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RAPTIC

RAPTIC supports faculty doing innovative research in the medical, health or biomedical fields. 

RAPTIC Program Mission

Facilitate and accelerate progress in translational and clinical research at Ohio State by increasing awareness of and access to key resources and training, in order to identify and realize innovative ideas with applications that can be protected by IP, funded, commercialized and implemented in healthcare or biomedical settings.

RAPTIC is a year-long program; participant applications open in July each year, learning sessions run September to May, and every other June we hold a showcase and pitch competition. 

1 Short-Term Goals

  • Faculty recruitment, retention, job satisfaction
  • Support more ‘projects’ turning into ‘products’ at Ohio State
  • Connect faculty and their research teams to resources and information that enable the innovation pipeline 
  • Encourage cross-campus collaborations and peer support
  • Accelerate research progress and success for a broad group of faculty

2 Longer-Term Goal

  • Improve metrics for faculty research, IP, licensing, innovation grants and retention collectively driving a higher return on investment for individual colleges through existing fiscal workflows on campus that return indirects, license revenue, industry co-development opportunities and more.

“My confidence grew so much and I learned the research building blocks I needed.”

RAPTIC Pilot Cohort Participant

Three Phases of RAPTIC

Faculty may join at the appropriate phase. 

1 Ideation to Innovation

Strengthening research programs, transforming research ideas into innovative concepts, learning about IP.

2 Projects to Products

Developing projects into tangible products while securing intellectual property.

3 Invention Development

Refining inventions, mitigating risks, and planning for business success.

Key Elements of Each Phase

Coaching

Trained peer coaches for research acceleration.

Learning Sessions

Content, individualized feedback and peer networking.

Resources

Internal and regional connections, mentors, handbook and materials.

Opportunities

Funds for grant development, prototyping, seed/pilot work, and more.

Interested in being a part of the RAPTIC FY26 Cohort?

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Two female scientists working in a lab

“I never would have submitted this grant if I didn’t have the support of RAPTIC.”

RAPTIC Pilot Cohort Participant

R34/U01 Clinical Trials Deliverables Project Management

Appendix B: R34/U01 Clinical Trials Deliverables- Project Management

There is an illustration of a building shape with pillars. At the top of the building share is a triangle shaped roof with UM1 Submission in text. The next layer has the words "Regulatory Authority Submission Management."

There are nine pillars holding the roof in place and the read from left to right: Data Management Plan (CRF); Statistical Plan; HSP- Informed Consent (transitions); Drug Supply/Accountability; Monitoring Plan; Enrollment, Randomization & Subject Tracking; Central Laboratory & Sample Repository; Data Safety and Monitoring Plan; Training and Site Initiation Plan.

Below these nine pillars are four levels of flooring, which include form the top to the bottom: Sites/Subcontracts/budgets, Clinical Operations Management and Manual of Procedures, Study team, and lastly, Protocol and Investigator Brochure. 

Clinical Research Team Structure (Page 13)

Appendix A: Clinical Research Team Structure (Page 13)

The Clinical Research Team Structure image illustrates the hierarchical organization and roles within a clinical research team. The structure is designed to ensure efficient management and execution of clinical trials. Here is a detailed description of the image:

Regulatory (ICH, FDA) is in a black box positioned at the top center of the hierarchy with the Sponsor and Contract Research Organization branching out directly below in gray boxes. Underneath is the Medical Director in a spruce green box with a Coordination Center beige box branching out below and to the left that includes purple boxes with Regulatory sStaff, Fiscal management and a Project Manager. Branching out below and to the right is the Data Coordinating Center in the same style beigh box as the Coordination Center that includes Data Manager, Statistician and Monitor in mustard yellow boxes.

The next tier on the structure has the Principal Investigator in a lime green box positioned at the top middle of this next level of hierarchy with the Grants Manager, Sponsored Programs, IRB and CCRM/CTO Management Teams listed next to it in pink boxes. 

Below this tier are gray arrows that show a back and forth connection with the Principal investigator lime green box is a row of teal boxes that include, from left to right, Research Assistant, Nurses, lab Tech, Clinical Research Coordinator, Sub-investigators and Pharmacist. 

