers expertise in clinical trial coordination, clinical materials services, patient and caregiver-reported outcomes, decentralized studies using wearable sensors, data analytics, and health equity.

Audiences: Faculty, Early Career Faculty, Fellows, Staff, Medical Students, Graduate Students, Postdocs, Undergraduate Students, Community
Stage of Research: Project Setup, Finding Funding, Project Management, Project Closeout, Develop Idea, Submit Proposal, Education and Training
Branch:

Data and Information Management Informatics and Analysis Health Disparity Clinical Research Recruitment Education and Professional Development Community Health Improvement Accessibility Regulatory Support Community Engagement

CIDUR

CIDUR (Clinical Imaging Data for UR Researchers) is a web-based medical imaging data management system for the collection and governance of clinical imaging data for IRB-approved research. CIDUR is based on the open-source informatics platform XNAT and provides secure storage, access management, quality assessment, DICOM® image viewing, and de-identification tools.

Audiences: Early Career Faculty, Faculty, Fellows, Graduate Students, Postdocs, Residents
Stage of Research: Develop Idea, Project Management, Project Setup, Submit Proposal
Branch: Informatics and Analytics Branch

Clinical Research Data and Information Management Informatics and Analysis

ClinicalTrials.gov Support

The Office of Regulatory Support offers services to support research teams with registration and reporting of clinical research trials at ClinicalTrials.gov, a database of clinical research trials conducted in the United States and around the world.

Audiences: Early Career Faculty, Faculty, Fellows, Postdocs, Residents, Staff
Stage of Research: Project Setup
Branch: Research Services Branch, Office of Regulatory Support

Clinical Research Regulatory Support

Community Engagement Consultations for Research

The Community Engagement Function provides consultations for both established researchers and individuals interested in research who would like to build or expand meaningful community partnerships.

Audiences: Community, Early Career Faculty, Faculty, Fellows, Graduate Students, Medical Students, Nurses, Postdocs, Residents, Staff, Undergraduate Students
Stage of Research: Develop Idea, Education and Training, Project Setup, Project Management
Branch: Population Health Branch

Community Engagement

Community Engagement Studios

Our Community Engagement Studios, run by a team of community engagement experts, provide a structured approach to directly engaging members of the community for their guidance and input on specific research studies.

Audiences: Community
Stage of Research: Develop Idea, Submit Proposal, Project Setup, Project Management
Branch: Population Health Branch

Clinical Research Recruitment

Data De-Identification

In conjunction with the Office of the Vice President for Research, the UR CTSI offers a data de-identification service for the University research community. This service helps remove or mask elements in research datasets containing Protected Health Information (PHI) before publicly sharing or publishing the data.

Audiences: Early Career Faculty, Faculty, Fellows, Residents, Staff
Stage of Research: Project Setup, Project Management, Project Closeout
Branch: Informatics and Analytics Branch

Data and Information Management Informatics and Analysis

Dissemination and Implementation Consultation

The rapidly growing field of dissemination and implementation science (D&I) examines the barriers, facilitators, and context-sensitive strategies to disseminate scientific evidence and to implement evidence-based interventions in clinics and communities. Our Dissemination and Implementation team works with researchers and clinical teams to incorporate the D&I concepts and tools in their research and evaluation projects.

Audiences: Faculty, Early Career Faculty
Stage of Research: Develop Idea, Project Setup, Finding Funding
Branch: Population Health Branch

Dissemination and Implementation Health Disparity

EHR Data for Research

University of Rochester researchers can request clinical data for IRB-approved research projects from UR CTSI Informatics.

Audiences: Early Career Faculty, Faculty, Fellows, Graduate Students, Medical Students, Nurses, Postdocs, Residents, Staff
Stage of Research: Submit Proposal, Project Setup, Project Management
Branch: Informatics and Analytics Branch

Clinical Research Informatics and Analysis

electronic health record, electronic medical record, EMR, medical record, Epic

ENACT

ENACT builds upon the CTSA Consortium cohort discovery platform, ACT, to enable investigators and trainees at CTSA hubs to conduct EHR-based research on any disease or condition across the network of over 142 million patients.

Audiences: Early Career Faculty, Fellows, Faculty
Stage of Research: Develop Idea, Submit Proposal
Branch: Informatics and Analytics Branch

Clinical Research Recruitment Informatics and Analysis

electronic health record, electronic medical record, EMR, medical record, Epic

eRegulatory Management System

Advarra eRegulatory Management System (eReg) is an electronic regulatory binder maintenance system that allows organizations to store essential protocol documents, staff credentials, and organizational regulatory tracking documents.

