ACUTE CARE RESEARCH CORE
The Acute Care Research Core (ACRC) is a high impact collaboration of acute care research professionals representing the four institutions that comprise Cincinnati’s Academic Health Center. Formed in 2015 by the Center for Clinical & Translational Science & Training (CCTST), with funding from a Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA), the Core currently includes: 14 acute care research (ACR) units, representatives from the local institutional review boards and the investigational pharmacy.
The mission of the ACRC is to generate and execute world-class collaborative research initiatives through empowering our stakeholders, improving efficiency of the research process, training our next generation clinical and translational researcher, and developing acute care research standards of care. Acute Care Research is challenged by the:
Need to interface with patients 24/7, within minutes to hours of their illness or injury,
Inability to schedule/recruit patients via usual means,
Frequent inability to direct-consent patients due to patient care and family considerations that surround a catastrophic health event,
Movement of patients throughout the health care system (EMS, ED, Surgery, ICU),
Population at higher risk of health disparities and health failure due to using EDs as a primary resource of care.
Today, the Acute Care Research Core is the most comprehensive Academic Health Center-based collaboration of acute care researchers in the nation. ACRC partners are committed to creating a community spanning the pre-hospital, emergency and critical care settings — sharing resources and best practices to eliminate systems’ barriers to the acceleration of clinical & translational research in the acute care setting. Through a common focus on process improvement, economies of scale and coordination of activities, an innovative acute care research culture is being formed that will be more impactful and encompassing than that which any institution could create individually.
*Acute Care Research (ACR) is defined as research that occurs within 24 hours of a visit to an emergency department or an unscheduled admission, or within 24 hours of identification of a new or worsening condition characterized by sudden onset requiring immediate care.
Acute Care Research Core Pilot Grant
This pilot grant program is designed to support researchers in the conduction of pilot projects focused on acute care research. Successful proposals will yield pilot data, establish methods, and/or form teams needed to apply for extramural funding. Multidisciplinary proposals are encouraged. Up to two proposals will be awarded $15,000 each.
Applications will be accepted from faculty or staff from all UC campuses, the Academic Health Center (including CCHMC, UC, VA Medical Center). Advanced degrees (MD, PhD, MD-PhD or equivalent) are not required for eligibility. Collaborative groups of investigators spanning disciplines and programs are strongly encouraged. Submissions from underrepresented and minority investigators are also encouraged. Applicants must be CCTST members. Join free of charge.
Click here to view our 2024 ACRC Pilot grant awardees
Letters of Intent: Deadline coming soon
RFA coming soon
News & Events
Services
Operations Consultative Services
Availability of support at no charge for participants that encounter a need for short term/ad hoc regulatory or project management assistance for acute care research initiatives
Collaborative research studies
Opportunity to join with other partners to conduct studies, such as the current trial to study informed consent in acute care research
Networking
Expansion of acute care research professional networking through a forum where shared knowledge leads to creative problem-solving, enhanced productivity and measurable quality improvements.
Infrastructure development
Ability to work with colleagues in acute care research units to create scalable infrastructure to maximize the efficiency of research conducted 24/7/365
administrative and regulatory processes
Access to shared regulatory and process documents, participation in review development, and a process to promote the implementation of evidence-based best practices…learn more about administrative and regulatory processes.
Research Central: Request a consultation with an ACRC representative to discuss services and your research needs
RESOURCES
TEAM
Lynn Babcock, MD MS
Co-Director, ACRC
Professor, Pediatrics
Emergency Medicine
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Email: lynn.babcock@cchmc.org
Jason Mcmullan, md
Co-Director, ACRC
Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
University of Cincinnati
Email: jason.mcmullan@uc.edu
Timothy Pritts, MD, PhD
Co-Director, ACRC
Division Chief, General Surgery
Vice Chair, Clinical Operations
Professor, Surgery
University of Cincinnati
Email: timothy.pritts@uc.edu
Jamie Tharrington
Program Manager, ACRC
University of Cincinnati
Email: james.tharrington@uc.edu
PARTNERS
Patrick Brady, MD MSc
CCHMC Hospital Medicine
Richard Becker, MD MS
UC Cardiovascular Health & Disease
Kathleen Chard, PhD
VAMC/Cincinnati, Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience
Richard Falcone, MD, MPH
CCHMC Trauma Services
Brandon Foreman, MD
UC Neurocritical Care
Robert Frenck, MD
CCHMC IRB
Stuart L. Goldstein, MD
CCHMC Center for Acute Care Nephrology
Dina Gomaa,
Clinical Research Manager
UC Trauma, Critical Care
Stacey Ishman, MD, MPH
CCHMC Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology
Dawn Kleindorfer, MD
UC Neurology, Stroke Team
Natalie Kreitzer, MD
UC Emergency Medicine
Michael Linke, PhD
UC IRB
Eric Mueller, PharmD
UC Health Investigative Pharmacy
Laura Ngwenya, MD PhD
UC Neurotrauma Center
Katrina Peariso, MD PhD
CCHMC Neurology
Brenda Poindexter, MD MS
CCHMC Perinatal Institute
Dario Rodriguez, MSc,
Clinical Research Director
UC Trauma, Critical Care
Richard Ruddy, MD
CCHMC Emergency Medicine
David Russell, JD
CCHMC Perinatal Institute
Hector Wong, MD
CCHMC Critical Care
CCHMC – Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Medical Center
CCTST – Center for Clinical & Translational Science & Training
UC – University of Cincinnati
VAMC – Veterans Affairs Medical Center
