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Clinical & Translational Science Award

Since 2007, Meharry has been partner with the Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR), Vanderbilt’s virtual home for clinical and translational research. Supported by the Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Office of Research and the NIH sponsored Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA), the mission of the institute is to transform the way ideas and research discoveries make their way from origin to patient care. VICTR provides tools and support to improve the quality of research, publications, grant writing, and training for future doctors and researchers.

REDCap:

A secure, web-based application for creating databases and surveys quickly and securely. User-friendly creation of electronic case report forms and survey instruments. With the ability to develop and launch any size project. (VUMC ID required)

REDCap Login

REDCap Training

VICTR New Researcher Funding:

The Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR) fundable studies are clinical and translational hypothesis driven projects that involve human subjects, human tissue, human cell lines, human information (e.g. medical records), and have application to human health. Providing access to funds to generate pilot and preliminary data is a vital component of the VICTR mission. VICTR applications should be reduced to pilot-level, with the exception of sponsored requests for access to theClinical Research Center (CRC). (VUMC ID required)

Funding Guidelines

ResearchMatch:

An online recruitment and education platform that matches people interested in participating in research with Researchers throughout the United States. If you have a question on using ResearchMatch please contact Clinton Hopkins Your ReseachMatchLiaison. (chopkins@mmc.edu)

ResearchMatch

Studios:

Studios are structured, dynamic sessions that bring together relevant research experts in a particular methodology to focus on a specific stage of research. (VUMC ID required)

Studio Types: 

1. Hypothesis Generation   4. Manuscript

2. Design Specific Aims      5. Implementation

3. Grant Review​​    6. Community Engagement

Clinical Research Center Research Skills Workshop Series:

The weekly CRC Research Skills Workshop offers basic instruction and practical advice on commonly encountered clinical research topics. Sessions are typically demonstration-oriented and provide an informal setting to learn new skills. (VUMC ID required)

CRC Research Skills Workshop Series (vumc.org)

Helpful Links

For more information about VICTR, visit their website below.

VICTR Team

Stephanie Miller-Hughes, PhD, MSCI

Director, Community Engagement Core & Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Community Outreach & Engagement

(615) 327-5666
smiller@mmc.edu

Clinton Hopkins

Program Manager, P50 Southeast Collaborative

585-245-2077
chopkins@mmc.edu

Clinical & Translational Science Award Administration Team

Clinton Hopkins

Program Manager, P50 Southeast Collaborative

585-245-2077
chopkins@mmc.edu

Zudi Takizala, MBA, MD, MPH

Clinical Research Coordinator III
Office for Research & Innovation
Clinical & Translational Research Center

(615) 327-5827
ztakizala@mmc.edu

Clinical & Translational Science Award Research Team

Duane Smoot, MD, FACP, FACG, AGAF

Meharry Sub-Contract PI
School of Medicine

(615) 327-6914
dsmoot@mmc.edu

Clinical & Translational Science Award Publications

MiRNA-20b/SUFU/Wnt axis accelerates gastric cancer cell proliferation, migration and EMT.
Yin Peng, Ying Qin, Xiaojing Zhang, Shiqi Deng, Yuan Yuan, Xianling Feng, Wangchun Chen, Fan Hu, Yuli Gao, Jieqiong He, Yulan Cheng, Yanjie Wei, Xinmin Fan, Hassan Ashktorab, Duane Smoot, Song Li, Stephen J Meltzer, Shutong Zhuang, Na Tang, Zhe Jin

Dual activation of Hedgehog and Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway caused by downregulation of SUFU targeted by miRNA-150 in human gastric cancer.
Yin Peng, Xiaojing Zhang, Huijuan Lin, Shiqi Deng, Ying Qin, Jieqiong He, Fan Hu, Xiaohui Zhu, Xianling Feng, Jian Wang, Yanjie Wei, Xinmin Fan, Huan Lin, Hassan Ashktorab, Duane Smoot, Yansi Lv, Song Li, Stephen J Meltzer, Zhe Jin

Tumor-specific overexpression of histone gene, H3C14 in gastric cancer is mediated through EGFR-FOXC1 axis.
Mudasir Rashid, Sanket Girish Shah, Tripti Verma, Nazia Chaudhary, Sukanya Rauniyar, Vidisha Bhavesh Patel, Poonam B Gera, Duane Smoot, Hassan Ashaktorab, Sorab N Dalal, Sanjay Gupta

Linking bacterial enterotoxins and alpha defensin 5 expansion in the Crohn's colitis: A new insight into the etiopathogenetic and differentiation triggers driving colonic inflammatory bowel disease.
Tanu Rana, Olga Y Korolkova, Girish Rachakonda, Amanda D Williams, Alexander T Hawkins, Samuel D James, Amos M Sakwe, Nian Hui, Li Wang, Chang Yu, Jeffrey S Goodwin, Michael G Izban, Regina S Offodile, Mary K Washington, Billy R Ballard, Duane T Smoot, Xuan-Zheng Shi, Digna S Forbes, Anil Shanker, Amosy E M'Koma

Helicobacter pylori-induced gastric cancer is orchestrated by MRCKβ-mediated Siah2 phosphorylation.
Pragyesh Dixit, Shrikant B Kokate, Indrajit Poirah, Debashish Chakraborty, Duane T Smoot, Hassan Ashktorab, Niranjan Rout, Shivaram P Singh, Asima Bhattacharyya

Histone methyltransferase SET8 is regulated by miR-192/215 and induces oncogene-induced senescence via p53-dependent DNA damage in human gastric carcinoma cells.
Xiaojing Zhang, Yin Peng, Yuan Yuan, Yuli Gao, Fan Hu, Jian Wang, Xiaohui Zhu, Xianling Feng, Yulan Cheng, Yanjie Wei, Xinmin Fan, Yaohong Xie, Yansi Lv, Hassan Ashktorab, Duane Smoot, Song Li, Stephen J Meltzer, Gangqiang Hou, Zhe Jin