This service provides administrative support pertaining to all components of sponsored research programs, including:

• Pre-award: budget preparation, proposal routing and submission process to CU Office of Grants and Contracts (OGC), subaward management.
• Post-award (in partnership with division administrators and/or section managers): monitoring funding balances, financial reporting, requesting funding extension, contract/sub-contract amendments, negotiating budget amendments, OnCore financial sign-off.
• Funding opportunities: tailored grant searches.

Personnel: Chelsea Hansen, MFA (as lead); Anna Belyavskaya, BA, Gabriele Cheatham (as grants and contracts specialists)

This service provides on-demand, specialized, efficient, and collaborative research support that is tailored to meet various research needs, including:

• Consultancy: conceptualizing research study, selecting and/or developing appropriate data collections processes and other research methodology. This is applicable to clinical trial, quality improvement initiatives and program evaluation-type of study.
• Regulatory compliance: reviewing and submitting regulatory documents to COMIRB/HSR/SARC/ORRQIRP, OnCore set up and regulatory sign-off.
• Study activities: setting up study binder, managing study participant reimbursement, designing and maintaining research databases (REDCap), designing and administering surveys (e.g., SurveyMonkey, Qualtrics, REDCap, etc.), recruiting and consenting study participants, monitoring study status, short-term personnel coverage, translating documents

Research Operations (Non-Clinical Trial): Jessica Holmes, PhD (as lead); Kasey Abrahamson, MPH, Sarah Nickles, BS, Shaelyn Solenske, BS, Emerald Saldyt, BS, Gabriella Peralta Reyes, BA, Tennyson Dahlman, BS, Eddy Panklang, BS, Lily Berkowitz, MPH (as research assistants)

 

Research Operations (Clinical Trial): Jessica Scott, MA, MPH (as lead); Lauren Turow, MA, Harmony Soffer, BA (as research assistants)

This service offers consultation and direct support in statistical methods and data management, including:

• Guidance on research design, analytic strategies, integration of pilot data, randomization schemes, power analysis for grant applications and protocols, and research database setup (e.g., REDCap).
• Conducting data analyses.
• Providing statistical expertise for ongoing studies and manuscript resubmissions.
  

Personnel: Susan Mikulich, PhD (as lead); Crystal Natvig, MPH, Zachary Giano, PhD (as statisticians)

This service enhances research proficiency and professional development for faculty, trainees, and staff, including collaborations with the Office of Education and Training (OET). This may include:

• Developing and leading educational programs, faculty didactics, and scholarship initiatives (e.g., PRI Scholars, Research Readiness, among others).
• Managing undergraduate mentorship programs (e.g., PURPLE) and overseeing student intern onboarding and placement
• Providing academic writing support for manuscripts, grant proposals, and writing workshops.

Personnel: Luo Yunliang, BS (lead for undergraduate/staff programs), Korrina Duffy, PhD (lead for faculty/trainee programs, scientific writer), Chloe Page, PhD (as scientific writer)