# Clinical Research Resources and Facilities

> **NIH NIH U54** · BROWN UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $281,686

## Abstract

ABSTRACT – CLINICAL RESEARCH RESOURCES AND FACILITIES 
The Rhode Island Center for Clinical Translational Science (RI-CCTS), supported by IDeA-CTR resources, will 
bring together specialized clinical trials units, the ambulatory Clinical Research Center, as well as support to 
ongoing inpatient research across the academic hospitals. The Warren Alpert Brown Medical School, its 
affiliated hospitals (Bradley Hospital, Butler Hospital, The Miriam Hospital, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, 
Rhode Island Hospital, Hasbro Children's Hospital, VA Medical Center and Women and Infants Hospital) and 
the University of Rhode Island support roughly 700 clinical researchers who have collectively amassed 
substantial clinical and translational research expertise. A centralized Clinical Research Center for this system 
opened in 2014 and it provides common services to medical researchers throughout the area. This Center 
supports translational research across a wide variety of disciplines working in close collaboration with existing 
disease-specific research units that have excelled in attracting NIH funding for high quality clinical research in 
care and disease-focused areas. Each has participated in the development of this IDeA-CTR application 
knowing that resource sharing will add to individual productivity. Investigators working in these units have 
developed collaborative relationships that are already leading to innovative multidisciplinary research projects. 
These investigators are dedicated to the mission of the work funded by the IDeA-CTR and to training the next 
generation of clinical translational investigators. In order to enhance the Clinical Research Center, we propose 
the following three Specific Aims: 
Specific Aim 1: Offer project management and protocol support services to enhance the level of 
practice and sophistication of clinical and translational research and clinical trials across the RI-CCTS. 
Specific Aim 2: Eliminate obstacles to clinical translational research and clinical trials by offering 
encouragement, education and a resource venue to investigators interested in pursuing clinical 
studies. 
Specific Aim 3: Provide a Clinical Research Center venue and associated services to clinical 
translational researchers across academic and hospital systems in RI.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9957179
- **Project number:** 5U54GM115677-05
- **Recipient organization:** BROWN UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Bharat Ramratnam
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $281,686
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → 2021-08-09

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9957179

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9957179, Clinical Research Resources and Facilities (5U54GM115677-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-01 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9957179. Licensed CC0.

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