ACTRI

Name

ACTRI

Legal name

Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute

Website

https://actri.ucsd.edu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Clinical and Translational Research Services

NAICS

Scientific Research and Development Services (5417), Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (54171)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHLAGAOAB

Data Management, Biostatistics & Statistical Programming FSP

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Life Science Tools & Services (CRO/CDMO/Lab Services)/Scientific Staffing & Functional Service Providers (FSP)

SECONDARYHLAGAOAA

Clinical Operations & Monitoring FSP (CRA/CTM/Start-up)

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Life Science Tools & Services (CRO/CDMO/Lab Services)/Scientific Staffing & Functional Service Providers (FSP)

SECONDARYEDAHAAAC

Public Research Universities with Academic Medical Centers (AMCs)

Education/Higher Education (Colleges & Universities)/Public Research Universities

Keywords

• Clinical translational research
• Biomedical informatics
• Biostatistics consulting
• Clinical trial support
• Research infrastructure

Headquarters

HQ city

La Jolla

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. NIH CTSA Grant Funding: Primary funding from National Institutes of Health Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) grant supporting the institute's core operations, services, and research infrastructure.
2. Service Recharge Fees: Fee-for-service model for bioinformatics, biostatistics, data extraction, and other research support services. DECS services range from <$400 for simple requests to $1,100+ for very complex requests. BERD provides up to 4 hours free for grant preparation, then hourly rates apply. Florence platform fees include $1,550 license for sponsored studies, $280 per study setup, and $40 annual maintenance.
3. External Research Grants: Facilitation and administration of externally funded research grants from NIH, foundations, and other entities for investigator-initiated clinical and translational research.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

ACTRI provides integrated clinical and translational research infrastructure and services for academic and clinical researchers at UC San Diego and partner institutions. Its core offering combines biomedical informatics platforms (REDCap, Velos eResearch, ENACT, VSW), biostatistics and study design consultation (BERD), EHR data extraction (DECS), regulatory and IRB support, biospecimen management (Freezerworks), and a multi-modal biosignal repository, supported by NIH CTSA funding and grant facilitation.

Product overview

ACTRI is a clinical and translational research institute at UC San Diego offering a comprehensive suite of integrated services organized as a platform of specialized units and programs. The core Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics, and Data Science (BIDS) unit provides foundational technology infrastructure including Velos eResearch (clinical trial management), REDCap (electronic data capture), ENACT Network (cohort discovery), Virtual Secure Workstation (secure computing), Florence eBinders (eRegulatory), Freezerworks (biorepository management), and Data Extraction Concierge Service. Supporting units include BERD (biostatistics), CCBB (computational biology), Regulatory Knowledge and Support, Device Acceleration Center, Clinical Trial Support Services, and Research Operations. Training programs include CADRE, SUSTAIN, and Workforce Development. Community engagement programs such as the California Fruit and Vegetable EBT Pilot Project and ¡Más Fresco! Plus address nutrition security. The ACTRI Research Compass portal consolidates regulatory resources. Specialized initiatives include CARE-Q (IRB quality certification) and the UCSD Biosignal Repository with AI/ML capabilities for multi-modal signal analysis.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Biomedical Informatics and Data Science (BIDS): Data management and biomedical informatics services supporting clinical and translational research, including REDCap, Velos eResearch, and data extraction services
• Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design (BERD)
• Regulatory Knowledge and Support
• Translational Research Hub
• Center for Community Health
• Dissemination and Implementation Science Center (DISC)
• Community-Engaged Research Methods Unit
• CARE-Q
• Device Acceleration Center (DAC)
• CARE-Q
• Research Operations Unit (ROU)
• Impact & Evaluation
• Business and Finance Unit
• ¡Más Fresco! Plus Program
• California Fruit and Vegetable EBT Pilot Project
• CADRE Program
• Center for Computational Biology & Bioinformatics (CCBB)

