PREMIER Core Usage Grant
Funds $1000-6000 for pilot studies using PREMIER core services
Deadline: Mon. May 1, 2023 5pm PST
Core Usage Grant
PREMIER
Precision Medicine in Rheumatology (PREMIER) is an NIH/NIAMS funded Center at UCSF with the overarching goal of facilitating and enhancing precision medicine studies in rheumatic diseases
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PREMIER Biorepository
The GT Core now has a searchable database of thousands of patient samples from autoimmune disease cohorts.
Biorepository Query Form
GT Core
Genomic Technology Core provides access to biospecimens from rheumatic disease patients and facilitate access to state-of-the-art genomics and cellular molecular technologies
CORE SERVICES
CDI Core
Clinical Data and Informatics Core provides expertise in study design, clinical informatics, and rheumatic diseases to facilitate the identification and recruitment of defined patient groups for research

CORE SERVICES
IB Core
Integrative Bioinformatics Core provides expertise in state-of-the-art computational approaches required for study design, bioinformatics data analysis, data integration, and data dissemination
CORE SERVICES
RAP Pilot Grants
Resource Allocation Program
Fall 2023 cycle
Applications open: 8/28/23
Submissions deadline: 10/2/23 2pm PT
RAP Funding
CLUES
California Lupus Epidemiology Study (CLUES) is an ongoing study of the ways in which lupus affects people's daily lives as well as the genetic and environmental factors for lupus
CLUES

Mission 

PREMIER will provide investigators with access to biospecimens, expertise, training, and pilot funding to advance precision medicine studies in rheumatic diseases.

UCSF is a national leader in the area of precision medicine. PREMIER, Precision Medicine in Rheumatology is an NIH/NIAMS funded Center at UCSF with the overarching goal of facilitating and enhancing precision medicine studies in rheumatic diseases. PREMIER can provide investigators with resources to enable studies that will better define rheumatic disease subgroups with different etiologies, prognoses, or treatment responses. Core resources can provide access to clinical data and biospecimens along with new technologies for cellular, molecular and genetic phenotyping and bioinformatics analyses.

 

 

 

Funding Opportunities

PREMIER has several funding opportunities throughout the year, including pilot grants for established and junior investigators managed by the Resource Allocation Program (RAP), and Core Usage Grants managed by PREMIER. More details are available on the Funding Opportunities page of our website.

Events

PREMIER Genomics and Molecular Resources Core: Biospecimens, Data, and Advanced Processing Technology available for Precision Medicine Studies

Held on May 14, 2018 featuring speakers: Lindsey A. Criswell, MD, MPH, DSc,Pui-Yan Kwok, MD, PhD, Jimmie Ye, PhD, and Alex Marson, MD, PhD.  Archived lecture is available here. You can watch this video to learn how PREMIER GMR Core can advance your research and how you can take advantage of the extensive patient sample collection/ new technologies/ new approaches to studying autoimmune diseases.