Each year, UCSF investigators receive in excess of 7000 hours of consultations encompassing everything from biostatistics and data management to geographical information systems (GIS) and research ethics.
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Research Resources
Resources available to all researchers at UCSF and affiliated institutions
Find Experts, Collaborators & Mentors
- UCSF Profiles
Research discovery and networking tool that helps investigators find research expertise, potential collaborators, and networks. - Community Engagement Consultation Services
Expert advice and assistance in finding community partners for research project.
- UCSF International Projects Database
Helps investigators find research projects conducted by UCSF researchers across the globe.
Find UCSF Research Core Facilities & Services
A searchable database that provides information on over 80 UCSF research facilities, services, and contacts.
Get Research Advice – Consultation Services
Provided by UCSF faculty and senior staff.
- Consultation Services
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Expert advice includes:
- biostatistics
- study design and implementation
- data management
- ethics
- implementation & dissemination science
- comparative effectiveness large dataset analysis
- Digital Health
- participant recruitment
- preclinical development: drugs & devices
- global health
- bioinformatics data analysis
- regulatory knowledge and support
- radiology & biomedical imaging research
- clinical & life sciences data
- collaborations between researchers and community partners
- mentoring clinical & translational researchers, and more
- Consultation Services Recharge Policy
Get Grant Writing Guidance
Examples of successful research proposals and expert advice on how to navigate and write grant applications.
- Successful K Proposal Library
Learn from successful grant applications and reviews provided by UCSF award recipients.
- T32 Proposal Library
Learn from successful grant applications and reviews provided by UCSF award recipients.
- Data Safety Monitoring Protocol Library
Examples of Data Safety Monitoring plans and board guidelines, including large scale, multicenter trials, and more.
- Writing NIH Mentored K Award
Applications Provide online learning materials. - Biostatistics Consultation Services in Statistical Grant Writing
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Expert advice to:
- write and edit statistical proposal sections,
- outline analysis strategies,
- plan data collection and management,
- devise study designs,
- define outcome, predictor, and confounding variables, and
- calculate sample size and power.
Use Clinical Research Services
8 physical locations provide services that help to translate promising clinical research ideas into successful protocols.
- Clinical Research Services
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Services include:
- inpatient and outpatient services,
- nursing services,
- body composition & exercise laboratories,
- sample processing, and more.
- Participant Recruitment Service
- Study Management Service
Use Informatics Services & Tools
Capture, access, analyze, manage and securely store research and health data.
- Informatics Resources Overview
A full listing of the tools designed to provide a secure environment for investigators to capture, manage and store research and health data.
- Data Management with Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap)
A tool to manage research data and develop electronic data capture forms, reports, and surveys.
- Sensitive data storage with MyResearch@UCSF
A professionally managed, secure, web-based, collaborative environment in which to store files containing sensitive data.
- Bioinformatics Consultation Service
- Provides consultation and assistance to analyze data deriving from:
- genomics,
- proteomics,
- microarrays,
- sequence, and other high throughput biotechnologies.
Conduct Digital Health Research
Expert advice and resources for investigators interested in conducting Digital Health research projects, including Mobile Health (mHealth).
- Digital Health Consultation Service
Current trends & design ideas in health apps, advice on technical issues (e.g., privacy, connectivity to EHRs, etc.), evaluation methods, usage patterns of mobile technology (e.g., digital divide), referral to technical and legal services.
- Digital Health Resources
- UCSF mHealth Group
Work with Industry
Quick answers and extensive consultation on how to engage in industry partnerships.
- Work with Industry FAQ
- Catalyst Award
Provides extensive consultation and pilot funding to identify industry partnerships for investigators interested in developing discoveries into new therapies or diagnostic tests.
- Preclinical CRO Vendor Program
Provides access to pre-selected Contract Research Organizations (CRO's).
Work with the Community
Information and consultation to conduct research in community settings and successfully integrate community partnerships.
- Community Engagement Consultation Services
- Expert advice to conduct research in community settings, including how to:
- integrate community partnerships into research projects,
- engage the community with research findings,
- work with the media, and more.
- Community-Engaged Research Guides and Resource Manuals
- Community-Engaged Research Articles, Reports, and Books
- Community-Engaged Research Presentations and Tools
Conduct Comparative Effectiveness Research
Support for investigators interested in assessing the effectiveness of clinical interventions and other T2 translational research.
- Comparative Effectiveness Large Datasets Inventory
A database of over 80 local and national health datasets searchable by domain, population, time frame, study design, and unit of observation.
- Expert Advice on How to Work with Large Datasets
UCSF experts provide advice in working with Comparative Effectiveness large datasets.
- All CER Resources
A listing of UCSF resources to help you conduct Comparative Effectiveness Research.
Work with Large Datasets
Learn how to find and use large datasets in research.
Use Communication & Collaboration Tools
Designed to help researchers discover expertise, share knowledge, and engage with collaborators online
- UCSF Profiles
Research discovery and networking tool that helps investigators find research expertise, potential collaborators, and networks.
- Open Forums
Online tools for open brainstorming.
- Research Blogs
Research advice and discussions on Research Ethics and T2 Translational Research.
- CTSpedia
Website that provides timely advice to clinical and translational researchers, tools, and educational materials.
Talk to a Research Navigator
Get guidance on research resources and experts across UCSF.
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Additional Resources
- Office of Research
- Research Investigator Handbook
- Contracts & Grants
- Committee on Human Research (CHR)
- School of Medicine Investigator Resources
- Library and Center for Knowledge Management
Biospecimens and Tissues
- UCSF Biospecimen Guide (pdf 1MB)
- Tissue Specimen Guide (pdf 84KB)
- BioShare — the Immune Tolerance Network's (ITN) Biomarker Sample Sharing Program
Regulatory Guides & Information
- How to register your study at ClinicalTrials.gov
- Clinical Trials Networks Best Practices
- Information Sheet for Clinical Laboratory Testing
Faculty-identified Online Resources to Support Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs)
(Note: The resources and comments below were provided by UCSF faculty. If you have feedback regarding these resources, or other suggestions to add, please let us know. Learn more about how these resources were identified.)
- http://www.randomizer.at — For smaller studies; startup cost is $600 for first 50 enrollees and then $5/ additional enrollee.
- http://www.randomize.net — For large studies; flat fee of $2500 independent of enrollment size.
- Consultation Services Biostatistical Consulting Unit also provides help with randomization.
Accelerate is managed by the UCSF Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI), part of the Clinical and Translational Science Award program funded by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (Grant Number UL1 TR000004) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Cite CTSI NIH Funding Acknowledgment: Important — All publications resulting from the utilization of CTSI resources are required to credit the CTSI grant by including the NIH Funding Acknowledgment and must comply with NIH Public Access Policy.
Training & Advancement
- Browse UCSF Opportunities
- Career Advancement Library
- Training in Clinical Research (TICR)
- CTSI Online Education Curriculum
- AHRQ K12 PARTNERS Program
- Training in Implementation Science
- Mentor Development Course
- Clinical and Translational Research
Fellowship Program (CTRFP) - Faculty Opportunities
- Resident Opportunities
- Trainee Opportunities
Funding
- Resource Allocation Program (RAP)
- K Proposal Library
- T32 Proposal Library
- Writing NIH Mentored K Award Applications
- Faculty Career Development Awards
- Postdoctoral Funding
- Resident Funding
- Catalyst Award
- Community-Engaged and T2 Funding
- Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER)
Funding - Informatics Funding