CR The milestone-driven ATIP program provides up to $100,000 over one year in targeted funding and project management for faculty conducting translational research projects.

For more information, submit a Connection Request or email the ICTR Navigators.

For a complete list of ATIP recipients, click here.

The ICTR Biomedical Informatics group concentrates on identifying gaps in current research IT services within the Johns Hopkins environment and creating strategies for filling these gaps. By using CTSA funds to leverage institutional resources to provide for these needs as identified by investigators and the committee, the entire research enterprise is benefitting through both the improvement of existing resources and the creation of new, enterprise-wide tools.

The group coordinates and/or supports the Clinical Research Management System (CRMS); the EPR2020 clinical data repository; the caTissue specimen tracking system, the Center for Clinical Data Analysis Services, the Center for Computational Genomics (genomics.jhu.edu); and the implementation and improvement of SciVal Experts.

For more information contact:

Harold Lehmann, MD, PhD
Director of Research and Training, Division of Health Sciences Informatics, JHU School of Medicine
Phone: 410-502-7569
Email: Lehmann@jhmi.edu

CR In conjunction with the Biostatistics Center, ICTR offers researchers access to a research-related consulting service. The goal of the service is to promote the appropriate use of biostatistics in the design, implementation, and interpretation of clinical and translational research studies.

The Cardiovascular Core's laboratory, located on the Bayview Campus, provides advanced echocardiography, vascular imaging, pulse wave velocity testing, and applanation tomography.

For more information contact:

Sandra Lima, RDCS
Cardiovascular Sonographer
Phone: 410-550-6720
Email: slima1@jhmi.edu

CR Through ICTR, Center for Clinical Trials (CCT) faculty members offer a consulting service on questions relating to study design and conduct. Housed in the Department of Epidemiology in the Bloomberg School of Public Health, the interschool CCT is dedicated to the promotion of clinical trials as a method of evaluation of preventive and therapeutic approaches to health problems.The goal of this consulting service is to provide intellectual and methodological input into clinical research studies and research synthesis initiated by faculty of Johns Hopkins University.

The Clinical Registries Outcomes Group was formed as a result of the Clinical Registries Workshop that took place in the fall of 2010. This outcomes group meets monthly to present information regarding the development of clinical registries. The primary focus of the group is to obtain feedback from one another and discuss needs, goals, and future directions.

For more information contact:

Roxanne J. Stambaugh
Administrative Manager, Institute for Clinical and Translational Research Johns Hopkins Medicine Course Coordinator, Introduction to Clinical Research
Phone: 410-502-5999
Email: rstamba1@jhmi.edu

Kelly Crowley
Administrative Coordinator, ICTR
Phone: 443-287-4287
Email: Kelly.crowley@jhmi.edu

Click here for Outcomes Group Presentations and Handouts

ICTR has developed a new series of practical workshops to help faculty at Johns Hopkins develop or improve clinical registries. These workshops are of limited size but will be offered on a regular basis. While we understand the important role of national registries, the goal of these particular workshops is to work with faculty who want to start a registry based within the Johns Hopkins Health System.

Click here for more information about the schedule for the upcoming Clinical Registries Workshop.

Click for Clinical Registry Workshop Presentations and Handouts

CRMS is a web-based tool designed to organize and streamline clinical research management. It is designed to improve communication among study team members, store subject enrollment information in a secure location, and run real-time reports.

The ICTR also provides two-year research fellowships through this postdoctoral (KL) training program for postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty. These fellowships provide stipends or dedicated effort; tuition for an MPH, MHS, ScM or PhD in Clinical Investigation, Biostatistics or Clinical Epidemiology; travel; funding for faculty mentors; and/or dedicated research funds.

For more information, visit The Clinical Research Scholars Program website or contact:

Gregory Thornton
Program Manager
Phone: 410-614-3997
Email: gthornton@jhmi.edu

The ICTR Community Engagement Program supports a consultation service to provide guidance to researchers and community partners seeking expert advice, feedback, and training on how to engage communities around research and evaluation.

This service is free and available to Johns Hopkins faculty, staff, students; as well as service providers and community leaders from organizations throughout Greater Baltimore. While a main focus of the ICTR is on research conducted throughout Greater Baltimore, consultations can take place for projects conducted with communities outside of Greater Baltimore.

To apply for this service, you can select "ICTR Connection Request" from the side menu or go directly to http://ictr.johnshopkins.edu/connection. You will be asked for your JHED I.D. to proceed.

The overarching goal of the Community Engagement Program is to promote the meaningful involvement of communities in translational research. The program maintains the Community Research Advisory Council (C-RAC), provides health and research information to the community, and coordinates the Community Engagement Consulting Service for researchers.

The multidisciplinary Johns Hopkins Center for Computational Genomics integrates the work of basic scientists (biologists and clinicians) and statisticians, computer scientists, and analysts to effectively and efficiently solve problems that have enormous potential to further public health, clinical applications and general scientific progress.

