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Established Investigator

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Established Investigator

Opportunities for experienced investigators to acquire new research capabilities and to engage in mentor trainings to help early career researchers become more effective researchers.

Research Mentoring Training

Are you a faculty mentor or would you like to be a mentor? 

The Clinical and Translational Science Institutes (CTSI) presents up to three mentoring workshops a year to develop your competency as a mentor. The training is designed to help faculty who mentor early career researchers, whether junior faculty, postdoctoral trainees or graduate students to become more effective research and career mentors. 

The two-session workshop uses a case-based, discussion-oriented curriculum designed by the Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experience in Research (CIMER). CIMER develops theoretically-grounded, evidence-based and culturally-responsive training materials. The training is designed to help faculty who mentor early career researchers, especially junior faculty, to become more effective research and career mentors. A randomized controlled trial of this mentoring curriculum demonstrated that this training improved the skills of mentors. 

Topics include:

  • Approaches to research mentoring  
  • Maintaining effective communications  
  • Assessing understanding 
  • Establishing expectations
  • Promoting professional development
  • Fostering independence

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Business of Science

The Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) and partner the Fisher College of Business Executive Education, present “The Business of Science,” a workshop designed to provide faculty researchers in the health and biomedical sciences with enhanced skills in innovation, project management and team leadership. The sessions are practically oriented, interactive and introduce participants to methods they can implement immediately in their research projects.

This event is held in the fall during even numbered years.

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Community Engagement Toolkit for Community Members

Community Engagement Toolkit for Community Members

Explore community engagement resources for community members and partners.

The CTSI Community Engagement program provides the list of resources below to help community partners and Ohio State and Nationwide Children's Hospital research teams identify a place to start when it comes to engaging stakeholders in the translational research process.

Investigator-Initiated Clinical Research Guidebook/Checklists

Investigator-Initiated Clinical Research Guidebook/Checklists

Clinical trials in which the investigator conceives the research, develops the protocol and may also serve as the sponsor.

We also provided a toolkit for Investigator-Initiated Clinical Research in the form of a guidebook. Many times when investigators write a clinical trial they do not realize that they are not only taking on the responsibility of the investigator, but also the legal responsibility of that of a sponsor. That distinction adds some significant tasks to trial oversight than a study designed and initiated by industry.

Download the Guidebook (PDF)

Clinical Research Center

Clinical Research Center (CRC)

As part of the Center for Clinical Research Management in the College of Medicine, the CRC provides clinical research services and currently collaborates with investigators to implement around 100 active research protocols at any given time.

With nursing, nutrition research and laboratory support cores, the CRC staff provide Ohio State investigators with the cutting-edge tools and services needed to explore important clinical questions as well as the pathophysiology and treatment of disease.

Discover the CRC

REDCap

REDCap

A secure web application for building and managing online surveys and databases.

While REDCap can be used to collect virtually any type of data in any environment and it is specifically geared to support online and offline data capture for research studies and operations.

Explore REDCap

NOTE: REDCap has not been validated for compliance with Title 21 Code of Federal Regulations Part 11 and may not be used for eConsent and/or electronic data capture in FDA-regulated research or for any other research with requirements for which REDCap at Ohio State has not been validated. If you have questions, please contact rit-edc@osumc.edu.

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Recruitment and Retention

Supporting researcher's efforts to recruit participants efficiently and effectively.

Consultation

Identify, reach and enroll your target population, overcome barriers and achieve your recruitment goals.

Consultations are available to help research teams with:

  • Understanding potential participants' motivation to enroll in studies
  • Design of marketing materials (brochures/flyers/cards)
  • Creating and implementing Meta marketing advertisements
  • Assistance with the process of obtaining IRB approval to use ResearchMatch for recruitment and best practices
  • Guidance with listing research studies on StudySearch
  • Creating a positive environment for the research team and study participants
  • Connecting with the university's marketing and social media opportunities
  • Research Informatics Resources, including Clinical Trials Alerts, IHS for research and Information Warehouse requests (feasibility)

Request a Consultation

By requesting a consultation with Recruitment and Retention Services early in the design of a research study can help to reduce the burden of study participant recruitment, which can often be more challenging than expected.

Mary Becker

Recruitment and Retention Program Manager

Email

mary.becker@osumc.edu

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