Our Mission

Established in 2013, the Oklahoma Clinical and Translational Science Institute serves as a catalyst for clinical and translational research that improves health and healthcare for underserved and underrepresented populations, to provide training and infrastructure to help junior investigators to launch independent research careers, and to expand the opportunities of IDeA states and Oklahoma communities to participate in research that improves the health of our residents. 

Oklahoma Shared Clinical and Translational Resources

OSCTR is Oklahoma's NIH-funded IDeA-CTR that provides resources, information, and training to help individuals or communities involved in performing clinical and translational research in the state

Oklahoma Primary Healthcare Improvement Cooperative

 

OPHIC is the implementation science arm of a statewide network to help improve healthcare delivery assisting primary care practices to adopt evidence-based best practices for the care of their patients.

OCTSI Clinical Research Unit

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The OCTSI CRU assists medical providers to identify and conduct clinical research opportunities in Oklahoma.

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Recent Publications

Dysregulated long non-coding RNA in Sjögren's disease impacts both interferon and adaptive immune responses

RMD Open. 2022 Nov;8(2):e002672. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2022-002672.

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: Sjögren's disease (SjD) is an autoimmune disease characterised by inflammatory destruction of exocrine glands. Patients with autoantibodies to Ro/SSA (SjDRo+) exhibit more severe disease. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are a functionally diverse class of non-protein-coding RNAs whose role in autoimmune disease pathology has not been well characterised.

COVID-19 in people with neurofibromatosis 1, neurofibromatosis 2, or schwannomatosis

Genet Med. 2023 Feb;25(2):100324. doi: 10.1016/j.gim.2022.10.007. Epub 2022 Oct 19.

ABSTRACT

PURPOSE: People with pre-existing conditions may be more susceptible to severe COVID-19 when infected by SARS-CoV-2. The relative risk and severity of SARS-CoV-2 infection in people with rare diseases such as neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2), or schwannomatosis (SWN) is unknown.

Genetic load in incomplete lupus erythematosus

Lupus Sci Med. 2023 Jan;10(1):e000843. doi: 10.1136/lupus-2022-000843.

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: Patients with incomplete lupus erythematosus (ILE) have lupus features but insufficient criteria for SLE classification. Some patients with ILE transition to SLE, but most avoid major organ involvement. This study tested whether the milder disease course in ILE is influenced by reduced SLE risk allele genetic load.

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