Industry Liaison Program

Welcome to the Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS). The CCTS provides research support to the majority of clinical divisions within the University of Kentucky, including the Schools of Dentistry, Health Sciences, Medicine, Nursing, and Pharmacy, as well as Markey Cancer Center. The CCTS Industry Liaison Program provides a two-way street to link industry sponsors with qualified investigators and to assist faculty researchers seeking trial opportunities in their preferred therapeutic area. We also assist with the development, implementation, management, and completion of industry and government-funded clinical research. Please scroll down for a health profile of Kentucky’s population.

To facilitate this work, we maintain a research interest database of over 750 researchers in a variety of specialty areas, including PhD researchers interested in translational opportunities.

Clinical Trials: Currently, over 375 active trials are available at UK. A summary of UK research/therapeutic areas and a description of the CCTS facilities is posted on CenterWatch.

Industry related brochures:

For further information and assistance in placing clinical research studies at the University of Kentucky, you may (1) click on the Service Request Form to submit a “For Industry” request or (2) contact Roxane Poskin at (859) 257-7856 or e-mail roxane.poskin@uky.edu

Confidentiality Disclosure Agreements (CDAs) may be faxed to 859-257-3240 or email to roxane.poskin@uky.edu. All CDA’s are forwarded to the Office of Intellectual Property Development for review and signature.

Kentucky’s top health burdens include high incidences of cancer, metabolic syndrome, and cardiovascular diseases (Data from United Health Foundation 2009). Kentucky residents of all income levels are disabled and killed by chronic illnesses that are linked to smoking, poor eating habits and sedentary lifestyles.

Ranked 44^th in overall health
25.2 percent of the population smokes, ranked 48^th
30.2 percent of the population is obese (BMI <30), ranked 44^th
4.6 percent days in the previous 30 days with poor mental health outcomes, ranked 50^th

Kentucky Health Outcomes:

332.3 deaths/100,000 population (pop.) from cardiovascular disease, ranked 43^th
225.1 deaths/100,000 pop. from cancer deaths, ranked 50^th
9,224 years of life lost/100,000 pop. due to premature death, ranked 42^nd
7.5 deaths/100,000 pop. from occupational fatalities, ranked 42^st
106.9 discharges/100,000 Medicare enrollees for preventable hospitalizations, ranked 49^th

Additional Resources

Office of Sponsored Projects Administration (OSPA)

Guides industry sponsors with Research Agreements with the University of Kentucky.

Industry Guide

UK Office of Commercialization and Economic Development

Oversees commercial development/licensing of university-based technologies, new and existing business development, management of the Advanced Science & Technology Commercialization Center and of Coldstream Research Campus, and statewide economic development initiatives.

FAQs

Research is an integral part of UK. The University of Kentucky is designated a Research Extensive University by the Carnegie Foundation.

UK is one of the few universities in the country with a research and teaching campus within its medical center comprised of all six health sciences colleges: Dentistry, Health Sciences, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and Public Health.

The University of Kentucky Medical Center (UKMC) is nationally recognized in: aging, cancer, cardiology, drug abuse, pharmacy, transplant, stroke, and surgery.

UKMC is affiliated with and adjacent to the Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital.

The Delta Dental of Kentucky Clinical Research Center (DDKCRC) provides a state-of-the-art facility for clinical research studies.

The Clinical Trial Agreement Administrator is dedicated exclusively to negotiating clinical trial agreements.

The Medical Institutional Review Board (IRB) meets six times each month. UK has three Medical IRB approval boards.

Based on benchmarking data, study initiation averages 45 working days.

The Investigational Drug Service maintains a secure storage, dispensing, and accountability system available 24 hours a day.

The CCTS Industry Liaison Program

Kentucky - Among Nation's Sickest States

Kentucky’s National Health Rankings

Kentucky Health Outcomes:

Additional Resources

Office of Sponsored Projects Administration (OSPA)

UK Office of Commercialization and Economic Development

FAQs