Permian Basin Office of Research

We provide accurate, reliable, and comprehensive analysis of biosamples. We work mainly with blood serum samples and analyze them using ELISA to quantify the concentration of serum biomarkers. For questions or more information, please contact Asley Sanchez, BS.

Finding suitable collaborators for scholarly initiatives is often challenging. Barriers for meeting potential collaborators can be more substantial when explored across departments, schools and campuses. The Department of Research at TTUHSC-Permian Basin has launched a Collaborator Portal to help link investigators with suitable collaborators for projects spanning from research studies to projects of non-discovery scholarship.

This web-based Portal allows TTUHSC faculty, residents, and students (and investigators outside the TTUHSC system) to post data about projects for which they seek collaborators, while those interested in contributing to planned projects can browse the posted data and contact the investigators.

In order for collaborative efforts to  proceed as intended, following several basic principles can substantially increase the probability of a project's successful completion. One such commentary to guide one's approach to collaborative scholarship is available at this link.

For Investigators
To post information about your project for potential collaborators, you have to complete a Project Data Form. For questions or more information, please contact Asley Sanchez, BS.

For Potential Collaborators
The latest postings on the Collaborator Portal can be accessed here. Once found groups that agree/look for collaborators, add to the relevant project, using the existing format. Projects should be removed once filled/no longer applicable/completed 

On-Campus Resources

Scope of Support: abstracts, posters, full manuscripts (case reports, research, reviews, letters); assistance with journal selection.

Procedure:

1. Submit an Editing Services Request Form. 

2. Provide, as applicable, instructions for authors of the relevant conference or journal.

• Contact John Garza for assistance in data visualization and editing of abstracts, posters, manuscripts and in submission process, and response to reviewers 
• Contact Asley Sanchez for assistance in assistance in writing, editing and formatting of  abstracts, posters, manuscripts and in submission process and response to reviewers

Regional Resources

• Clinical Research Institute
  

  Scope of Support: abstracts, posters, full manuscripts (case reports, research)

Procedure:

1. Submit a CRI work order.

2. After contact is made with the CRI, submit a draft of your write-up.

• The TTUHSC Writing Center
  

  Scope of Support: research papers, grants, abstracts, posters (note also that the Writing Center can provide feedback for other documents including, among others, CVs, cover letters, and personal statements).

*Note that the Writing Center focuses on higher order concerns in writing, such as central argument, logic, organization, etc. The Center's staff do not provide editing or proofreading (that is, there is no checking or correction of grammatical errors nor checking of the citations or their formatting).

Procedure:

1. Contact the TTUHSC Writing Center.

• • • • • You will need to upload a draft of your write-up and provide, as applicable, specific instructions/description of your project for the Center and any concerns you have about your writing. The uploaded documents should be either Word or PDF formats.
        • You may submit 2 drafts each week.
        • If you encounter difficulties submitting your documents, you can email the TTUHSC Writing Center.

2. Feedback

• • • • • Your draft will be emailed back to you with feedback within 48-72 hours (except weekends/holidays)

Clinical Research Institute (CRI) 

Details of the spectrum of CRI support services and the procedures associated with the use of these services are outlined under Frequently asked Questions.

Procedure:

1. Submit a CRI work order.

2. After contact is made with the CRI, submit a draft of your proposal/protocol.

• • • When creating a draft, follow the CRI-designed protocol format.
    • CRI staff can also provide help with experimental design, statistical methods, and power analysis.

On-Campus Resources

• Contact Lavi Oud for discussion of initial/developed project ideas/concepts, potential  methodological approaches (i.e., experimental/study design, statistical methods), feasibility considerations, proposal development
• Contact John Garza for discussion of initial/developed project ideas/concepts, potential  methodological approaches (study design, statistical methods), data source acquisition, feasibility considerations, proposal development
• Contact Asley Sanchez for data source acquisition, methodological approach, feasibility considerations, proposal development    

On-Campus Resources

• Contact John Garza for assistance in preparation of IRB application (methodology, data collection forms)
• Contact Asley Sanchez for assistance in preparation of IRB application (methodology, data collection forms, submission process to IRB via CRI)
• Clinical Research Institute (CRI) Clinic Building, Room 1202
  • Veronica Janosick, RN
    Clinical Research Coordinator
    432.703.5060
  • Jammie Holland, LVN, CCRC
    Clinical Research Coordinator
    432.703.5275

Robert Bennett, MD
Department of Pediatrics
High frequency ventilation

Adrian Billings, MD
Department of Family and Community Medicine
Health care workforce development in medically underserved areas of the United States and globally with a special interest in rural and international border areas

Katie Corkill, MD
Department of Family and Community Medicine 
Teaching techniques to promote Master Adaptive Learning; Community Based Participatory Research Awareness; Multi-faceted Intern Training for Workflow Improvement

Tara Deaver, DPM
Department of Family and Community Medicine
Toenail Onychomycosis; Wound care

Christopher Enakpene, MSC, MD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 
Prevention of preterm labor and preterm births; Diabetes in pregnancy; Chromosomal and genetic disorders; Multiple pregnancies and higher-order pregnancies; Fetal growth disorders; Placental accreta syndrome and preservative surgery for large uterine leiomyoma

Lisa Moore, MD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 
Diabetes in pregnancy

Sai Siva Mungara, MD
Department of Internal Medicine
Quality Initiatives and Patient Safety Projects

Martin Ortega, MD
Department of Family and Community Medicine
Chronic Conditions; practice Management 

Lavi Oud, MD
Department of Internal Medicine 
Health services research; sepsis; determinants of utilization of critical care resources; interplay of patient- community-, health system-, and policy-related factors in outcome disparities in critical illness

Craig Spellman, DO
Department of Internal Medicine
Prevalence of syndromic and non-syndromic obesity genes in Hispanic/Latino population 

*Note: It is highly recommended that you contact a statistician (or other faculty that will perform statistical analyses) at the start of your project's conception/design to discuss your overall approach and specific study objectives and planned outcomes. See also relevant commentary at this link.

On-Campus Resources

• For questions or more information, please contact John Garza.