Translational Technologies and Resources

Specific Aims

Aim 1. Establish a Translational Technologies and Resources Support Center to facilitate interactions between technology experts and translational researchers, enhancing progress and successful completion of projects. The TTR Support Center will organize workshops and training sessions to educate TRI investigators/researchers and will provide hands-on training where appropriate. The TTR Support Center Director (Philip R. Mayeux, PhD) serves as a technology advisor to assist investigators, particularly new investigators who are being mentored through the Research Education, Training, and Career Development.

Aim 2. Provide a centralized infrastructure to strengthen existing cores through regular assessments. Each core facility will conduct an annual self-assessment to be evaluated against benchmarks by a Technology Assessment Committee, chaired by the TTR Support Center Director. Results will be used to make decisions regarding core viability, operations costs, and billing. The TTR Support Center will also prioritize and fund advanced training for Core Directors and key personnel.

Aim 3. Encourage adoption of new technologies for clinical and translational research by establishing new cores to meet evolving needs of TRI investigators. Translational research most benefits from technology resources with the ability to evolve as research changes. We will meet this need by optimizing/validating new techniques to improve existing cores and establish new technology-based cores. The TTR Support Center will be a conduit for communication between TRI investigators and core facilities and will assist in securing funding for core funding support and updates.

UAMS Translational Research Institute
4301 W. Markham #Slot 577, Little Rock, AR 72205, 501-614-2287


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