# Research Service Center

> **NIH NIH U54** · UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MED CTR · 2020 · $552,482

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY. The Research Service Center (RSC) of the obesity-focused Mississippi Center for
Clinical and Translational Research (CCTR) will train and assist CCTR-supported investigators from all partner
institutions in key areas of research development and implementation, including ethics, regulatory
management and compliance, and rigorous, standardized research practices. Professionals in clinical and
community engaged research will ensure that investigators complete all regulatory training, meet all regulatory
requirements, and establish robust processes for participant recruitment and retention as well as best practices
in data collection, monitoring, and reporting, and adherence to Good Clinical Practice guidelines. A trained
ethicist will review all projects that receive Pilot Projects support, and will meet with all mentored investigators
in the Investigator Development Program (Professional Development Core) at the beginning of the program
and at the start of any new project. RSC personnel will assist in establishing strong data security practices and
transparent and compliant documentation of research results and Adverse Events. They will work with
investigators to develop complete and accurate budgets, establish service agreements, seek fair and compliant
contracts, and implement timely and accurate invoicing for research procedures. The RSC will provide
enhanced access to Clinical Research Coordinators and Community Research Coordinators, with mechanisms
for shared usage and cross-coverage, and will establish general use of standardized clinical research software.
The RSC will provide full service support for awardees of the Pilot Projects Program, including participants in
three components of the Professional Development Core: the Investigator Development Program, the
Community Engaged Research (CEnR) Institute, and the CEnR Working Group. In addition, with the approval
of RSC leaders and the CCTR Steering Committee, the RSC will work with investigators, study coordinators,
and industry sponsors to establish economically sound obesity research studies that will provide a revenue
stream to sustain and expand the RSC beyond the period of IDeA funding. By lowering barriers to project
development and implementation and promoting best practices in clinical, translational, and community
engaged research, the RSC can lead to a rapid expansion of ethical and well-managed obesity research
projects, and increased research funding, at the CCTR partner institutions.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10009385
- **Project number:** 5U54GM115428-05
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MED CTR
- **Principal Investigator:** ALAN E JONES
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $552,482
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2016-08-18 → 2021-08-19

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10009385

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10009385, Research Service Center (5U54GM115428-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10009385. Licensed CC0.

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