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Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR). VICTR Resources – What’s New/What’s Next! Tara Helmer, PA-C, MPH Research Services Consultant. Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR). Objectives.
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Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR) VICTR Resources – What’s New/What’s Next! Tara Helmer, PA-C, MPH Research Services Consultant
Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR) Objectives • To provide some background information on Vanderbilt’s Clinical & Translational Science Award (CTSA) and the development of the Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical & Translational Research (VICTR) • To highlight some of the VICTR services/resources available through a live demonstration of StarBRITE • To facilitate discussion around development of existing/new resources
Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR) • Vanderbilt received a CTSA in Sept. 2007; PI: Gordon Bernard; currently in Year 02 of our renewal • Currently led by NCATS (Nat’l Center for Advancing Translational Science), the CTSA program supports a national consortium of medical research institutions designed to transform how biomedical research is conducted. • Goals are to speed the transition of laboratory discoveries into treatment for patients, to engage communities in clinical research efforts and to train a new generation of clinical and translational researchers. • 62 institutions across the country
Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR) Implementation of our CTSA: Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical & Translational Research (VICTR) Goals of VICTR include: • Establish physical & virtual home for translational investigation • Stimulate communication, remove impediments and streamline administration • Develop a new generation of investigators trained in the bi-directional process of translational research • Foster collaboration and innovation by creating value-added review processes and pilot research
Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR) StarBRITE StarBRITE integrates many VICTR resources and provides a single electronic point of entry for Vanderbilt and Meharry Medical College researchers. • Design Principles: • Focus on researcher needs first; • Leverage existing resources whenever possible to • avoid duplication of effort; and • Include auditing and logging of user activity to • ensure evaluation metrics are available to support • program review and future prioritization. • Internet - https://starbrite.vanderbilt.edu • VUNetID & password
Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR) • Widely used online research portal • > 6 million cumulative hits by over 17,000cumulative unique users to date
Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR) Examples of resources available through StarBRITE
Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR) Questions/Comments? • Research Support Services hotline: 343-7274 • Research.Support.Services@vanderbilt.edu • StarBRITE Ask a question or make a suggestion box
Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR) What’s New? Regulatory Resources • IDE Regulatory Resources/Support • IND Regulatory Resources/Support (Coming Soon) VICTR Template Language Page Edge for Scholars - https://my.vanderbilt.edu/edgeforscholars/ VICTR Investigator Profiles (VIP) What’s Next? • Ongoing work to streamline processes and extend connectivity • StarBRITE re-org
Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR) StarBRITE Re-Org (Coming Soon) Features: • More intuitive • More comprehensive