Products and services

• Data Extraction Concierge Service (DECS) DECS pulls data from UCSD EPIC Electronic Medical Records system to provide patient and health data extracts for research purposes, identifying specific patients and extracting identified, de-identified, or limited patient-level datasets. Results are delivered via Virtual Secure Workstation.
• Velos eResearch Clinical Trial Management Integrated software system for managing clinical trials linking to UCSD Health's Epic EMR. Supports budgets, protocols with calendars, subject scheduling, electronic case report forms, visit/event tracking, invoicing, and reporting. Includes eSample module for biological sample tracking.
• REDCap Electronic Data Capture Secure web-based application for building and managing online surveys and databases with automated export to Excel, SPSS, SAS, Stata, and R. Provides project calendar, scheduling module, ad hoc reporting, branching logic, file uploading, and calculated fields.
• ENACT Network Cohort Discovery Network of 39 CTSA Consortium sites that connects to EHR data via SHRINE, allowing researchers to explore and validate feasibility for clinical studies across institutions and obtain aggregate patient counts under specific inclusion/exclusion criteria, covering more than 100 million patients.
• Virtual Secure Workstation (VSW) HIPAA-compliant virtual desktop infrastructure on a centralized UCSD data center enabling researchers to securely store and access research data from anywhere. Requires UCSD Active Directory and Duo multi-factor authentication; no printers, internet, email, or external drives.
• Florence eBinders eRegulatory Platform Electronic regulatory platform enabling digitized research processes and centralized management of regulatory documentation for health research studies. Eliminates reliance on paper forms and physical research binders. Fees: $1,550 license for sponsored studies, $280 per study setup, $40 annual maintenance (effective 7/1/26).
• Freezerworks Biorepository Management Sample tracking, biorepository management, and freezer inventory program tracking sample lineage for cell lines, tissues, and blood products. Configures secure access and manages workflows including check-in/out, requisitions, shipping, pooling, and testing via Desktop, REST API, or Browser Client.
• UCSD Biosignal Repository Centralized multi-modal biosignal registry capturing electrocardiography, photoplethysmography, bedside waveforms, sleep study recordings, cardiopulmonary exercise data, pulmonary function signals, continuous glucose monitoring, vocal acoustic biomarkers, imaging data, and wearable device data linked to Epic EMR clinical metadata. Supports machine learning for predictive model development.
• UC Health Data Warehouse (UCHDW) HIPAA-compliant data warehouse pulling subset of EHR data covering nearly 6 million patients, 100,000 healthcare providers, over 200 million encounters, nearly 200 million procedures, over 500 million medication orders, and over 2 billion vital signs measurements since 2012. Requires technical familiarity with R, Python, or Spark SQL.
• Epic COSMOS Data for Research Access to UCSD medical records combined with other participating healthcare organizations across the nation, totaling over 296 million patients, designed to advance research discoveries and improve patient care.
• eRecruitment Service Centrally governed, EHR-based participant recruitment service that automatically identifies potentially eligible patients using structured EHR data queries and contacts patients through MyChart and/or REDCap outreach workflows, with dashboards tracking messages, response rates, and remaining eligible patients.
• Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design (BERD) Consulting Statistical support for ACTRI researchers providing assistance in biostatistics, bioinformatics, and epidemiology including study design, proposal writing, statistical analysis, and publication; up to 4 hours of grant preparation assistance free to ACTRI members. Supported by five full- and part-time statisticians with expertise in clinical trials, longitudinal data, survival analysis, observational studies, and high-dimensional data.
• Clinical Trial Support Services (CTSS) Comprehensive regulatory affairs support including product classification determination, FDA IND/IDE/510K guidance, protocol development, IRB submissions, informed consent documents, and sponsor/CRO coordination for clinical trials.
• Device Acceleration Center (DAC) Ideation and testing hub for medical devices at UC San Diego providing translational science training, identifying unmet clinical needs, facilitating clinician-engineer collaboration, prototype testing, and commercialization support.
• CARE-Q (Consortium for Applied Research Ethics Quality) Pioneering peer-driven IRB quality assurance certification program jointly established by University of California and Stanford University to certify IRB programs for quality and adherence to federal regulations, satisfying SMART IRB quality assessment requirements.
• Non-Nutritive Suckling Device Low-cost modified pacifier with microsensor capturing vacuum to extract infant suckling features within 60 seconds, using machine learning to identify infant suckling patterns within or outside normal ranges for healthy term newborns.
• California Fruit and Vegetable EBT Pilot Project Pilot project providing CalFresh recipients up to $60 per month in nutrition incentives for fresh fruit and vegetable purchases at Mother's Nutritional Center stores, representing the first-of-its-kind integration of nutrition incentives directly into the EBT system.
• ¡Más Fresco! Plus Program Research project providing home-delivered farm-fresh produce boxes and healthy food cards (~$50/month) to underserved households in San Diego County; has delivered over $1,100,000 in nutrition incentives to 2,385 households and 35,437 produce boxes.
• CADRE Program (CreAting Dedicated Scientists through Research Education) Partnership with San Diego Mesa College connecting students from historically underserved backgrounds with clinical research experience at UCSD ACTRI.
• SUSTAIN Program Supporting Under-represented Scholars in Translational and Interdisciplinary Networks; supports underrepresented minority faculty members in submitting successful grant application resubmissions.
• ACTRI Research Compass Web-based portal consolidating resources on regulations, IRB processes, templates, clinical trial billing coverage analysis, contracting, conflict of interest, and biosafety review, with links to NCATS SMART IRB resources.

Quantifiable outcome

• 99% of Más Fresco! Plus participants report improved overall health and nutrition; 59% report good health at follow-up vs 34% at baseline (74% increase)
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration12 records

AI capability7 records

Feature10 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered key, core and supporting.

