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Research Resources of the Clinical Research Unit

Our CRU monthly newsletter summarizes recent news that may be of interest to UAB researchers focused on eye disease and vision impairment.

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Below is a Table of Resources made available through the Clinical Research Unit to investigators in order to facilitate patient-oriented research on eye disease and vision impairment. Pre-Award activities are those involving development of the project idea and design and procuring funding support for the project. Peri-Award activities are those tasks involved in setting up the execution of the project including regulatory compliance. Post-Award activities involve carrying out the research project including budgetary and regulatory oversight. Other activities include mentoring of junior investigators and consultation on revision and resubmission of grant applications.

In order to make use of the CRU research resources, please contact Karen Searcey, Clinical Research Unit Manager, at searcey@uab.edu or phone (205) 325-8310. We highly recommend that, whenever possible, you contact us during the earliest phases of designing and implementing your project. This will be better for the project and will allow our resources to more efficiently work for the project.

As an additional resource, the CRU has a series of downloadable slide presentations on various topics relevant to the conduct of patient-oriented research. To view any of these presentations, simply click on its icon below.

 

Type of Resource

Specific Resource

 

 

Pre-Award

Grant application development including development of specific aims, study design and methodology, sample size determination, statistical methodology.

 

Grant budget development and justification.

 

IRB application and facilitation of communication with IRB.

 

CIRB compliance and facilitation of communication with CIRB.

 

 

Peri-Award

Submission of final budget and research compliance forms

 

Communication with UAB Grants and Contracts Accounting to set up electronic budget and access to funds.

 

Liaison services to funding agency for any remaining administrative issues

 

 

Post-Award

Budgetary oversight and accounting

 

IRB and CIRB compliance

 

Database design and programming

 

Project Coordination including participant recruitment and retention, form design, chart abstraction, telephone survey administration, data entry, participant interviews, participant testing, participant follow-up, compliance procedures if interventional component.

 

Fundus photography by photographers certified by University of Wisconsin Reading Center.

 

Fundus reading and grading according to objective scales of disease

 

Statistical programming.

 

Statistical interpretation.

 

Manuscript preparation guidance.

 

 

Other

Facilitate development and execution of pilot projects and preliminary studies (involve the same resources as described above).

 

Facilitate networking and contacts for junior investigators  and investigators going into new areas.

 

Facilitate revision and re-submission of grant applications including strategies for responding to summary statement.

 

Mentoring of faculty for NIH K23 program and other clinical scientist programs.

 
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