For more information contact:

Sarah J. Wheelan, MD, PhD
Phone: 410-614-2166
Email: genomics@jhu.edu

The Data and Safety Monitoring Service (DSMS) offers both consultation and direct assistance with the creation of Data Safety Monitoring Plans (DSMPs) and Data Safety Monitoring Boards (DSMBs).

Specifically, The DSMS offers assistance to investigators who need Data Safety Monitoring Plans, as required by the IRB, ICTR CRUs, NIH, or industry sponsors. This assistance ranges from advising PIs on the adequacy of submitted DSMPs to generating comprehensive DSMPs commensurate with the scale, risk level, and design of a protocol.

In addition, investigators may engage the DSMS in the preparation of Data Safety Monitoring Boards, including advising upon and drafting DSMB operational Plans, or “charters.”

For more information contact:

Frederick Luthardt, MA, CCRP
Research Participant Advocate
IRB Compliance Specialist
Phone: 410-550-1850
Email: fluthar1@jhmi.edu

The ICTR Data Management Advisory Board is designed to focus on data management within clinical research studies, including ways in which data management impacts study efficiency and the value of the data for both primary and secondary uses.

Data managers are an integral part of most research teams, and their services have a profound impact on the quality and efficiency of the research process. The goal of this group, formed at the recommendation of the ICTR Data Management Advisory Board, is to create an environment where data managers from throughout Johns Hopkins can meet to share expertise and discuss the challenges of their unique roles in the research enterprise.

Click here for Interest Group Presentations and Handouts

For more information contact:

Roxanne J. Stambaugh
Administrative Manager, Institute for Clinical and Translational Research Johns Hopkins Medicine Course Coordinator, Introduction to Clinical Research
Phone: 410-502-5999
Email: rstamba1@jhmi.edu

Kelly Crowley
Administrative Coordinator, ICTR
Phone: 443-287-4287
Email: Kelly.crowley@jhmi.edu

The mission of the ICTR Drug and Device Resource Service (DDRS) is to provide Johns Hopkins University investigators and project teams access to resources needed to help manage the development and use of investigational drugs and devices in research.

The DDRS is comprised of an investigational drug, biologics, and device information repository (Resources) with a Project-Specific Consultation Service available for those who seek a higher level of assistance with management of the regulatory requirements of their research projects.

To learn more, visit the DDRS website at ictr.johnshopkins.edu/DDRS or email the ICTR Navigators.

The Drug, Device, and Vaccine Development Core provides consultation and a variety of services for moving basic therapeutic discoveries into preclinical, investigational new drug (IND), and clinical testing. Areas of expertise include medicinal chemistry resources, GMP synthesis of biological reagents, pharmacologic and biologic endpoint expertise, and protocol development.

For more information, email ictr@jhmi.edu or call 443-287-ICTR (4287).

The Exercise Physiology/Body Composition Core's laboratory, located on the Bayview campus, provides body composition determination, cardiopulmonary testing, DEXA scanning, ECG stress tests, and exercise and physical activity assessments.

For more information contact:

Kerry Stewart, EdD
Phone: 410-550-0870
Email: kstewart@jhmi.edu

CR The Genetics Translational Technology Core (Genetics TTC) bridges the gap between clinical genetic testing and research-driven molecular technologies with consulting and laboratory services and assistance with translation of molecular technologies to the clinical environment.

For more information contact:

Jennifer Cedeño, MS
Genetic Assistant, DNA Diagnostic Laboratory Administrative Liaison
Phone: 410-955-0483
Email: jmontgo6@jhmi.edu

The ICTR Clinical Research Units (CRUs) and associated services are designed to support a wide range of clinical research at Johns Hopkins. From pilot studies to multi-center trials, the CRUs are available for investigators who need outpatient, inpatient, adult, pediatric, or neurological services. Be aware that use of the units and certain associated resources require CRUonline application and approval.

Click the link below to learn more about the CRUs and apply:

ICTR Clinical Research Units

CR The Imaging Translational Technology Core (Imaging TTC) facilitates one-on-one consultation with imaging experts for study design, imaging protocol development and study implementation.

For more information contact:

Katarzyna Macura, MD, PhD
Phone: 410-955-6500
Email: kmacura@jhmi.edu

ICTR has designed the Developing Innovative Methodologies in Clinical and Translational Research Grant to support collaborative teams that include both methodological experts and researchers active in their field. Teams are expected to focus on overcoming barriers to discovery translation and on disseminating their advancements to the local and national research community.

The Innovative Methodology Workgroup (GWAS) is an ICTR-supported think tank of basic scientists, clinicians and biostatisticians, developing novel ways of working with genome-wide association study data.

For more information, email ictr@jhmi.edu or call 443-287-ICTR (4287).

