1. The University of Utah CenterThe University of Utah Center
for Clinical and Translationalfor Clinical and Translational
Science (CCTS)Science (CCTS)
Carrie L. Byington, MD
HA and Edna Benning Presidential Professor of Pediatrics
Associate Vice President for Faculty and Academic Affairs
Co-Director CCTS
April 30, 2014
Accelerating Discoveries Toward Better HealthAccelerating Discoveries Toward Better Health

2. What is the University of Utah
CCTS?
• The CCTS is designed to provide an infrastructure
and home for Clinical and Translational Research in
Utah and the Intermountain Region
– Funded by the NIH/NCRR CTSA Consortium
– Funded 2008-2013
– Renewed 2013-2018
– http://www.ccts.utah.edu/

3. 62 Institutions in 31 States and Washington, DC62 Institutions in 31 States and Washington, DC

4. CTSA Goals
• Maximize investments in Core Resources
to increase efficiency of translational
research
• Engage Community Partners
• Train and Sustain Future Leaders

5. What is Translational Research?

6. University of Utah CCTS Partners
• University of Utah (UU)
– School of Medicine
– Colleges of Engineering, Health, Nursing, and
Pharmacy
• Intermountain Healthcare (Intermountain)
• The Salt Lake Veteran’s Affairs Health Care
System (VA)
• Utah Department of Health (UDOH)

7. Governance
• Principal Investigators:
– Donald McClain, MD, PhD (Medicine; T1)
– Carrie L. Byington, MD (Pediatrics; T2-3)
– Associate Directors include
• Michael Varner, MD Department of Obstetrics
– Associate Director Intermountain
• Matthew Samore, MD
– Associate Director VA
• Wu Xu, PhD
– Associate Director UDOH

8. Governance
• Executive Steering Committee (N=20)
– Directors of all Cores
– Senior leadership of UU, VA, Intermountain, UDOH
• Internal Advisory Committee (N=16)
– Provide first review for proposals such as KL2 and
pilot projects
• External Advisory Committee:
– U Colorado, Harvard University, Scripps University,
Tufts University
• Oversight by NIH/NCATS

10. CCTS Service Cores
• Biomedical Informatics-Julio Facelli, PhD
• Clinical Services-J. Robinson Singleton, MD
• Community Outreach and Collaboration-Louisa Stark, PhD
and Steven Alder, PhD
• Patient Centered Research Methods-Lucy Savitz, PhD.
MBA
• Recruitment, Retention, and Safety-Jeffrey Botkin, MD
• Research Education, Training, and Career Development-
Carol Sweeney, PhD
• Study Design and Biostatistics-Tom Greene, PhD
• Translational Technology Resources-Felipe Lorenzo, MD,
PhD

11. Biomedical Informatics Core
• REDCap-Research Electronic Data
Capture
• FURTHeR
– Capture and query data from the EDW
• UDOH
– All Patient Claims database
– IBIS
– BioSample Tracker

12. Clinical Services Core
• A setting for controlled clinical
investigation
• Located on 5th
floor University Hospital
• Research Nursing, Infusion, Dietary,
Laboratory, and Radiology services

13. Facilities of the CSC
• The CSC is located on the 5th floor of the
University of Utah Hospital
– Patient registration and waiting area
– 5 outpatient exam rooms
– 3 procedure suites with recovery area
– 7 fully equipped hospital rooms
– Nursing station
– Dietary kitchen
– Bone Density and Body Composition Suite

14. Community Outreach and Collaboration
• Consultation services
• Community Faces of Utah
– Best of Africa
– Calvary Baptist Church
– Hispanic Health Care Task Force
– Urban Indian Center of Salt Lake
– National Tongan American Society

15. Patient Centered Research Methods
• Advancing Methods in PCOR
– Pragmatic Trials
– Comparative Effectiveness
– Mixed-Methods Research
• Certificate Program in CER/PCOR
– 15 credit hours
– Courses taught through MSCI

16. Recruitment Retention and Safety
• Research Participant Advocate
– Assistance with IRB
• Foreign Language Translation

17. Research Education, Training, and
Career Development
• Masters of Science in Clinical Investigation
(MSCI)
– Track 1
• Inherited basis of human disease
• Mechanistic laboratory based clinical research
– Track 2
• Epidemiology
• Health Services
• Bedside to Community Translation
• Comparative Effectiveness Research
• Patient Centered Outcomes Research Methods

18. Career Development
• TL1 Training Program in Human Genome
Analysis (application due May 15, 2014)
– Post-Doctoral MD or PhD trainees
– Post-Doctoral stipend and travel
• KL2 Career Development Program
– Translational Research
– Personalized Healthcare
– Supports junior faculty for 2 years including
• 75% FTE salary and benefits
• Research support, travel and mentor support

19. Study Design and Biostatistics
• 37 MS and PhD Statisticians and
Epidemiologists
• Expertise
– Cancer
– Woman and Child Health
– Statistical Genetics and Genomics
– Survey Methods
– Qualitative analysis

20. New Translational Technologies
• DNA isolation and EBV Transformation
• RIA/EIA cytokine measurement
• Microarray at HCI
• 3D Facial Morphometry
• Metabolomics with mass spectroscopy
• Mitochondrial function
• Metabolic phenotyping

21. New Cores and Services
• Health Economics-Design and Analysis
• Systematic Knowledge Review
• Study Section

22. Carrie.byington@hsc.utah.edu