In August, 2008, the Michigan State University Clinical and Translational Science Institute (MSU-CTSI) was established. The MSU-CTSI will serve as an anchor for a successful CTSA from NIH. The MSU-CTSI is designed to be flexible and responsive to the needs of academic investigators and community health care providers; to facilitate team research, in collaboration with community health care providers; and to nurture the next generation of clinical and translational researchers. All MSU faculty members or members of partner institutions involved in clinical and translational research and/or teaching may participate in and derive support from the MSU-CTSI.

The governance of Office of Clinical Research (OCR) and Biomedical Research Informatics Core (BRIC) were placed within the MSU-CTSI as part of its cross-cutting key research core.  OCR’s mission is to serve the need for enhanced support of clinical and translational research. BRIC’s mission is to provide high-level informatics and information technology support to clinical and translational researchers.