Audiences: Faculty, Staff
Stage of Research: Project Management
Branch: Research Services Branch, Office of Clinical Research

Clinical Research Data and Information Management

Expanded Access

Expanded access, sometimes called compassionate use, is the use of an investigational medical product (that has not been approved by the FDA) outside of a clinical trial. 

Audiences: Early Career Faculty, Faculty, Fellows, Medical Students, Nurses, Postdocs, Residents, Staff
Stage of Research: Project Setup, Project Management
Branch: Research Services Branch, Office of Regulatory Support

Regulatory Support

Facebook Advertising

The UR CTSI works with health research teams to implement Facebook advertising campaigns to bolster their recruitment efforts.

Audiences: Early Career Faculty, Faculty, Fellows, Postdocs, Residents, Staff
Stage of Research: Submit Proposal, Project Setup
Branch: Research Services Branch

Clinical Research Recruitment Community Engagement

social media

Feasibility Services

The Office of Clinical Research offers feasibility services to clinical research teams enterprise-wide. Our team can help you assess the feasibility of proposed clinical studies and develop meaningful metrics to help guide how you manage your clinical studies.

Audiences: Faculty, Staff
Stage of Research: Develop Idea, Project Setup
Branch: Research Services Branch, Office of Clinical Research

Clinical Research

Good Laboratory Practice

Good Laboratory Practice deals with the organization, process and conditions under which laboratory studies are planned, performed, monitored, recorded and reported.

Audiences: Early Career Faculty, Faculty, Postdocs, Residents, Staff
Stage of Research: Education and Training, Develop Idea, Project Management
Branch: Research Services Branch, Office of Regulatory Support

Laboratory Research Clinical Research Regulatory Support

GLP

Greater Rochester Practice-Based Research Network (GR-PBRN)

The Greater Rochester-PBRN (GR-PBRN) was established in 2007 to bring together primary care clinicians and researchers in a collaborative model designed to improve patient care and outcomes. Our collective efforts include research initiatives with all populations, where science can translate to better care.

Audiences: Faculty, Early Career Faculty
Stage of Research: Education and Training, Develop Idea, Submit Proposal, Project Setup, Project Management
Branch: Population Health Branch

Collaboration and Networking Methods and Processes Population Health

Informatics Consultation

The UR CTSI Informatics team can help you plan, access, analyze, and manage data throughout the course of clinical, population health, or biomedical studies.

Audiences: Early Career Faculty, Faculty, Fellows, Graduate Students, Medical Students, Nurses, Postdocs, Residents, Staff
Stage of Research: Project Setup, Project Management, Project Closeout
Branch: Informatics and Analytics Branch

Data and Information Management Informatics and Analysis

Investigational Devices

The Office of Regulatory Support (ORS) provides a variety of services to support development of Investigational Devices Exemption (IDE) applications, which are submitted to the FDA and allow for the conduct of clinical studies using a significant risk device that is either new or has not yet been approved for the requested use.

Audiences: Early Career Faculty, Faculty, Fellows, Postdocs, Residents, Staff
Stage of Research: Education and Training, Develop Idea, Project Setup
Branch: Research Services Branch, Office of Regulatory Support

Clinical Research Regulatory Support Education and Professional Development

Investigational Drugs

The Office of Regulatory Support provides a variety of services to support development of Investigational New Drug (IND) application submission and provides guidance and assistance throughout the life cycle of IND-regulated studies.

Audiences: Early Career Faculty, Faculty, Fellows, Postdocs, Residents, Staff
Stage of Research: Education and Training, Develop Idea, Project Setup
Branch: Research Services Branch, Office of Regulatory Support

Clinical Research Regulatory Support Education and Professional Development

Letters of Support from UR CTSI

Need a letter of support from the UR CTSI or boilerplate language for your grants? The UR CTSI can help you. Check out some helpful guidance documents related to rigor and reproducibility, human subject protection and NIH grant formats.

Audiences: Early Career Faculty, Faculty, Fellows, Graduate Students, Medical Students, Postdocs, Residents, Undergraduate Students
Stage of Research: Submit Proposal
Branch: Research Services Branch

Translational Science Biostatistics and Epidemiology Clinical Research Collaboration and Networking Digital Health Informatics and Analysis Data and Information Management Laboratory Research Regulatory Science

MyChart for Recruitment

Researchers can use MyChart to offer clinical trial opportunities directly to patients who may be eligible. 