Directly below these teal boxes is one sky blue box with an arrow showing the back and forth relationship with Subjects.

 

Bioinformatics Shared Resources (BISR) Summer Omics Workshop

22nd Annual Ohio Mass Spectrometry Symposium

2024 ATRN Annual Health Summit

Call for Abstracts: ATRN 2025 Health Summit

CTSI Community Engagement Team Connects with Community Members at Healthy Community Day

This event offered free health screenings, fitness demonstrations, cooking demos and family-friendly entertainment, all aimed at promoting wellness and access to care in the community.

As part of their outreach, the CTSI team set up an interactive booth to engage attendees in a conversation about local health priorities. Visitors were invited to answer the question: “What are the top health concerns in your community?” Using colorful sticky notes, participants wrote down their thoughts and posted them on a large whiteboard display. The responses reflected a wide range of concerns, from the cost of healthcare and cleanliness of the physical environment to improving health education in schools.

This simple yet powerful activity sparked meaningful dialogue and helped the CTSI team gather valuable insights directly from community members. The feedback will inform future programming and research initiatives focused on addressing community health needs and improving outcomes across central Ohio.

Healthy Community Day continues to be a cornerstone event for developing trust, sharing resources and building partnerships between health and wellness programs and the communities they serve. The CTSI Community Engagement team was proud to be part of this year’s celebration and looks forward to deepening connections and co-creating solutions with the community.

Post-It Notes on whiteboard answering questions about community health

CTSI Healthy Community Day table

Interacting with the community

Julie Johnson, PharmD, is the Director and Principal Investigator at The Ohio State University Clinical and Translational Science Institute. 

Shared Resources Leadership Practicum Q&A

Successful 2025 Secondary Data Symposium

The keynote speaker, Rachel Patzer, PhD, MPH, President and CEO of Regenstrief Institute at Indiana University School of Medicine spoke about using secondary data to change national policy with providing examples from U.S. transplant system.

Obtaining grant funding using secondary data section was a popular portion, with presenters discussing topics such as using medical records data to conduct NIH-funded patients outcome research among their work and using state cancer registries in secondary data analyses.

The Ohio State University Clinical and Translational Science Institute’s designated data navigator is Dr. Ayse Odabas who is research scientist at the Center for Biostatistics at The Ohio State University. Dr. Odabas discussed the steps on how to obtain access to secondary data sources such as MarketScan, CMS Standard Analytic Files and EPIC COSMOS.

Overall attendance increased by 72.2% compared to last year, reaching a total of 198 attendees. Among these attendees, 78 attendees were from external academic institutions other than Ohio State or Nationwide Children’s Hospital (almost four times higher compared to last year) which included three attendees from international institutions.

When asked what goals the attendees plan to use secondary data for in their future work, they indicated using various data sources to submit NIH grants, using secondary data for their dissertation and using specific data sources such as All of Us.

Full List of Institutions 

  1. The Ohio State University
  2. Nationwide Children’s Hospital
  3. Arkansas Center for Health Improvement
  4. Battelle
  5. Bon Secours Mercy Health
  6. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
  7. Central Ohio Behavioral Healthcare
  8. Christiana Care Health System
  9. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
  10. Duke University
  11. George Washington University
  12. Kenya Medical Research institute – CVDC
  13. Mercy Health
  14. MetroHealth
  15. Nemours
  16. National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, India
  17. Northwestern University
  18. Ohio Association of Community Health Centers
  19. Oregon Health & Science University
  20. Portland State University
  21. Stanford University
  22. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
  23. UCLA Health
  24. University of Auckland
  25. University of Connecticut
  26. University of Delaware
  27. University of Iowa
  28. University of Kentucky
  29. University of Miami
  30. University of Minnesota
  31. University of Nebraska Medical Center
  32. University of Wisconsin – Madison
  33. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  34. Vanderbilt University
  35. Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis
  36. Wright State University

Julie Johnson, PharmD, is the Director and Principal Investigator at The Ohio State University Clinical and Translational Science Institute. 

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