• CARE-Q Consortium (UC and Stanford)keyStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Joint initiative between UC San Diego, UC Davis, and Stanford University establishing the Consortium for Applied Research Ethics Quality for IRB quality assurance certification programs. CARE-Q enables institutions to satisfy SMART IRB quality assessment requirements for national reliance agreements.
• Salk Institute for Biological StudiescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partnership providing ACTRI membership access to Salk Institute researchers for clinical and translational science services including bioinformatics, biostatistics, and regulatory support.
• La Jolla Institute for ImmunologycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner institution enabling La Jolla Institute researchers to access ACTRI services and resources for translational research collaborations.
• El Centro Regional Medical CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional healthcare partner providing clinical research site for community-engaged research. ACTRI collaborated with ECRMC during COVID-19 pandemic to develop standardized procedures for remote consenting.
• Mesa CollegecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEducational partnership providing pathway for Mesa College students to access clinical research training through programs like CADRE, which connects students from historically underserved backgrounds with hands-on research experience.
• Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch institute partnership enabling access to ACTRI services for translational research at the interface of basic science and clinical application.
• Rady Children's HospitalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPediatric healthcare partner providing clinical research infrastructure and patient populations for child health research studies supported by ACTRI services.
• Eisenhower HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional healthcare partner in Coachella Valley enabling ACTRI service access for researchers and expanding geographic reach of translational research.
• VA Medical Center (San Diego)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVeterans healthcare research partner providing veteran patient populations for clinical research supported by ACTRI services including data extraction and regulatory compliance.
• ENACT Network (CTSA Consortium)coreTechnology or IntegrationNational network of 39 CTSA sites enabling researchers to explore and validate feasibility for clinical studies across institutions, accessing aggregated patient counts for participant identification from over 100 million patients nationwide.
• Mother's Nutritional CenterkeyStrategic or Co-development PartnerImplementation partner for California Fruit and Vegetable EBT Pilot Project providing 79 store locations across Southern California where CalFresh recipients receive nutrition incentives for purchasing fresh produce.
• California Department of Social ServiceskeyStrategic or Co-development PartnerState agency partner administering the California Fruit and Vegetable EBT Pilot Project with $9+ million in funding to support nutrition incentive programs for CalFresh recipients.
• Alliance Health ClinicsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity health partner collaborating on ¡Más Fresco! Plus Program to increase healthy food access for underserved households in San Diego County.
• San Diego County Board of SupervisorskeyStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment funding partner providing county resources for ¡Más Fresco! Plus Program administered through San Diego Health and Human Services, Self-Sufficiency Services.
• NCATS (National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNIH institute providing CTSA Program funding and supporting national research infrastructure including SMART IRB reliance agreements that ACTRI participates in through CARE-Q certification.

Scale indicators15 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research (MICHR): CTSA-funded translational research institute at the University of Michigan, offering biostatistics, informatics, regulatory, and community engagement services. Operates the same CTSA hub model as ACTRI and is a direct comparator in scope, scale, and federal funding structure.
• Johns Hopkins Institute for Clinical and Translational Research: One of the original CTSA-funded hubs, providing translational research infrastructure across Johns Hopkins University. Directly comparable in service portfolio (biostatistics, biomedical informatics, clinical trial support, community engagement) and target customer base (academic investigators).
• Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR): CTSA-funded translational research hub at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, providing clinical research resources, biostatistics, and bioinformatics to investigators. Operates the same NIH CTSA model as ACTRI and is comparable in service breadth, with particular strength in EHR-linked research enabled by BioVU.
• Oregon Clinical and Translational Research Institute (OCTRI): CTSA-funded translational research institute at Oregon Health & Science University, offering biostatistics, biomedical informatics, clinical trial support, and community engagement. Operates the same CTSA hub model as ACTRI and is comparable in service scope and academic structure.
• Harvard Catalyst: The CTSA-funded clinical and translational science center at Harvard Medical School, providing biomedical informatics, biostatistics, regulatory support, and pilot funding to investigators. Operates the same NIH CTSA hub model as ACTRI but at significantly larger scale and with a broader institutional partner network.
• Scripps Research Translational Institute: A translational research institute based in La Jolla, California, also affiliated with the NIH CTSA consortium. Directly comparable to ACTRI in mission, geographic footprint, and translational research focus, and serves overlapping institutional partners in the San Diego research community.
• Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute: CTSA-funded translational research hub at Duke University providing biostatistics, biomedical informatics, regulatory support, and pilot funding. Directly comparable in service portfolio, federal funding model, and target investigator base.
• Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute: CTSA-funded translational research institute at Tufts University providing biomedical informatics, biostatistics, clinical trial support, and community engagement. Operates the same CTSA hub model as ACTRI and is comparable in scope and structure, though typically smaller in scale.
• UCSF Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI): CTSA-funded translational research institute at the University of California, San Francisco. Directly comparable as a fellow UC-system CTSA hub offering biomedical informatics, biostatistics, regulatory support, and community-engaged research services to academic investigators.
• University of Chicago Institute for Translational Medicine (ITM): CTSA-funded translational science institute serving the University of Chicago, providing clinical research support, biostatistics, community engagement, and pilot funding. Directly comparable in service portfolio and target customer base to ACTRI.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

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