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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.

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).

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.

K12 Program Development Support

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

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.

Automated Assistance with Study Recruitment on Social Media

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

Building A Multidisciplinary Research Team

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

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.

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.

Geospatial Social and Environmental Data

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

Healthcare Delivery Science Consultations

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.

COVID-19 Vaccine Access in the LGBTQIA Community Report

Guide To Clinical Research at USC

The purpose of this Guide and the corresponding ancillary documents is to provide a clear, user-friendly overview of conducting human studies research at USC and the Keck School of Medicine. The audience for these materials is investigators and research personnel at USC and the Keck School of Medicine. Updated July 2024.

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​.

Quality by Design Toolkit

This toolkit offers an overview of Quality by Design’s objectives, workflow, advisory board, and consultation services, supporting SC CTSI researchers in enhancing the quality and efficiency of their studies and ultimately increasing study success rates.