Investigator Resources

• Biostatistical support in the design, implementation, and interpretation of clinical translational research studies.
• Up to 25 hours of free services.  

• Expert patient- and community-centered services and resources, such as the PATIENTS program, help in setting up focus groups, developing participant instruction videos, and more.
• Up to 50 hours of free services. 
• Access to a Research Vehicle to transport research staff and supplies into the community.

• Researchers move clinical translational research findings beyond the academic and scientific communities and out to the general community where it can have the most impact in reducing health outcome disparities.
• Without considering how to disseminate and implement findings out into the general community in the early phases of research protocol design, the information risks stopping at the scientific publication or presentation and fails to reach the intended population and/or general public.
• When considering the available ICTR resources, D&I should also be considered in tandem if requesting consultation services from other ICTR Cores of services. 

Up to 25 hours of free services in each of the following 4 areas:

• Computer-Aided Drug Design (CADD)
• Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics
• Mass Spectrometry
• Drug Formulation

TriNetX and Access to EPIC clinical data (UMMC and other UMMS clinical sites); Clinical and Research Imaging Informatics; REDCap assistance; Consultation with UMBC Machine Learning; Artificial Intelligence; Cybersecurity Consultation on Web-based Research and EHR; Access to Medicare, IQVIA, and NCI Data

• Unlimited use of TriNetX
• Up to 100 hours of support to access EPIC clinical data (UMMC and other UMMS clinical sites) and
• Up to 25 hours of support available for each of the following:
  • Clinical and Research Imaging Informatics
  • REDCap assistance
  • Consultation with UMBC Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and Cybersecurity 
  • Consultation on Web-based Research and EHR
• Access to Medicare, IQVIA, and NCI Data requires ICTR Voucher Application

Visit ICTR Informatics Core Services for more information and how to apply.

• Help direct investigators to the clinical translational research services they need and advise them on the “next steps.”
• The ICTR Navigators serve as the UMB ResearchMatch Liaisons and can direct researchers on how to use the participant registry.  

• Consultation and assistance in addressing ethical issues throughout the entire research process, including planning, implementation, analysis, interpretation, and dissemination/publication.
• Guidance on ethical principles such as autonomy, beneficence, and justice, as well as support for informed consent and handling unforeseen events in research activities.

A series of integrated, dynamic, and interactive "roundtable" discussions to assist the researcher by providing expertise in areas such as:

• Hypothesis generation
• Study design
• Biostatistics
• Implementation
• Analysis and interpretation
• Recruitment
• Research ethics

Please note that Studios are customized to the research area of interest. Once your request is received, it may take up to 8 weeks or more to coordinate the schedules of the faculty who will be contributing to the Studio discussion. This depends on the time of year and the number of Studios already in the queue. Please plan for this time.  

If the request is time sensitive, please consider individual consultations with the ICTR Cores of Services to help with sections of the grants, such as the statistical section, dissemination & implementation, community engagement, etc.  Consults with the individual core service providers can typically occur within a week or so.