OCTRI Usage and Impac
Unique Suppo and Resou ces o OHSU Resea ch
OREGON CLINICAL & TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE
ABOUT OCTRI
OCTRI has been NIH- unded since 2006 wi h cu en FY25
unding o $11.7M (di ec cos s $8.3M). OCTRI p o ides
b oad-based in as uc u e o suppo and imp o e clinical
and ansla ional esea ch a OHSU, enhance he clinical
esea ch wo k o ce, and ad ance science ha p omo es
e icien and e ec i e esea ch. OCTRI is a cen al esou ce
wi h he ollowing se ices open o all esea che s a OHSU:
• Comp ehensi e clinical esea ch suppo , including s udy
s a up; ec ui men ; Bios a is ics, Epidemiology, and
Resea ch design (BERD); egula o y suppo ; and he
Clinical and T ansla ional Resea ch Cen e (CTRC)
• In o ma ics suppo o da a managemen , cus om
applica ions, and le e aging EHR da a
• T aining in clinical and ansla ional esea ch skills and
compe encies o acul y and s a
• Funding and ca ee de elopmen oppo uni ies om wo
embedded aining g an s
• Suppo o communi y engaged esea ch s a ewide
h ough a egional liaison p og am and pa ne ship wi h
O egon Ru al P ac ice-based Resea ch Ne wo k (ORPRN)
• Pilo unding o inno a i e biomedical and heal hca e
solu ions, suppo o p elimina y da a gene a ion, and
s imula ing he de elopmen o ansla ional esea ch
DATA RESOURCES
OCTRI p o ides a sui e o da a esou ces.
• REDCap is a web-based ool o suppo clinical
esea ch da a collec ion. OCTRI suppo s aining and
adminis a ion o he ool, encompassing 1000+ ac i e
esea ch p o ocols wi h ~4000 use s.
• The Da a Coo dina ing Cen e (DCC) is a comp ehensi e
esou ce o ial design, managemen , inno a ion. In
2024, he DCC le e aged $8.3M o clinical ial unding
o in es iga o -ini ia ed, mul icen e ials.
• The OCTRI In o ma ics Inno a ion Co e has p o ided
expe ise, including c ea ing and main aining cus om
applica ions, o sponso ed esea ch p ojec s wi h o e
$40M in unding since 2020.
OCTRI USAGE AND IMPACT | 2025
FIGURE 1. OCTRI IMPACT FY 2024
Key akeaways abou OCTRI
• Suppo ed 57% o OHSU NIH- unded in es iga o s
and had an impac on 67% o NIH unding (Figu e 1)
• P o ides clinical esea ch suppo ia 10+ p og ams
ha suppo ed 1800 p ojec s in 2024 (Table 1)
• P o ides unique se ices and esou ces o OHSU’s
esea ch mission (e.g. REDCap, CTRC, BERD, RDW)
• Suppo s esea che s in all schools, depa men s,
and cen e s and is disease agnos ic
INTEGRATED SHARED INFRASTRUCTURE
OCTRI’s BERD eam is seamlessly in eg a ed wi h he
USR Bios a is ics and Design P og am, suppo ing
esea che s om aining and men o ship o s udy
design and da a analysis. In FY24, he BERD-BDP eam
p o ided 156 p ojec consul s, 181 ad ice sessions, and
in ensi e men o ship o 20 ea ly ca ee awa ds.
The Communi y, Ou each, Resea ch, and Engagemen
(CORE) p og am in eg a es communi y engagemen
eams a OCTRI, Knigh Cance Ins i u e (KCI),
and ORPRN, which maximizes he unding and
in as uc u e o each p og am while g owing capaci y
o g an unded communi y esea ch ac oss O egon.
OCTRI In o ma ics aligns s a egically wi h he KCI o
mee OHSU needs and e icien ly le e age esou ces.
OCTRI supplies au oma ed da a ma s wi h in eg a ed
EHR and clinical genomics da a o 9 KCI ini ia i es.
OCTRI Impac ed OCTRI did no impac
OCTRI had impac on 57% o OHSU FY24 NIH unded in es iga o s
and 67% o FY24 NIH unding (exclusi e o OCTRI’s NCATS unding)
NIH G an Dolla s
NIH Funded In es iga o s
33%
67%
43%
57%
EDUCATION, TRAINING AND STAFF SUPPORT
OCTRI o e s aining oppo uni ies o acul y, ellows,
s uden s, and s udy coo dina o s.
