Facility Details

The Clinical and Translational Research Support (CTRS) Core provides assistance to funded research projects involving human participants to ensure that they have sufficient numbers of well-characterized individuals to fulfill the projects' primary aims. The CTRS Core also provides access and information resources that will support investigators of all types who have clinical and/or translational research interests.
Our Core currently provides the following services:
1.Recruitment of participants;
2.Assessment/characterization of participants;
3.Tracking of recruited participants across multiple projects and maintenance of a database of specialized populations;
4.Coordination of interactions with the UMMS IRB, which includes assisting investigators to submit clear and complete applications and follow-up IRB communications.