Audiences: Early Career Faculty, Faculty, Postdocs, Residents, Staff
Stage of Research: Project Setup
Branch: Research Services Branch

Clinical Research Recruitment Community Engagement

National COVID Cohort Collaborative

University of Rochester researchers can access secure COVID patient data through the N3C Data Enclave and can join or start N3C Domain Teams, which enable researchers with shared interests to analyze data collaboratively within the N3C Data Enclave.

Audiences: Faculty, Staff, Graduate Students, Medical Students, Residents, Postdocs, Nurses
Stage of Research: Education and Training, Develop Idea, Submit Proposal
Branch: Informatics and Analytics Branch

Clinical Research Collaboration and Networking Data and Information Management Informatics and Analysis Education and Professional Development Health Disparity

electronic health record, electronic medical record, EMR, medical record, Epic, DEI, DEIA

Nutrition Research

The Nutrition Research Group of the CRC supports a wide variety of research at URMC, including, but not limited to work in the areas of autism, weight control, diabetes, pregnancy, neurological disorders, hypertension, heart disease, and breast cancer.

Audiences: Early Career Faculty, Faculty, Fellows, Postdocs, Residents, Staff
Stage of Research: Develop Idea, Project Setup, Project Management
Branch: Research Services Branch, Clinical Research Center

Clinical Research

OnCore

OnCore is a clinical trial management system that offers a central place for all researchers to manage their protocols, track research participant visits, and manage clinical trial finances, both pre- and post-award.

Audiences: Faculty, Staff
Stage of Research: Project Management
Branch: Research Services Branch, Office of Clinical Research

Clinical Research

Participant Payments

Participant Payments is a safe, secure automated system that helps immediately pay subjects after each clinical study visit. 

Audiences: Faculty, Staff
Stage of Research: Project Management
Branch: Research Services Branch, Office of Clinical Research

Clinical Research Recruitment

Recruitment Consultation

The UR CTSI can help University of Rochester researchers improve recruitment and retention plans for their health research studies.

Audiences: Early Career Faculty, Faculty, Fellows, Graduate Students, Nurses, Postdocs, Residents, Staff
Stage of Research: Project Setup, Project Management
Branch: Research Services Branch, Population Health Branch

Clinical Research Recruitment

clinical trials

REDCap

REDCap is a secure web platform for building and managing online databases and surveys. REDCap's streamlined process for rapidly creating and designing projects offers a vast array of tools that can be tailored to virtually any data collection strategy.

Audiences: Early Career Faculty, Faculty, Fellows, Graduate Students, Medical Students, Nurses, Postdocs, Residents, Staff
Stage of Research: Project Management, Submit Proposal, Project Setup, Project Closeout
Branch: Office of Research IT, Informatics and Analytics Branch

Data and Information Management Clinical Research Recruitment Informatics and Analysis Accessibility

Research Finance

The Office of Clinical Research helps teams manage clinical research finances from start to finish.

Audiences: Faculty, Staff
Stage of Research: Project Setup
Branch: Research Services Branch, Office of Clinical Research

Clinical Research

Research Help Desk

Do you need help with a research project, but aren't sure where to start? Email the UR CTSI Research Help Desk and our team of experts will connect you with the research services, support, education, and career development opportunities you need.

Audiences: Early Career Faculty, Faculty, Fellows, Graduate Students, Medical Students, Nurses, Postdocs, Residents, Staff, Undergraduate Students
Stage of Research: Develop Idea, Education and Training, Finding Funding, Project Closeout, Project Management, Project Setup, Submit Proposal
Branch: Research Services Branch

Biostatistics and Epidemiology Clinical Research Collaboration and Networking Community-Based Participatory Research Community Engagement Community Health Improvement Digital Health Dissemination and Implementation Education and Professional Development Health Disparity Informatics and Analysis Data and Information Management Laboratory Research Life Science Methods and Processes Population Health Public Health Recruitment Regulatory Support Translational Science Workforce Development Career Readiness Mentoring Regulatory Science

Research Methods Forum

The Research Methods Forum provides an interactive setting for investigators to present new and developing research ideas to multidisciplinary experts in clinical research methods and potential collaborators, who will provide recommendations.

Audiences: Early Career Faculty, Faculty, Fellows, Postdocs
Stage of Research: Develop Idea, Finding Funding, Submit Proposal
Branch: Research Education Branch

Education and Professional Development Clinical Research Methods and Processes Collaboration and Networking Mentoring

Research Nursing

The research nursing team, with adult and pediatric experience, is assigned exclusively to the Clinical Research Center for inpatient and outpatient services.

