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TraCS announces Carolinas Collaborative award winners

16 August 2017

We are pleased to announce awardees of the second cycle of Carolinas Collaborative grants. The four Carolinas CTSAs (Duke University, the Medical University of South Carolina, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill‐RTI...

CTSA launches initiative to support multi-center trials

08 August 2017

The CTSA program has launched a new collaborative initiative to support multi-center trials called the Trial Innovation Network (TIN). The goal of the TIN is to execute multi-center trials better, faster and more cost-efficiently...

Thanks to a UNC research project, she can walk again

15 August 2017

As UNC geneticist Jonathan Berg gears up to lead a $9.7-million renewal of the NCGENES project, we look at a story from the original study and how it changed the fortunes of a woman from Goldsboro, NC. CHAPEL HILL, NC – When...

PCORI releases new methodology standards for comparative clinical effectiveness research

08 August 2017

The PCORI Methodology Report provides minimum requirements to follow in the conduct of scientifically valid patient-centered outcomes research. The report addresses two legislative mandates: the development of methodology...

New HHS rule and NIH policy affecting clinical trials

15 August 2017

DHHS and the NIH have released a new regulation and policy that affect registration and results reporting for clinical trials. The DHHS regulation, known as the Final Rule, describes requirements for registering and submitting...

Pregnancy Testing Recommendations Public Release on August 24

07 August 2017

Last week, the EC approved as final the recommendations from the Pregnancy Testing Project. The approved recommendations are available on the SC-internal website (password required). CTTI will unveil the recommendations...

Take a peek inside the largest clinical research hospital

11 August 2017

Tune into Discovery for a peek at what happens at the NIH’s Clinical Center, the largest U.S. hospital just for clinical research. The hospital has about 1,600 clinical research studies running right now. It’s been the driving...

RFA ANNOUNCEMENT: Health Research Stakeholder Engagement $2K Pilot Voucher Program

07 August 2017

The next deadline for this NC TraCS Pilot award is August 15, 2017: $2K Pilot Voucher Program Within the current TraCS $2K Pilot Award program, a voucher for compensating health research stakeholders for their time and...

Investigator Community Project meeting summary available

08 August 2017

Gain new insights into challenges affecting investigator retention and potential solutions with products now available from the investigator Community Project. A meeting summary has been posted publicly and includes results...

Magnuson Signs Research Code of Conduct

04 August 2017

On June 8, 2017, Vice Chancellor for Research Terry Magnuson officially approved UNC’s Code and Standard of Research Conduct. With his signature and concurrence by the Faculty Council and Policy Review Committee, the University...