The Office of Research Administration (ORA) serves as a central resource to faculty and staff for all aspects of research and for processing service contracts. The office provides information regarding funding sources, assistance in the submission of proposals to external sponsors, review of budgets and other form pages for compliance with University, federal, state and sponsor requirements, and negotiation of research and service contracts. ORA reviews, negotiates, and executes all basic research, clinical research, public service, professional service agreements and most provider and affiliation agreements. ORA serves as the institutional liaison with external agencies and organizations on all research administration and service contract matters. ORA has Institutional signature authority for submission of grants and execution of research and service-related contracts.

The OUHSC supports 3 Core Laboratories; the Laboratory for Genomics and Bioinformatics, Laboratory for Molecular Biology and Proteomics, and the Laboratory for Flow and Image Cytometry. Additionally, other core laboratories, such as the Glycobiology Laboratory and the Advanced Immunohistochemistry & Morphology Core Facility have partial support from the OUHSC and are available to all investigators at the OUHSC.  For information on OUHSC Core Labs, visit http://w3.ouhsc.edu/corelabs/

The OUHSC consists of numerous centers and institutes offering expert patient care to Oklahomans and citizens from across the nation. Aside from patient care, hundreds of specialized research projects are ongoing at the OUHSC at any given time. For information on current research or care offered here at the OUHSC, visit:

OU Cancer Institute

Oklahoma Center for Neuroscience

Harold Hamm Oklahoma Diabetes Center

General Clinical Research Center

A comprehensive list of additional OUHSC centers and institutes can be found at http://www.ouhsc.edu/research/.

Comparative Medicine provides the support services for the use of animals at the OUHSC in addition to conducting independent and collaborative research. Facilities include conventional facilities for common small animals and a barrier facility for rodents; a Rodent Oversight Committed advises the professional staff on the use of rodents. Ongoing research includes studies dealing with inflammation, septic shock, transplantation, and antimicrobial compounds.

For regulatory advice and questions, please contact the appropriate regulatory office.

For human subjects research, the Institutional Review Board (IRB) should be contacted at  405-271-2045.

For animal research, the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee office should be contacted at 405-271-7381.

All compliance related questions can be directed to the Office of Compliance at 405-271-2511.