Audiences: Early Career Faculty, Faculty, Fellows, Postdocs
Stage of Research: Project Setup, Project Management
Branch: Research Services Branch, Clinical Research Center

Clinical Research

Research Participant Registry

The UR CTSI hosts a registry of patients and members of the community who are interested in learning more about health research. Researchers can leverage the registry to identify potential research participants and share information about their health research studies.

Audiences: Early Career Faculty, Faculty, Fellows, Residents, Staff
Stage of Research: Project Setup, Project Management
Branch: Research Services Branch

Clinical Research Recruitment

clinical trials

ResearchMatch.org for Recruiting Research Participants

ResearchMatch.org is a website with national reach that brings together researchers and people who are interested research studies. Researchers from participating institutions­­, which includes the University of Rochester, can use it to recruit volunteers for IRB-approved research studies.

Audiences: Early Career Faculty, Faculty, Fellows, Postdocs, Residents, Staff
Stage of Research: Project Setup
Branch: Research Services Branch

Clinical Research Recruitment Community Engagement

RocHealthData

RocHealthData provides extensive national and local health-related data shown in a variety of customizable formats for health researchers, health officials, and the general public. Users can also upload and map their own deidentified data sets.

Audiences: Community, Early Career Faculty, Faculty, Fellows, Graduate Students, Medical Students, Nurses, Postdocs, Residents, Staff
Stage of Research: Education and Training, Develop Idea, Submit Proposal
Branch: Informatics and Analytics Branch

Recruitment Informatics and Analysis Health Disparity Community Health Improvement

Secure Environment for Research Data Analytics (SERDA)

The Secure Environment for Research Data Analytics (SERDA) is free to use and offers analytical tools, secure data storage and data backup – all accessible from your desktop.

Audiences: Early Career Faculty, Faculty, Fellows, Graduate Students, Medical Students, Nurses, Postdocs, Residents, Staff
Stage of Research: Submit Proposal, Project Setup, Project Management
Branch: Informatics and Analytics Branch

Data and Information Management Informatics and Analysis

StudyPages

StudyPages is an online, participant-friendly platform that makes it easy for teams to connect with the public and potential study subjects.

Audiences: Early Career Faculty, Faculty, Fellows, Staff
Stage of Research: Project Management, Project Setup
Branch: Research Services Branch

Clinical Research Community Engagement Recruitment

clinical trials

Trial Innovation Network Proposal Consultation

Our team can connect lead investigators of multi-site clinical trials with the Trial Innovation Network, which will give you access to experienced clinical trialists and experts in participant recruitment and retention from across the Clinical and Translational Science Awards Program.

Audiences: Early Career Faculty, Faculty, Fellows, Postdocs, Residents
Stage of Research: Develop Idea, Finding Funding
Branch: Research Services Branch

Clinical Research Collaboration and Networking Recruitment

TriNetX

TriNetX is a web-based tool for research patient cohort discovery that also enables researchers to analyze data from UR Medicine electronic medical record as well as from a broader research network of healthcare organizations.

Audiences: Early Career Faculty, Faculty, Fellows, Graduate Students, Medical Students, Nurses, Postdocs, Residents
Stage of Research: Education and Training, Develop Idea
Branch: Informatics and Analytics Branch

Clinical Research Recruitment Data and Information Management Informatics and Analysis Education and Professional Development

UNYTE Translational Research Network

UNYTE's mission is to assist faculty and trainees from UNYTE institutions to increase the quality and quantity of translational research in the Upstate New York region.

Audiences: Early Career Faculty, Faculty, Graduate Students, Postdocs
Stage of Research: Education and Training
Branch: Population Health Branch

Collaboration and Networking

UR Health Research Website

University of Rochester researchers can leverage the UR Health Research Website to reach patients and members of the community who are interested in learning more about health research.

Audiences: Early Career Faculty, Faculty, Fellows, Nurses, Staff
Stage of Research: Project Setup, Project Management
Branch: Research Services Branch

Clinical Research Recruitment

clinical trials

UR Medicine Quality Institute

The Quality Institute offers applied quality improvement, clinical quality and regulatory resources, data and analytics support from UR CTSI, educational opportunities, research support, and healthcare safety. For internal URMC personnel use.

Audiences: Early Career Faculty, Faculty, Fellows, Postdocs, Medical Students, Nurses, Staff, Graduate Students
Stage of Research: Project Management, Finding Funding, Project Setup
Branch: Informatics and Analytics Branch

Methods and Processes Regulatory Support Data and Information Management Education and Professional Development Informatics and Analysis