Clinical Translational Core

Center URL: http://www.waisman.wisc.edu/
Core URL: http://www.waisman.wisc.edu/CTCCore.htm

Core Personnel
Core Director: Seth Pollak, Ph.D.
Core Co-Director: Murray Brilliant, Ph.D.
Core Co-Director: Katherine Hustad, Ph.D.

Core Description

The Clinical Translational Core provides support to investigators for some of the most challenging aspects of research involving human participants, including recruitment, diagnoses, assessment, computer programming and applications and advanced statistical analysis.

Services

Project Consultation

Participant screening, consenting, and session coordination
Coordination of research in Waisman Center Clinics or WECP
Assistance with IRB protocols as they pertain to CTC services
Coordination with UW Hospital Clinical Research Unit
Liaison with community hospitals/health centers

Psychological Testing

Assessment administration, scoring, interpretation
Intervention implementation
Clinical/diagnostic interviewing/screening
Assessment and intervention training
Protocol and project development
Psychological consultation
Graduate student psychological services supervision

Engineering

Computer programming
Database development and maintenance
Equipment and technical support consultation
Eye-tracking consultation

Participant and Research Registry Recruitment

Access to potential research participants through several research registries
Consultation and recruitment planning
Diversity and Community outreach
Participant recruitment in the Waisman Center Clinics or Waisman Early Childhood Program

Private Testing Rooms

A large testing room with a sink, small observation room, and audio and video camera equipment
Individual sound attenuated booths
Two adjoined small testing rooms with adult-sized tables and chairs, and equipment to allow for monitoring and recording a session from one room to the other
Two Tobii T60XL eye tracker suites, with E-Prime, Tobii Studio, and SMART-T stimulus software.