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Research Support: Clinical Trials Innovation Unit (CTIU)

The CTIU offers a variety of services to help researchers succeed.

Overview

The UAMS Translational Research Institute’s Clinical Trials Innovation Unit provides support for all types of human-based research studies including investigator-initiated and industry-sponsored studies. The purpose of the Clinical Trials Innovation Unit is to support high quality multi-site research studies and streamline the trial start-up processes.

The Clinical Trials Innovation Unit serves as a liaison between Translational Research Institute hub researchers, researchers from other institutions, and industry sponsors to guide researchers throughout the clinical trial process to accelerate approvals, contract execution, and study implementation.

The Clinical Trials Innovation Unit also works collaboratively with other groups on campus, such as attorneys for research contracts and institutional compliance offices. The Clinical Trials Innovation Unit coordinates protocol submissions to central and local institutional review boards (IRBs), providing a single contact point of contact to enhance communication and reduce redundancy.

Expert Trial Support

CTIU staff have expertise in feasibility analyses, protocol development management, Medicare coverage analyses, budget development and negotiations, research contract and accounting reviews for billing compliance, sponsor invoicing & reconciliation, regulatory management, study coordinator and nursing support.

  • Connecting and Contracting

  • Study Prep and Planning

  • Protocol Development and Submission

  • Participant Recruitment

  • Financial Management

  • Regulatory Services

  • Clinical Trial Coordinator Services

  • Dedicated Research Facilities

  • Study Management Tools

  • Trial Innovation Network

Program Leadership

Program Leadership

David Avery
David Avery, BS, CCRP
Senior Director of Clinical Research Operations
Phone: 501-214-2101
Email: DAAvery@uams.edu
Rohit Dall, MD headshot
Rohit Dall, MD
Medical Director
Phone: 501-686-7236
Email: RDhall@uams.edu

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