Open Research Office

Austin Glick, MPH, Clinical Data Manager, Office of Clinical Trial Development and Implementation, University at Buffalo, discussed Advarra eSource + EDC, a platform for capturing and managing clinical research data. (Click here to watch the session.)

Grace McKenzie, MEd, Community Engagement Coordinator, UB Clinical and Translational Science Institute, highlighted an online primer focused on helping researchers communicate with the community in plain language. (Click here to watch the session.)

Carol Van Zile Tamsen, PhD, Director, UB Office of Curriculum, Assessment and Teaching Transformation, and Evaluation Director, UB Clinical and Translational Science Institute, introduced attendees to the survey tool Qualtrics. (Click here to watch the session.)

Timothy F. Murphy, MD, SUNY Distinguished Professor of Medicine, and Director, UB Clinical and Translational Science Institute, focused on the differences between translational science and translational research. (Click here to watch the session.)

Kimberly A. Brunton, RN, MSN, Director of Operations, Clinical Research Office, and Richard J. Karalus, PhD, Director, Office of Research Compliance, focused on the use of an external IRB. (Click here to watch the session.)

Katelyn A. Carr, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, focused on recruiting families for research studies. (Click here to watch the session.)

Carleara Weiss, PhD, MS, RN, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, discussed the recruitment of historically underrepresented individuals for research studies. (Click here to watch the session.)

Nichol Castro, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, discussed the recruitment of older adults for research studies. (Click here to watch the session.)

Sevie Kandefer, MS, Clinical Research Associate, reviewed the defining characteristics of clinical trials and explained the differences between clinical trials and clinical studies. (Click here to watch the session.)

Jill Szczesek, PhD, Associate Vice President, Health Sciences Research Administration and Finance, discussed UB resources that support center funding pursuits. (Click here to watch the session.)

CTSI Recruitment and Special Populations Core Co-director Renee Cadzow, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, School of Public Health and Health Professions, and CoNECT/Community Health Worker Network of Buffalo representatives Sam Radford, CHW, and Nicolalita Rodriguez de Melgar, LMSW, CHW, focused on conducting research with Community Health Workers. (Click here to watch the session.)

Presenters Conor T. Flynn, JD, Director of Research Contracts, Sponsored Projects Services, Jennifer Mandina Wiss, Senior Contracts Manager, Technology Transfer, and Alex Borichevskiy, Purchasing and Contract Services, Procurement, discussed research contracts at the University at Buffalo. (Click here to watch the session.)

Presenter Sevie Kandefer, MS, Clinical Research Associate, provides a broad overview of human subjects research at the University at Buffalo. (Click here to watch the session or here to download session slides.)

Presenters Mariya Cherneva, MA, Senior OnCore Clinical Trials Management System Specialist, and Rosanne Johnson, Clinical Research Budget and Certified Coverage Analyst, discussed frequent mistakes made in OnCore. (Click here to watch the session.)

TriNetX Healthcare Partnership Manager Matt Skowronek followed up his 2023 Open Research Office session with a more in-depth study of the clinical patient database. (Click here to watch the session.)

IRB Administrators Zachary Chakan and Jami Zimmerman, MS, Office of Research Compliance, offered guidelines on how to submit accurate and complete IRB submissions and avoid frequent pitfalls. (Click here to watch the session.)

CTSI Community Engagement Specialist Grace McKenzie, MEd, and CTSI Clinical Recruitment Coordinator Ashley Regling, MA, highlighted ways to avoid some of the most common community engagement and recruitment mishaps. (Click here to watch the session.)

Clinical Research Office Director of Operations Kimberly A. Brunton, RN, MSN, reviewed some of the common slip-ups, oversights, and misconceptions made during the study registration process. (Click here to watch the session.)

CTSI Clinical Research Facilitators Marchelle Brooks, MPH, and Alexis O’Brien outlined the newly created quality assurance/quality improvement (QA/QI) self-assessment online tool. (Click here to watch the session.)

Tracie Groves, Training Programs Coordinator for Research Information Systems, discussed Click, the research software that assists principal investigators, students, compliance staff, and research administration staff with administering sponsored programs. (Click here to watch the session.)

Zachary Chakan, IRB Administrator, Office of Research Compliance, outlined what happens to a Click submission after it is sent to the IRB, the pre-review process, workflows, and typical timelines. (Click here to watch the session.)

Clinical Research Office Director of Operations Kimberly A. Brunton, RN, MSN, explored the comprehensive management system that enhances the process of clinical research. (Click here to watch the session.)

CTSI Community Engagement Specialists Keenan Gibbons, MPH, and Grace McKenzie, MEd, outlined how the Community Engagement Studio model strengthens research. (Click here to watch the session.)

Clinical Research Office Clinical Research Budget and Coverage Analyst Rosanne Johnson discussed what to remember when building a budget. (Click here to watch the session.)

TriNetX Healthcare Partnership Manager Matt Skowronek provided a brief introduction of the TriNetX platform followed by an outline of the types of data accessible to users. (Click here to watch the session.)

CTSI Integrating Special Populations Coordinator Andy Strohmeier, MEd, provided a usable definition of plain language for researchers, explored various readability indexes, and offered writing tips for recruitment and presentation materials. (Click here to watch the session.)

CTSI IT Business Analyst Naveed Shah took a deeper dive into REDCap, showing attendees how to start a new project from scratch, come up with a use scenario, build and test a project, and submit a project to be published live. (Click here to watch the session.)

CTSI IT Business Analyst Naveed Shah provided an introduction to REDCap, a secure web application for building and securely managing online surveys and databases; discussed its origins; and offered a brief tour of the interface. (Click here to watch the session.)

CTSI Clinical Recruitment Coordinator Ashley Regling, MA, discussed clinical recruitment by providing an overview of recruitment timelines, available recruitment resources, and specific recruitment resources, including online study listings.  (Click here to watch the session.)

Clinical Research Office Associate Operational Director Kimberly Brunton, RN, MSN, discussed Central Study Registration (CSR) and addressed how to access CSR, navigating through the CSR form, what research requires CSR, and the different phases of clinical research. (Click here to watch the session.)