Tampa General Hospital - Clinical Research

Tampa General Hospital has a comprehensive review process for all protocols. To see the process in more detail, refer to our TGH Review Process document.

Center of Research Excellence (CORE)

The CORE is a division of the Office of Clinical Research developed to provide a variety of services to assist investigators through the entire clinical research process from study development to implementation and analysis. For further information, please see our brochure and contact us at (813) 844-3542.

CORE Brochure

USF/TGH Medical Writing Services

With the evolving field of clinical research at TGH, greater demands are being placed on the clinical researchers as they encounter a mass of new guidelines and regulations geared towards quality assurance and human subject protection issues. It is a challenge for a clinician to initiate and complete a study without any support from the institution. To initiate a scientifically sound proposal while fulfilling all regulatory requirements a time commitment and research support is required. Medical writing services core is established to provide assistance to our investigators (at USF and TGH) in facilitating the development and submission of protocols and consent forms for clinical trails with particular emphasis on investigator initiated studies. The medical writer's services are also offered to help facilitate the investigators in grant writing, submission to federal or private agencies for funding, identifying funding sources, improving the quality of their clinical research protocol, manuscripts, abstracts and oral presentations. To assist you better in the field of clinical research, our medical writer Dr. Sadaf Aslam, MD is available at the TGH, Office of Clinical Research. For any assistance in the development of a study protocol, consent form, and regulatory submission of the study, please contact Dr. Aslam at saslam@health.usf.edu

Her office location is

Medical Writing Services
Office of Clinical Research
2 Tampa General Circle. STC-6036
Tampa, FL 33606
813-250-2205 (office)
813-250-2199 (fax)
saslam@health.usf.edu

Protocol Guidelines

Click here to view our Protocol Guidelines

Click here to view a Chart Review protocol template
Click here to view a Clinical Trial protocol template
Click here to view Registry protocol template

Biostatistical Assistance

Please contact the Office of Clinical Research at 813-844-4236 if you would like Biostatisical assistance. Thank you.

TGH Grants Management

Many of our employees and investigators have great ideas about improving the healthcare services we provide. However, such ideas often require funding that is not readily available through our institutional resources. The Office of Clinical Research Director is available to assist in the identification of private and government funding sources for hospital related resources or clinical research proposals. As each announcement for funding has different requirements, services are also offered to assist investigators through the grant application process, including development of the grant proposal, identification of key personnel for project contribution, building an adequate budget for project completion, determining logistical resources such as facilities and equipment needs, determining a timeline to project completion, as well as ensuring grant guidelines are met for any required support documentation. Upon grant award, the OCR Director serves as a liaison to the funding institution to ensure post award guidelines are met including appropriate expenditure of grant funds, ensure proposed timeline benchmarks are met, as well as oversight of progress and final report requirements.

Please contact the Office of Clinical Research Director if you would like Grant assistance. Thank you.

Anna Valencia, MPH
Director
Office of Clinical Research
Tampa General Hospital
5 Tampa General Circle, HMT-470
Tampa, FL 33606
813-415-6137 (cell)
813-844-1165 (fax)
avalencia@tgh.org