Tools & services for conducting research

Academic or Community Partnership Assistance

Helping researchers identify partners and foster relationships across academic and community settings

Access Los Angeles Countywide Patient Data

LADR is an integration of medical records and clinical research data across all participating networks. Investigators are able to find sets of aggregated patient information through a web-based application all while preserving patient privacy.

Autism Promotor Manual

This manual was developed with the intent to address access the disparities and access to care for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and other developmental delays among Latino children in Los Angeles, California

Automated Assistance with Study Recruitment on Social Media

Use Trial Promoter to make your social media recruitment quicker, more streamlined and efficient.

Budget Development Support

Provides consultations and guidance on preparation of study budgets for investigator-initiated studies

Building A Multidisciplinary Research Team

Helping investigators develop multi-disciplinary research teams to tackle complex scientific questions and clinical challenges.

CHLA Clinical Research Support Office

A highly productive, cost-effective research service program that provides support across the lifecycle of a clinical research study

Clinical Research Coordinators

Experienced fee-for-service clinical research coordinators for hire who provide study-related services

Clinical Trial Management System (CTMS)

USC’s Clinical Trial Management System, OnCore, is a jointly sponsored, web-based software system for managing clinical trials

Clinical Trials Unit (CTU) at USC

Provides a broad range of services to assist in the initiation and conduct of human services

Communications Support

Community Reviewer Training Program Toolkit

This toolkit serves as a guide to the Community Reviewer Training Program (CRTP). CRTP provides community reviewers with training materials to help with the NIH grant review process. Building trust between researchers and underrepresented communities is crucial to improving research relevance, participation, and outcomes (National Institutes of Health, 2011). This is the goal of the community reviewer training program​.

Community-Based Study Design

Providing assistance in adapting traditional research methods to the community setting

Community-Engaged Research Support

Offering new pathways to address the health and social needs across communities in Southern California and beyond

COVID-19 Recruitment and Operations Guide

COVID-19 Vaccine Access in the LGBTQIA Community Report

Custom Data Requests and Clinical Data Services

The SC CTSI provides services enabling complete access and analysis of patient data from the electronic medical records of Keck Medicine of USC, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, and the Los Angeles Department of Health Services.

Data Extraction Support from Digital Platforms

Assistance with extracting de-identifiable and identifiable user-generated (community-generated) data from digital platforms such as blogs, websites, and other social media

Data Retrieval from Electronic Medical Records for CHLA Researchers

USC, CHLA and DHS research teams can use the research data warehouse for study planning (feasibility assessments, power analyses) through their respective i2b2 portals

Data Retrieval from Electronic Medical Records for DHS Researchers

USC, CHLA and DHS research teams can use the research data warehouse for study planning (feasibility assessments, power analyses) through their respective i2b2 portals

Data Retrieval from Electronic Medical Records for USC Researchers

USC can use the research data warehouse for study planning (feasibility assessments, power analyses) through their respective i2b2 portals

Developing a Community Advisory Board for Research Toolkit

This toolkit is intended to assist researchers in navigating the processes of developing and establishing a community advisory board (CAB) for their research studies. Practical tips and step-by-step guidelines are provided

Digital & Traditional Tools for Recruitment Toolkit

This toolkit contains proven strategies and tips to help researchers develop a solid plan to recruit and retain study participants.

Digital Communication Tool Development

Technical and development support for digital projects with a clear focus on digital communication to assist investigators with clinical and community research projects

Digital Research Dissemination Support

Expert consulting on content development, disseminating research online, benefits of different digital and social media platforms, established practices, outcome measurement

Digital Research Profile Building & Online Reputation Management

Expert consulting on building a research profile online including content development, platforms, managing one’s online reputation, suppression, removal of content

Education Resource Center (ERC)

The Education Resource Center (ERC) provides consultations on best practices for the design, facilitation/dissemination, and evaluation of educational offerings for faculty and others who facilitate trainings in person and online related to clinical and translational research.

