Services

• Study design/protocol development
• Subject recruitment, screen, consenting
• Clinical assessment
• Clinical research pharmacy
• Facility/equipment access
• For pilot studies/CFAR development studies, subject identification, recruitment, consent and supported intervention capability
• HIV testing (rapid test)
• Provision of research pharmacy services for interventional studies
• Clinical Specimen services*
• Identification/collection of fresh clinical samples (whole blood, plasma, sera) for well characterized HIV subject population, including HIV viremic and aviremic
• Identification/collection of fresh clinical samples (whole blood, plasma, sera) for well characterized HIV negative controls
• Access to stored samples (plasma, sera, PBMCs) from well characterized longitudinal cohort, limited to study design need of longitudinal sampling
• Limited mucosal samples (rectal, cervicovaginal) from clinically well characterized HIV subjects and HIV negative controls

• Assistance with clinical study design and development
• Assistance with investigator-initiated studies, pilot studies, CFAR Developmental study with subject identification and recruitment, research nursing assistance, phlebotomy, limited tissue collection, data management and research pharmacy services
• Access to state-of-the-art clinical research facility for pilot studies, CFAR Developmental awards, NIH studies and industry studies
• Access to expertise in the development and implementation of vaccine trials
• IRB submission guidance

Mining of HIV Care & Treatment Data Repository

Upon IRB approval, data queries and data sets are available for a limited number of variables collected from patients receiving care and treatment in the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital Special Immunology Adult and Women’s Clinics.

Data can be extracted for:

• Feasibility Studies
• Data matching to supplement study cohort with data with additional variables
• Additional patient data to supplement existing study cohort

Data Available (examples):

• Demographical Data (basic)
• HIV Disease Profile (Date of Diagnosis, HIV/AIDS Status)
• Socioeconomic status, Primary Insurance, and Federal Poverty Level
• Anti-retroviral Regimen
• Laboratory Results:
  
  • Immunological/HIV Status (CD4, Viral Load)
  • Sexually Transmitted Infections Results
  • Hepatitis Screening
• Visit History (clinic visits)

• Study design
• Power calculation/sample size
• Data analysis plan
• Data analysis
• Abstract, manuscript assistance and collaboration