About Us
NCRT-CE provides services to the FSU College of Medicine and other CTSA supported colleges. The team collaborates with a range of partners, including partnering academic institutions, state and local governmental agencies, health care providers, community groups, nonprofit organizations and advocacy groups. Located within the FSU College of Medicine, the NCRT-CE has successfully collaborated on research projects across the state of Florida. The College’s community-based model of education provides an ideal foundation for the development of research collaborations across our regional campuses and rural programs. Over 2,500 clinical faculty represent FSU College of Medicine in a variety of settings, including private, group or hospital-based practices, providing diverse real-world settings to conduct health and clinical research.
Our team of experts will work with you to facilitate and guide your research planning and design to execute high quality, high impact clinical and translational research. We are committed to providing exceptional customer service and are here to help you with any of your research needs and questions.
Our History
The Network for Clinical Research and Training (NCRT) was formally launched in the fall of 2010. Health IMPACTS for Florida (Integrating Medical Practice and Community-based Translational Science) was our initial community-based research effort that combined Florida State’s strength in a distributed medical education model with University of Florida’s expertise in clinical and translational research. With the addition of the University of Miami and multiple healthcare institutions across the state, Health IMPACTS for Florida became the OneFlorida Clinical Research Consortium, uniting researchers, clinicians, patients and other stakeholders to address the State’s biggest health challenges. In 2022, with FSU and UF’s strong commitment to community engagement, NCRT expanded services to include support for community-engaged research, becoming the NCRT-CE.
Our Values
Serving diverse, rural and underserved populations
Ethical and responsible conduct of research
Relationship-driven, respectful research culture
Vision and innovation
Intellectual pursuit
Collaborative partnerships
Excellence and quality improvement
Meet the Team
Ursula Keller Weiss, Ph.D.
Director, Network for Clinical Research,
Training and Community Engagement
Kimberly Mattox, MS
Clinical Research Consultant
Publications
Florida-California Cancer Health Equity Center (CaRE2) Community Scientist Research Advocacy Program
B. Hensel, N. Askins, E. Ibarra, C. Aristizabal, I. Guzman, R. Barahona, B. Hazelton-Glenn, J. Lee, Z. Zhang, F. Odedina, D. J. Wilkie, M. C. Stern, L. Baezconde-Garbanati, S. Suther, F. Webb. (2023) Journal of Cancer Education. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-023-02351-3
Association Between Insufficient Sleep, Depressive Symptoms, and Suicidality Among Florida High School Students
Justine Gunderson, Katherine McDaniel and Alexis DiBlanda. Prev Chronic Dis 2023;20:220403. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd20.220403
Assessing the role of collectivism and individualism on COVID-19 beliefs and behaviors in the Southeastern United States
Jayur Madhusudan Mehta, Choeeta Chakrabarti, Jessica De Leon, Patricia Homan, Tara Skipton and Rachel Sparkman. (2023) PLoS ONE 18(1): e0278929. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0278929
A Social-Ecological Exploration of College and University Students’ COVID-19 Infection Preventive Behaviors
Helene Vilme, Elizabeth O. Akin-Odanye, Derrick L. Sauls, Jessica De Leon, Christopher Paul, Joedrecka S. Brown Speights, Shelley White-Means, Felix Amissah, Roland N Ndip, Yussif M. Dokurugu, Hayden B. Bosworth, Forgive Avorgbedor and Ivette A. López (2022) American Journal of Health Education, 53:4, 256-265, DOI: 10.1080/19325037.2022.2071361
Food insecurity among university students in the United States amidst the COVID-19 pandemic
Helene Vilme, Naomi N. Duke, Yussif Dokurugu, Elizabeth Akin-Odanye, Christopher Paul, Ernest Kaninjing, Ivette A. Lopez, Roland Matsouaka, Joedrecka S. Brown Speights, Jessica De Leon, Derrick L. Sauls, Roland N Ndip, Felix Amissah, Hayden Bosworth, Carol L. Warren and Charles Muiruri. J Am Coll Health. 2022 Jul 11:1-6. DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2022.2082840
Barriers and Facilitators to the Collection and Aggregation of Electronic Health Record HIV Data: An Analysis of Study Recruitment Venues Within the Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions (ATN)
Seyram A. Butame, Jessica De Leon, Sung-Jae Lee, Sylvie Naar, Leah Genn, Tyra Dark, and Bill G. Kapogiannis (2021) Evaluation & the Health Professions, 44(2):168-176. DOI: 10.1177/0163278721998413
Optimizing Precision of Hypertension Care to Maximize Blood Pressure Control (OPTI-BP): A Pilot Study Utilizing a Smartphone App to Incorporate Plasma Renin Activity Testing.
Mai Mehanna, Yiqing E. Chen, Yan Gong, eileen Handberg, Brittney Roth, Jessica De Leon, Steven M. Smith, Jonathan G. Harrell, Rhonda M. Cooper-DeHoff (2020) Clinical and Translational Science, 1-8. DOI: 10.1111/cts.12922
Improving Adolescent Health Risk Assessment: A Multi-method Pilot Study.
Lindsay A. Thompson, Martin Wegman, Keith Muller, Katie Z. Eddleton, Michael Muszynski, Mobeen Rathore, Jessica De Leon,Elizabeth A. Shenkman, and the HealthIMPACTS for Florida Network (2016) Maternal and Child Health Journal, 20(12), 2483-2493. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-016-2070-5
Concussion Education Training and Healthcare Provider Knowledge
Aliyah Synder, Sarah Greif, Scott Szymanski, Michelle Vinson, Jessica De Leon,and Russell Bauer(2015)The International Journal of Sport and Society, 4(4), 119-133. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18848/2152-7857/CGP/v04i04/53991
A Normative Study of the Sport Concussion Assessment Tool (SCAT2) in Children and Adolescents
Aliyah Synder, Russell Bauer, Michelle Vinson, Jessica De Leon,and the HealthIMPACTS for Florida Network(2014)The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 28(7), 1091-1103. DOI: 10.1080/13854046.2014.952667.