Engaging Latino Communities in Research: A Training Manual for Promotores

This research promotor curriculum is designed to train Promotores to increase community knowledge about research, advocate for research and help community members understand and appreciate research

Find Trial Sites with Eligible Patients Across CTSA Network

Data tool lets researchers explore and validate feasibility for multi-site clinical studies across dozens of academic medical centers, in real time, from their desktops.

First-time NIH R01 Application Submission Counseling

This service is offered to investigators who are submitting their first research project grant (R01) to the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Geospatial Social and Environmental Data

Access census-tract data to power research on social and environmental determinants of health

Grant Mock Review

Provides junior investigators and graduate students, who may have limited or no grant-writing experience, with feedback on proposals intended for submission to NIH K-series.

Guide To Clinical Research at USC

Healthcare Delivery Science Consultations

IRB Applications for Community-Based Studies

Helping ensure that your research protocol is IRB compliant with consults from community-based researchers

K12 Program Development Support

Research-related training programs are essential in developing a qualified research workforce at USC and beyond.

Mentored Career Development in Clinical and Translational Science Program (KL2) Advisement

The Mentored Career Development in Clinical and Translational Science (KL2) is a three-year program created to support research career development for health professionals or individuals with research doctoral degrees who wish to pursue formal training and a career in clinical and translational research.

Mobile and Connected Health Research Support

Helping investigators, research team members, and clinicians take advantage of new technologies at the bedside, in the clinic or in the field, with real-time observations and interventions, and new research designs.

New Study Navigation Tool

This tool will help you determine where to go to activate your clinical research study at USC, including contracting offices, review committees, and ancillary services.

Participant Recruitment for Community-Based Studies

Connect with community members and organizations

pSCANNER

The SC CSI facilitates access to de-identified data in national study participant and data analysis systems called pSCANNER, the Patient-Centered National Network for Effectiveness Research and PCORNET, the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network.

Qualitative Research Support

Providing expertise in designing and conducting qualitative research

Quality by Design

[Quality by Design services page under construction]

Regulatory Knowledge & Support

Expert support for faculty with new grants, small business innovative research grants, and start-up companies

Research Career Development Educational Counseling

The SC CTSI provides educational offering advisement to those clinicians, post-doctoral fellows, residents, students and research staff who are seeking research education.

Research Ethics Support

SC CTSI provides research ethics support to help investigators, research team members, and clinicians anticipate, identify, and respond to relevant ethical issues and adopt and share best practices.

Research Match

Research Match is a useful tool that connects volunteers with studies (not just clinical trials).

Research Navigation

Obtain assistance with any aspect of planning or conducting a human study

Research Nurses

Research nurses balance standard of care and protocol-specific requirements in order to provide and ensure the highest level of care

Scientific Protocol Review

All investigator-initiated clinical trials that have not undergone prior scientific review are routed to CRS to undergo scientific review as a part of the HSC IRB review process

Specimen Processing

A one-stop unit for processing, storing, and shipping research samples collected from research patients

Successful Research Recruitment: A Toolkit for a Community-Based Approach

This toolkit aims to develop greater capacity and success in research participant recruitment, particularly in the recruitment of underrepresented populations such as ethnic minorities

Support for NIH Research Career Development Awards (K-series)

The SC CTSI provides support to those faculty or post-doctoral candidates who intend to submit k-series grants to NIH.

Taking Innovation from Bench to Bedside

Helping investigators develop plans to translate innovations to the bedside.

Team Science Workshops

Custom workshops for USC research teams with any size to help strengthen your team collaboration.

Toolkit for Developing Community Partnerships

This community partnership toolkit outlines the process and approach needed during every phase of community-engaged research including: relationship building, proposal development, project execution and dissemination

Trial Innovation Network (TIN)

The TIN is a national network that focuses on operational innovation, operational excellence and collaboration and leverages the expertise and resources of the CTSA Program.

TriNetX

TriNetX is the global health research network that optimizes clinical research and enables discoveries through the generation of real-world evidence.

USC Health Sciences Profiles

A public search tool to find research collaborators and strengthen your online presence

USC Training Finder

Fostering research compliance at USC

Video creation and digital storytelling

Expert consulting on crowdfunding strategies, content development, crowdfunding platforms, digital storytelling, and video production