CTSpedia: The Knowledge Base for Clinical and Translational Research

CTSpedia is a pilot project initiated in 2007 by the CTSA funded Biostatistics Research Ethics and Design (BREAD) program at UCSF. The project was initiated to form an information resource created by researchers for researchers in clinical and translational science to share valuable knowledge amongst local researchers. In the spring of 2008, CTSpedia was presented to the national CTSA’s Biostatistics/Epidemiology/Research/Design (BERD) Online Resources and Education taskforce as a vehicle for driving progress in the task forces’ goals to identify and share resources across the national consortium and community researchers world-wide. Since then, with the support of the national BERD consortia, the project obtained funding and support from the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) to expand the scope and content of CTSpedia and fostering collaboration amongst CTSAs.