ITM-Advocate Health Care
Resources & Facilities
For Doing It.
Advocate Research Institute
829
# of Clinical Trials, Research Studies, & Other Projects Completed
200+
Principal Investigators
70+
Research Associates
268
System-Wide Publications
In 2017, the Advocate Research Institute supported 829 active clinical trials, investigator-initiated research studies, and other projects across Advocate Health Care. From innovative research focused on improving the care of our most vulnerable patients to clinical trials for new drugs and devices, the research institute is at the forefront of improving patient outcomes and offering state-of-the-art treatments to the many communities it serves. The institute supports an array of disease areas and provides the research infrastructure you need for your study at Advocate’s many hospital and outpatient settings. Contact Jeanne Warsaw, Administrative Assistant at Advocate Research Institute, at Jeanne-A.Warsaw@AdvocateHealth.com for more information.
Advocate Research Institute Offerings Include
- Protocol Consultation Services
- Budget Development Services
- Biostatistical Analysis Services
- Data Management Services
- Grant Preparation Support
- Tissue Microarray Creation
- Processing of Fresh Human Tissues
- Paraffin/Frozen Block Tissue Sectioning
- Specimen Preparation, Processing, and Shipping
Big Data and Bioinformatics
The ITM is proud to support the University of Chicago Center for Research Informatics (CRI) led by our ITM’s Informatics Core Leader, Samuel Volchenboum, MD, PhD. CRI services are eligible for ITM Core Subsidy Award support.
REDCap
The Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) resource offers researchers a one-stop-shop and automated tools to collect data, create standardized surveys, and export data to statistical software packages. The ITM partners with the CRI to give you free access to REDCap, as well as free expert consulting and training to help you make the most of this web-based platform that’s already used by more than 693,000 researchers worldwide. Get started.117
Countries Use REDCap
2,647
Institutes
476,000
Projects
633,000
Researchers
Custom Platform Creation
The CRI Applications Development team builds custom applications for researchers tailored to their projects’ needs. They work on projects at every level of scale and complexity, from Laboratory Information Management Systems to multi-institutional research data networks. Have a great idea but don’t know how to build it?Get started.