The Office of Recruitment and Retention (ORR) is designed to facilitate the recruitment and retention of study participants into research activities throughout the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions.

For more information about ORR and how it can help you recruit for your study, visit http://ictr.johnshopkins.edu/orr or contact:

Stephanie Swords, MA, CCRP
Program Manager
Phone: 410-502-5673
Email: sswords1@jhmi.edu

This predoctoral (TL) training program allows the ICTR provides short- and long-term training for students interested in pursuing a career in clinical and translational research. Long-term trainees pursue either an MPH in Epidemiologic & Biostatistical Methods for Public Health & Clinical Research or an MHS in Clinical Epidemiology.

For more information, visit the Predoctoral Clinical Research Training Program website or contact: Michelle R. Moody
Academic Program Administrator
Phone: 410-502-0454
Email: mmoody@jhu.edu

The Proteomics Translational Technology Core (Proteomics TTC) provides consultation and expertise on proteomics analysis and the discovery and validation of biomarkers.

For more information contact:

Jennifer Van Eyk, PhD
Phone: 410-550-8511
Email: jvaneyk1@jhmi.edu

LeLoni Cheeks
Phone: 410-550-8511
Email: cheekle@jhmi.edu

The ICTR offers consulting and, in some cases, direct assistance with research data collection and storage issues. Among the services provided by RDCS are: advice on database contruction, design, and remote data access; web-based and teleform data collection; and secure storage and backup for data associated with clinical research studies.

For more information contact:

Dave Holmack
Phone: 410-955-0409
Email: david.holmack@jhu.edu

Kerry Stewart, EdD
Phone: 410-550-0870
Email: kstewart@jhmi.edu

The Research Ethics Achievement Program (REAP) was established in recognition of the central role of ethics and research integrity in clinical and translational research. Accordingly, REAP provides leadership in enhancing the ethical aspects of research in a variety of ways including:

• Providing service to the research community primarily by staffing a Research Ethics Consulting Service (RECS) that is available to researchers free of charge;
• Coordinating training in research ethics for key personnel involved with conducting human subjects research as well as designing a discussion-based course called REWards (Research Ethics Workshops About Responsibilities and Duties of Scientists); and
• Developing innovative approaches to research ethics both through ongoing empirical work and by linking with other ICTR programs.

The ICTR's Research Ethics Consulting Service is a no-cost resource designed to help raise awareness of, and to assist investigators in resolving, issues of ethics in human subjects research. This service is open to everyone in the Johns Hopkins research community, although students and staff are asked to coordinate their requests through a faculty advisor or principal investigator. Click here to learn more or request a consultation.

CR A query to the ICTR Research Navigators is a great place to start if you have questions about your next step in the clinical and translational research enterprise at Johns Hopkins. With their broad-based experience and expertise on the preparation, implementation, and regulation of clinical and translational studies, the Navigators can guide you to the services you need to move forward.

For more information, submit a Connection Request or email the ICTR Navigators.

The Research Nutrition Core provides consultative services, nutritional consults, diet evaluation, specialized research meals, food challenges, metabolic formulas, and assistance with protocol development.

The Research Participant Advocacy (RPA) Office provides consulting expertise on human subjects and regulatory issues, including IRB applications, the informed consent process, study feasibility and good clinical practice (GCP).

For more information contact:

Liz Martinez, BSN
Research Participant Advocate
Phone: 410-614-2717
Email: liz@jhmi.edu

Frederick Luthardt, MA, CCRP
Research Subject Advocate
Phone: 410-550-1850
Email: fluthard@jhmi.edu

SciVal Experts is a subscription tool used to identify JHMI faculty biomedical experts and their publications by areas of expertise. Designed to facilitate faculty research and project collaboration, the information in SciVal is based on published output indexed in the PubMed database. SciVal is located at www.experts.scival.com/jhu.

ICTR would like to acknowledge all of the individuals and organizations who contributed to the Henrietta Lacks Memorial Lecture in 2012.

The Johns Hopkins ICTR is privileged to be the establishing sponsor of the Henrietta Lacks Memorial Lecture Series. The goal of the series is to honor Henrietta Lacks and the positive global impact of HeLa cells. This series will also serve as an annual reminder of the gratitude, respect, and clear communication due to all research participants.

The goal of the Johns Hopkins Clinical Research Network (JHCRN) is to accelerate the transfer of new diagnostic, treatment, and disease prevention advances from the research arena into patient care by creating a bridge between Johns Hopkins and community health systems.

For more information about how you can be a part of the JHCRN, visit http://ictr.johnshopkins.edu/JHCRN

or contact :

Robyn Hinke
Network Administrative Coordinator to
Adrian Sandra Dobs, MD MHS
Director of the Clinical Research Network
Phone 443-287-4000
Email: jhcrn@jhmi.edu