Research

 

Baylor Scott & White Research Institute Scientific Research Cores are dedicated to facilitating basic, clinical and translational research by fostering collaboration among researchers and the larger scientific and clinical community. The Scientific Research Cores provide access to state-of-the-art research tools, instruments, technologies, services, training, and expert consultation for investigators, optimizing the quality and efficiency of research.

Our resources include:

• Research staff of 500+, including coordinators, quality and compliance leads, contracts specialists and others
• Bespoke lab and testing facilities, including
• A Genomics Core lab, which enables work such as DNA/RNA extraction and sequencing
• Advanced bioinformatics and biostatistics resources that support data extraction and analysis, module development, longitudinal modeling, funding and publication support, among other critical tasks
• A Flow Cytometry resource lab, which provides all flow cytometry cell analysis and cell sorting services
• The Luminex® Core, which is certified by the federal government for accuracy and reproducibility, which is critical for clinical trial monitoring
• The BPM core laboratory, which is classified as a Bio Safety Level 2 lab (BSL-2) enabling handling of agents associated with human diseases (i.e., pathogenic or infections organisms)
• A dedicated Center for Metabolomics featuring technology that allows us to identify metabolite biomarkers for early diagnosis of diseases, monitoring disease progression and understanding the biochemical basis to improve treatment strategies
• An FDA-regulated cGMP manufacturing facility unique to BSWRI and this region featuring two class 10,000 clean rooms, a dozen incubators, and other specialized equipment that allows us to manufacture, test and ship investigational cellular-based therapies and autologous dendritic cell vaccine products for therapeutic use in human phase I/II clinical trials to treat conditions like:
  • Melanoma
  • HIV
  • Pancreatic cancer breast cancer
  • Hematological malignancies such as lymphoma
• A Clinical Data and Analytics (Tissue Bank) Department that provides statistical support to clinical and research staff.
• A Tumor Registry that catalogues consented data on various types of cancer diagnosed and/or treated within the Baylor Scott & White system.

Baylor Scott & White Research Institute has a dedicated team of contracts and budget resources to help manage pre- and post-award activities and negotiations with sponsors. The contract process is facilitated by Baylor Scott & White Research Institute.

The contracts’ team core function is to coordinate negotiations and amendments to ensure they are initiated in a timely and efficient manner, and in line with Baylor Scott & White’s procedures and processes. The budget process is carried out by a Research Project Analyst, and that person's key objective is to develop and negotiate budgets for all industry studies.

The project management team handles the post-award management of all research activities. Their duties include reviewing the financial standing of active studies, meeting with study personnel to discuss outcomes or financial review, and billing activities related to research subjects. The staff is comprised of a mix of research managers, project analysts and research billing specialists.

The grants team assists investigators with the submission of research grants to external funding agencies. They provide administrative support by ensuring the timely and accurate submission of grant applications to external entities.