The VCU Trial Innovation Network (TIN) Hub Liaison Team connects investigators at VCU and other Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) institutions to TIN’s resources and services which are available to support and participate in federally funded multisite studies.
VCU Hub Liaison Team members:
Contact us at shirley.helm@vcuhealth.org (804-628-2942)
Find active clinical trials at clinicaltrials.gov
View the full list of TIN participating institutions.
The Trial Innovation Network is a collaborative initiative within the NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Services (NCATS) CTSA program that was created to address critical roadblocks in clinical trials and to accelerate the translation of novel interventions into life-saving therapies. The network focuses on operational innovation, excellence and collaboration, while leveraging the expertise, diversity and broad reach of the CTSA program. The TIN provides study investigators with a broad range of services and consultations to optimize clinical trials and studies. These services and consultations are designed to help investigators develop proposals into protocols, optimize study operations, and enhance recruitment and enrollment. Network features include a single institutional review board system, master contracting agreements, quality-by-design approaches, and a focus on evidence-based strategies to recruitment and patient engagement. The goal is not only to execute trials better, faster and more cost-efficiently, but also to be a national laboratory to study, understand and innovate the process of conducting clinical trials. VCU is a member of the Trial Innovation Network through it CTSA grant, administered by the C. Kenneth and Dianne Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research (Wright Center).
Trial Innovation Network resources and services include:
Publications supported by the Wright Center must cite the CTSA Grant number (UL1TR002649) and comply with the NIH Public Access Policy. We rely on these citations as a critical performance measure when reporting annual productivity to the NIH.