Leadership

Welcome to the Louisville Clinical and Translational Research Center (LCTRC) where we are building the research infrastructure that will improve the health of people in Louisville, the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the region. Our overall goal is to expand and fully integrate an “academic home” for clinical and translational research.

We have created a multidisciplinary professional development program to train the next generation of clinical and translational investigators. Our coordinated cores provide support for investigators in biostatistics, clinical research resources, core translational tools, and professional development. 

These resources are available to the university, community partners and citizen scientists who are well positioned to perform clinical and translational research that will improve the health of multiple populations in our community. We invite you to join us as a collaborator or to attend one of our many programs.

Executive Aims

• Provide a formal governance structure to provide coordination, implementation, direction and prioritization of activities, including budget issues and resolving any conflicts as they arise, ensuring the quality of all functions and evaluation progress.
• Administer standardized policies and procedures for the LCTRC; develop standardized policies and procedures for biorepositories.
• Coordinate use of resources and personnel between and among all IDeA state activities at the University of Louisville (COBRE, INBRE) and coordinate with UofL Strategic Planning initiatives.
• Evaluate progress of all other cores to prepare for advisory committee meetings and the Tracking and Evaluation KCA and in coordination with UofL’s internal evaluation process for cores.
• Provide a mechanism to replace any key individuals who may leave.
• Disseminate pertinent information to the scientific and lay community.