• Clinical esea ch wo k o ce membe s ha e accessed
o a ended in-pe son, online, and li e on-demand and
e-lea ning ainings almos 3000 imes since 2023.
• The Human
In es iga ions
P og am
p o ides
aining o
acul y, ellows, PhD s uden s, and clinical ellows.
• Two embedded
aining g an s ha
annually suppo
7 acul y membe s
and 11 p e- and
pos -doc ainees.
We ac i ely
suppo 3 o he T32s and 4 K12 awa ds.
• CTRC has p o ided a phlebo omy cou se o o e 220
indi iduals om 20 depa men s since June 2020.
PILOTS AWARDS, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Resou ces o ansla e esea ch owa ds socie al impac .
• OCTRI Awa ds
pa ne s wi h
Business O egon
o o e SBIR/
STTR applica ion
suppo o small
businesses de eloping heal hca e echnologies.
• ORPRN le e ages he $100K in es ed ia CORE o
help secu e $8M in annual unding, encompassing 50+
ac i e p ojec s and ~40 Ex ension o Communi y Heal h
Ou come p og ams in O egon.
• ORPRN and OCTRI
ecei ed a CARE o
Heal h Awa d om
he NIH O ice o he
Di ec o due o close in eg a ion o ou PBRN and CTSA
hub. O egon is collabo a ing wi h he PBRN and CTSA in
WA s a e o add ess heal h issues in u al communi ies.
SATISFACTION
OCTRI app oaches use sa is ac ion wi h su eys and
a ge ed ollow up in e iews. In 2023-24, his led o 1)
eo ganized suppo o he REDCap eam and 2) imp o ed
In o ma ics p ojec communica ion plans and in a-OHSU
ma ke ing s a egies.
OCTRI USAGE AND IMPACT | 2025
Table 1. OCTRI P og ams suppo ed
o e 1800 esea ch p ojec s in 2024
P og am P ojec s
REDCap 1225
CTRC 309
In o ma ics 89
Regula o y consul s 115
Communi y 68
E alua ion Assis ance P og am 64
BERD/BDP g an submissions 67*
Rec ui men assis ance 37
Many p ojec s use mul iple OCTRI p og ams a he
same ime and ac oss he li espan o a p ojec .
*CY 2023 da a, all o he CY 2024
ohsu.edu/oc i
STUDY SUPPORT
OCTRI p o ides comp ehensi e s udy suppo se ices.
• Resea ch na iga o s, a cen alized en y poin o access
coo dina ed esea ch suppo a OCTRI and ac oss OHSU
• F ee egula o y consul s (100+ in 2024) ha include da a
sa e y moni o ing, FDA egula o y p ocesses o IND/IDE,
and b oad human subjec s guidance.
• CTRC p o ides an
inpa ien and ou pa ien
acili y wi h nu ses,
s udy coo dina o s,
bionu ionis s, and a
sleep acili y. In 2024, he bionu i ion uni suppo ed 9
dep s wi h 200+ consul s and 1100+ esea ch meals; he
sleep acili y suppo ed 5 RO1s om 4 in es iga o s.
• Since S udyPages launched in Ap il 2023, 1000+
indi iduals ha e signed up o 120 s udies. OCTRI
Rec ui men ained 160+ pe sonnel ac oss 22 dep s.
• OCTRI Rec ui men p o ided 37 consul s and assis ance
o g an s and unded p ojec s in 2024.
o 2017-23 K p og am
ainees ha e independen
esea ch unding
o 2007-16 K p og am
ainees ha e R01 o
equi alen
89%
87%
>1400
553
indi iduals ained since 2001
Mas e o Clinical Resea ch de-
g ees and ce i ica es awa ded
cu en ly en olled s uden s
129
O egon companies
SBIR/STTR unding
16
$9.1M
Highes NIH SBIR/STTR unding a e
in he US a 22% om 2012-2021
awa d ecipien s
na ionally in 2024
NIH unding
1 o 3
$2.5M
suppo ed by
bionu i ion uni
suppo ed by
sleep acili y
$3.5M
$2.5M
