CTSI Resources for Partners & Affiliates
This section includes the following for each of the partner sites:
- How to contact a Facilitator at affiliated sites
- Clinical and Translational Research Center (CTRC) information including
- budget and billing
- application forms
- contact information
- IRB Approvals
- Regulatory & Compliance
- Data Management
- Training
- Consultations
- Grant Development and Submissions
UCLA is committed to supporting researchers at UCLA and UCLA Affiliate Institutions with the following goals:
- To promote excellence in quality of clinical trial management through support and education.
- To facilitate effective and timely clinical trial initiation by improving institutional processes and development of clinical trial, regulatory, budget and finance tools and information.
- To increase awareness of clinical trials in the community through education and community participant recruitment outreach activities.
- To interface with institutional/industry partners to support enhanced clinical research practice.
To get started, please contact the facilitator at your institution.
Partner Sites - Contact a Facilitator
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Sciences
Gregory Turner
Website-Charles R. Drew University
University of California, Los Angeles
(310) 794-2874
Deborah Herman
CTSI Resources for Partners & Affiliates: Cedars-Sinai
Contact a Facilitator
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
(310) 423-8969
Debby Peterson
CTRC Contact
Cedars-Sinai CTRC
8723 Alden Drive, Room 280
Los Angeles, CA 90048
(310) 423-8969
website
rates
Clinical and Translational Research Budgeting and Billing
The UCLA Clinical and Translational Research Centers (CTRCs) assist investigators with:
- set-up of your CTRC study budget
- obtain CTRC cost information
- ensure proper billing of all patient care activities
If your research will be completed at a Clinical and Translational Research Center, please see the CTRC application process below.
What is the Clinical and Translational Research Center application?
The UCLA CTRC online application processes and forms are used at UCLA-Westwood, Cedars-Sinai, Charles R. Drew University and Lundquist/Harbor-UCLA to submit, review, and approve clinical research services. All CTRC partner site services are available to all CTSI researchers. See below for the available processes and forms at each site:
Cedars-Sinai CTRC
- Application process
- See CTSI CTRCs for more information
IRB Approvals
Before your study begins, you must have IRB approval. Below are the CTSI partner site IRB submission tools. Click here to go to the Cedars-Sinai Webridge IRB system. For more information, contact:
Office of Research Compliance and Quality Improvement
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
8383 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 742
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Phone: (310) 423-3783
Email: irb@cshs.org
More IRB information can be found here
Regulatory & Compliance Support Services
Research Administration: Cedars-Sinai: Office of Research Administration
Compliance Office/Services: Cedars-Sinai: Office of Research Compliance. For questions, contact irb@cshs.org
Conflicts of interest: Cedars-Sinai: Industry relations and COI policies
Clinical Trials Administration: Cedars-Sinai: Industry Sponsored Research Office. Offers expertise in processing, negotiating and administering industry funded contracts and grants.
Training: Clinical Research Professional Orientation for new hires and existing research staff. To learn more these courses, or to enroll, contact Maggie Benton, grant and contract coordinator, 323-866-6921, maggie.benton@cshs.org.
CTSI Resources for Partners & Affiliates
Charles R. Drew University
Research:
IRB Submissions:
Before your study begins, you must have IRB approval. Click here for more information on the IRB for Charles R. Drew University.
Document Management
- Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science: not applicable at this time.
Please see Data Storage Options for Affiliates.
Charles R. Drew Consultations
Thomas Yoshikawa, MD
AXIS Research Education and Training Lead
Building N, Room 4
Phone: (323) 357-3680
Email: thomasyoshikawa@cdrewu.edu
Office Hours: Wednesdays 6:15 am - 10:00 am and Thursdays 1:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Available by phone at (310) 948-1040 on Saturdays from 1:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Baqar Husaini, PhD
Senior Consultant
Dr. Husaini will lend his expertise and knowledge to developing successful grant concepts and proposals, especially in light of appropriate funding mechanisms and agencies.
Phone: (323)-563-5892
Email: baqarhusaini@cdrewu.edu
Office Hours: Thursdays 11:00 am – 2:00 pm and by appointment
Ronald Andersen, PhD
Co-Leader of the Evaluation, CTSI
Dr. Andersen will review research designs and suggest models upon which to base your paper and project. He can help develop answerable research questions and appropriate designs, as well as cost-effectiveness program analysis, evaluations, sampling, measurement and data collection, data analysis, and how to use these for program or policy decision-making.
Phone: (310) 474-1825
Email: randerse@ucla.edu
- Escalation with Overdose Control - interactive tool for designing and conducting dose-finding trials in cancer. Offered through Cedars-Sinai.
REDCap - secure, web-based application for building and managing online surveys and data collection). UCLA CTSI offers complementary support during the process of defining and refining your database.
- UCLA Contact: Martin Lai, MS, (310) 794-9396, mylai@mednet.ucla.edu
Harbor/LA Biomed Contact: Liz Chen, MBA, (310) 781-3601, lchen@labiomed.org
- UCLA Contact: Martin Lai, MS, (310) 794-9396, mylai@mednet.ucla.edu
CTSI Resources for Partners & Affiliates
Lundquist/Harbor UCLA
Regulatory & Compliance – Support Services
Research Administration:
- Lundquist/Harbor UCLA: Allison Weber, Director Pre Award, Office of Research Administration
- Office: (310)974-9567, Email: aweber@labiomed.org
Compliance Office/Services:
- Lundquist/Harbor UCLA: For questions, contact Liz Burrola lburrola@labiomed.org
Conflicts of Interest:
- Lundquist/Harbor UCLA: For questions, contact Liz Burrola lburrola@labiomed.org
Clinical Trials Administration:
- Lundquist/Harbor UCLA: Office of Research Administration handles industry-sponsored clinical trials negotiations Sam Adams sadams@labiomed.org 310-222-3621
Training
- EHR Trainings (ORCHID and i2b2 training offered by Liz Chen, MBA, (310) 781-3601, lchen@labiomed.org)
- Clinical Research Coordinators (SOCRA Chapter continuing education lectures; Clinical Research Coordinator Council) CTSINavigation@labiomed.org
- Good Clinical Practice (CITI) Ernestina Yiadom, 310-222-3624, eyiadom@labiomed.org
Survey Tools
- Escalation with Overdose Control - interactive tool for designing and conducting dose-finding trials in cancer. Offered through Cedars-Sinai.
- REDCap - secure, web-based application for building and managing online surveys and data collection). UCLA CTSI offers complementary support during the process of defining and refining your database.
- UCLA Contact: Martin Lai, MS, (310) 794-9396, mylai@mednet.ucla.edu
- Lundquist/Harbor UCLA Contact: Liz Chen, MBA, (310) 781-3601, lchen@labiomed.org
Please see Data Storage Options for Affiliates
Partner Sites - Contact a Facilitator
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
(310) 423-8969
Debby Peterson
Website: Cedars-Sinai
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Sciences
Gregory Turner
Website: Charles R. Drew University
Lundquist Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
(310) 222-2503
Raquel Gutierrez
Website: Lundquist/Harbor-UCLA
University of California, Los Angeles
(310) 794-2874
Deborah Herman