# Tulane COBRE in Cardiometabolic Diseases Clinical Research Core

> **NIH NIH P20** · TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA · 2020 · $640,119

## Abstract

Project Summary (Clinical Research Core)
The overall objective of the Clinical Research Core is to build and expand a comprehensive, effective, and
sustainable clinical and community-based research infrastructure which will promote and facilitate the conduct
of clinical, translational, and implementation research in cardiometabolic diseases at Tulane University. The
core will provide support in the design, conduct, and analysis of clinical research to the COBRE junior faculty
investigators and other clinical investigators. The specific aims of this facility are: 1. to advise and assist the
COBRE junior faculty investigators in study design, including sample size calculations and power analysis; 2.
to help the COBRE junior faculty investigators in study protocol development and IRB submission; 3. to provide
clinical research space, equipment, and other resources for the COBRE junior faculty investigators and other
COBRE investigators to implement their individual research projects; 4. to facilitate study participant
recruitment; 5. to provide trained and certified clinical research staff for clinical visits, data collection, and
intervention; 6. to provide clinical and biochemical laboratory support for the collection, processing, and
analysis of bio-specimens; 7. to provide bio-specimen storage in a hurricane-protected freezer farm facility; 8.
to support community-based studies and implementation research projects; 9. to establish a stringent quality
assurance and quality control program for clinical and laboratory data collection; 10. to provide consulting on
biostatistical issues and data entry, data management, statistical analysis, and data interpretation services to
the COBRE junior faculty investigators and other COBRE investigators; 11. to provide the above services to
non-COBRE investigators on a discounted fee-for-service basis; and 12. to develop a business plan for long-
term sustainable operation of the Clinical Research Core, including prioritization of service requests,
assistance in research grant preparation, participation in NIH or non-NIH supported multicenter clinical trials,
and providing clinical research services to the scientific community at large for a fee. The Clinical Research
Core is critically important for the proposed COBRE program, the junior investigators, and their individual
research projects. Four of the proposed individual research projects will utilize the clinical research space,
clinical equipment, biochemical laboratory and staff, and all five individual research projects will use the
statistical consulting services. The core will play a central role in assisting junior factor investigators with their
research projects and their transition into successful competitive independent investigators. The core will also
play an important role in establishing and maintaining an internationally recognized clinical, translational, and
implementation research program in the etiology, prevention, and treatment of card...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9930642
- **Project number:** 5P20GM109036-05
- **Recipient organization:** TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA
- **Principal Investigator:** JING CHEN
- **Activity code:** P20 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $640,119
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → 2022-07-14

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9930642

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9930642, Tulane COBRE in Cardiometabolic Diseases Clinical Research Core (5P20GM109036-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9930642. Licensed CC0.

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