About the ICTR
The Institute for Clinical and Translational Research provides services and resources for Baylor College of Medicine faculty across the continuum of clinical and translational science to support the transition of medical discovery into high-quality patient care. A preeminent piece of Baylor’s Learning Health System, the ICTR provides a learning environment through the integration of diverse data domains to support research and development of new approaches that improve healthcare delivery.
Services
ICTR provides seven service cores, offering everything from study design and protocol development to consultations for informatics research. To request services, fill out the Service Request Form.
Business and Research Operations Core
Provides administrative support for clinical studies, BRAIN submissions, grant submissions, science writing and proposal review and editing.
Biostatistics Core
Assists investigators with study design, data analysis, reporting, and applied biostatistics.
Clinical Studies Core
Assists investigators with protocol development, IRB submissions, operations manual development, study recruitment, data collection, and study closeout.
Database Mining and Analytics Core
Assists with extracting data from public databases for analysis, provides meta-analysis of existing omics to justify research strategy, and interpretation of data to evaluate relevance to research proposals.
Data Science Core
Assists with data acquisition from data warehouses and repositories, bulk data processing for analyses, data construction, software development, and data visualization.
Genomic Bioinformatics Core
Provides bulk RNA-sea analysis, whole-exome sequencing analysis, single-cell RNA-seq analysis, and provides consultation on preparing grant proposals.
Medical Informatics Core
Assists investigators with extracting analytic data sets, provides guidance on dashboards and data sharing, provides access to data to support trial recruiting and feasibility for grant applications.
Director's Message
We provide a learning environment that integrates data from diverse domains to aid researchers in their journey across the translational spectrum.
Become a Member
Membership in ICTR has several benefits, including priority access to service cores and other valuable resources across the college. Join our dynamic group of clinical and translational researchers.
