Research October 2023 Newsletter

Colleagues,

October 1^st marks the first day of the Carilion Clinic “New Year”. In addition to reflecting upon your past accomplishments, it is time to set new goals for fiscal year 24. I hope that you consider initiating a nascent research project and/or pursue funding to support your ongoing research. To that end, I want to bring to your attention the announcement for our latest round of the Research Acceleration Program (RAP). Carilion Clinic has supported the research endeavors of our employees for over seventeen cycles. In addition to promoting patient-centered research, funding has fostered collaborative projects with our academic partners. Moreover, it has increased the Carilion Clinic footprint by the dissemination of research results at national and international scientific conferences. Lastly, these seed funding grants have led to securing extramural funding from federal, state and foundation sources. Although all research that supports the Carilion Clinic mission are considered for funding by a peer review process, this year we will earmark one award for Health System and Implementation Science research. If you have any questions pertaining to the RAP program, please contact Melissa Mercure, mzmercure@carilionclinic.org.

Regards,

Francis X. Farrell, PhD
Senior Director, Research and Development

Carilion Clinic's Transition to Electronic Regulatory Document Management System

Carilion Clinic has purchased and implemented an electronic regulatory document management system that will eventually replace paper-based regulatory files. R&D is managing the rollout and selected studies will be identified to pilot the system. Later in the fiscal year, we will begin to migrate more studies into the system, moving towards long-term total conversion. Training will be provided to investigators and study team members. Please contact Kristina Cooper or Andrea Mohr with any questions. 

Carilion Clinic TriNetX Virtual Training Schedule

Carilion offers instructor-led, focused training for an in-depth, step-by-step learning experience building patient cohorts and delving into Analytics. The facilitator will be Dee Myers. Please get in touch with HART@carilionclinic.org with the subject of 'TriNetX Training' for training outside of the scheduled sessions. If you haven’t taken a class or need a refresher, this is your opportunity to do so!  Let Dee Myers know which date you prefer and she will send a meeting invitation.

• Oct 25 from 1:30 – 3pm
• Nov 15 from 10:30am – 12pm
• Dec 13 from 1:30 – 3pm

For more information visit: https://carilionclinic.org/health-analytics-research-team

New Employees
 

Haley Blaisure, BS, Clinical Research Coordinator II – Research & Development

Haley is recently new to the Roanoke/Salem area. She and her husband have been moving around the United States due to her husband’s career in the military. They have a 3-year-old blue heeler who is nothing but energy, so he keeps them busy outside of work. She started her clinical research career in 2019. She is currently applying for grad school to obtain her Master’s in Public Health. Welcome to the Team Haley!

Current R&D Job Openings 

Clinical Research Coordinator – Pediatrics
Clinical Research Coordinator – Research and Development
Clinical Research Coordinator - Cardiovascular Institute (CVI)

The Clinical Research Coordinator will support clinical trials at the Carilion Clinic in Pediatrics, R&D, or CVI. Basic responsibilities include supporting research investigators/physicians with guidance on research policies and processes, enabling successful collaborations with research sponsors, monitoring and tracking study progress, study design assistance, regulatory submission and maintenance, research subject visit management, and any other research-related duties, as necessary. Under the supervision of Research and Development, this position is charged with maintaining compliance with study protocols, guidelines set by governing agencies, and institutional policy.

Clinical Research Assistant - Surgery

Under general supervision of the Principal Investigator, assists with administrative activities associated with the conduct of research studies including industry sponsored, grant funded, or internally funded studies while maintaining compliance with guidelines set by governing agencies and institutional policy. This position will be assigned to support minimal risk or non-interventional studies, unless assigned to serve in a support function for greater than minimal risk studies that also include a Clinical Research Coordinator or Clinical Research Nurse. 

My Project Path:

Resources and Processes for Research, Grants, and QA/QI

Want to do a project, but don’t know where to start? Or, experienced but want to see what new resources are available?

To learn about Carilion’s resources and processes for Research, Grants and QA/QI, visit https://redcap.link/MyProjectPath.  This tool provides easy navigation to topics of interest, including links to the Research and Development Application and the IRB PRIS3M application.

* Carilion Clinic Research and Development is honored to partner with a growing list of prestigious national and statewide research centers and healthcare organizations. Find out more about our collaborative research initiatives; explore our unique public-private partnerships with the Virginia Tech Carilion (VTC) School of Medicine, Virginia Tech, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute, Radford University Carilion, and others. Connect with our team to discuss opportunities to collaborate with our experts or become a participant.