2023 Department of Pediatrics Academic Annual Report

PRO PROJECTS BY TYPE OF USER, 10/22–9/23 (N=413 ENCOUNTERS FOR PRO SERVICES)

9 4%

3 1%

Students

3 1%

44 11%

Residents

Fellows

155 38%

Instructors

90 22%

Assistant Professors

Associate Professors

Professors

39 9%

64 15%

Administrators

6 1%

Others (typically corrdinators)

From October 2022 through September 2023, the PRO assisted investigators and their study teams with 413 projects that included 429 services (projects can have more than one service if, for example, one project requested help with both biostatistics and informatics). Help was provided to 223 unique users (e.g., faculty fellows, residents, etc., as shown in the chart). Services were used by all 19 divisions in the department, as well as by those doing pediatric research within 11 other departments, including: Dermatology; Genetics; Medicine; Neurosurgery; Nursing Family, Community and Health Systems; Nutrition Sciences; Obstetrics and Gynecology; Orthopedic Surgery; Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; Physical Therapy; and Psychology, as well as a variety of external institutions. THE CHILD HEALTH RESEARCH UNIT As noted above, the PRO manages the primary Child Health Research Unit (CHRU), which is a partnership between the UAB Department of Pediatrics, Children’s of Alabama, and the UAB Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS). It provides outpatient space for pediatric research to reduce barriers to the conduct of scientifically rigorous clinical and translational research. The primary CHRU opened in 2017 in a renovated, 2,547-square-foot facility on the third floor of Dearth Tower. This space includes a reception/ registration area, a triage room, six well-equipped exam rooms, two conference rooms, workspace with monitors and locked storage, a lab with centrifuge and freezer for short-term storage, and an equipment storage room. There is also a CHRU Ancillary Unit on the seventh floor, which is used primarily for pulmonary research. This Unit has three exam rooms, a conference room, work areas for study teams, ECG and pulmonary equipment, refrigerated centrifuges, specimen storage, sterile hoods, a 40x-100x microscope, a hemocytometer and an autoclave. With COVID-19 restrictions lifted and the Pfizer and Moderna vaccine trials winding down, CHRU visits have leveled off a bit, with 1,051 study visits in FY23. However, the number of investigators using CHRU space has increased. From 10/1/22 through 9/30/23, the main CHRU and the Satellite Unit combined were used by 34 unique investigators for 70 studies (for an increase of 13% in investigators and 21% in studies). CHRU VISIT NUMBERS BY DEPARTMENT/DIVISION

Genetics (2 studies) Medicine/ID (1 study) Medicine/Pulmonary (22 study) Neurobiology (1 study) Pediatric Neurosurgery (2 study) Peds/Allergy (1 study) Peds/Endocrine (1 study) Peds/Hematology-Oncology (4 studies) Peds/ID (15 studies)

16

11

26

92

65

3

63

90

218

Peds/Neonatology (4 study) Peds/Nephrology (2 studies) Peds/Neurology (7 studies) Peds/Pulmonary (6 studies) Psycology (1 studies) Nutrition Sciences (1 studies)

22

5

5

76

353

6

9

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