The Clinical Research Training Office has created the following compendium of helpful links to other pages on our Web site, as well as other support resources for the clinical researcher:
Clinical Trials Online
Comprehensive database of clinical trials at City of Hope
Clinical Trials: Questions & Answers
National Cancer Institute (NCI)-provided resource listing FAQs about the clinical trial process
BITS Outreach
BITS: Building Information Technology Skills - tools for clinical researchers
Institutional Review Board (IRB)
Rules and regulations of City of Hope/Beckman Research Institute’s IRB and Human Subject Research Guidelines
Cancer Protocol Review and Monitoring Committee (Internal use only)
General Clinical Research Center
A satellite of the University of Southern California’s GCRC; provides a variety of services for administering clinical trials
Clinical and Research Integrated Information System
A network integrating patient care, education, research and administration
Data Analysis and Management - Operating Procedures Site
The operating procedures site for City of Hope’s Department of Biostatistics
Bioinformatics Core Facility
Features information on current projects within the division; provides DNA sequencing resources
Informatics Web Portal (Citrix)
Allows authorized user access to the department’s Citrix Web portal
Clinical Trials Monitoring and Reporting
Provides information on data repository protocols and links to the below site
Online Research Information Resources
A compendium of resources, including institutional patient statistics and department-specific resources
Grant Writing Tip Sheets
National Institutes of Health (NIH) provides these helpful tips for writing grants that get funded
Intro to Extramural Research
A helpful page from NIH’s Office of Extramural Research with staff directory and organizational charts
Tutorials “All about Grants”
A thorough, step-by step tutorial provided by NIH; very helpful for first-time grant writers
NCI Guidelines and Tools for Protocol Development
Writing Plain Language Protocols
Good scientific writing is moving away from jargon and toward plain language; this guide tells you more
Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events
Inside the NIH grant review process (video)