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The CTSA Public Private Partnerships (PPP) Steering Committee will facilitate the creation and implementation of partnerships between basic and clinical research efforts of CTSA member institutions and aims to integrate these efforts with private sector, patient advocacy group, and government health care initiatives.
The overarching objectives are to stimulate alliances of medical research and research training efforts and to promote a sharing of information and best practices that leads to improved translation of research into clinical practice.
The Steering Committee is a forum to propose and shape alliance activities involving multiple CTSA member institutions and provides assistance with new or established partnerships to identify partners and partnership models.
Activities of the PPP Steering Committee include the creation of workgroups with the ability to collaborate across CTSA committees and with external stakeholders to reach defined objectives. Currently, workgroups are being formed in three priority areas:
- Aggregation of IP & Resources—Aim of identifying common funding gaps and opportunities in medical research that can be solved via collaboration between CTSA members and private sector and government partners. Intends to link public databases of CTSA members and external resources in searchable format. Further objective of developing approaches to pool and aggregate IP and resources.
- Agreements—Aim of sharing common language and identifying rate-limiting steps used in PPP agreements between CTSA members. At present, topics of review include agreement/consent standardization, tracking, master agreement clauses and provisions, and models of PPP used in member institutions and by government.
- Education—Tasks to include collecting and disseminating “partnering curriculum” used by member institutions with aim of developing entrepreneurial awareness and skill sets in translational researchers.
Representatives from CTSAs Present at SACHRP
The Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections (SACHRP) held its 14th regularly scheduled meeting on October 29–30, 2007. Alternative IRB models have been a topic of interest to SACHRP, and the committee invited NCRR and the CTSA Consortium to discuss the challenges and opportunities in human subjects research that emerge as CTSA awardees transform the field of clinical and translational science.
The CTSA panel took place on the morning of October 30th and included the following individuals:
- Tesheia Johnson, Chief Pperations Officer for Clinical Investigations, Yale University
- Carl H. June, M.D., director of Translational Research at the University of Pennsylvania
- Tony Perez, J.D., Director, IRB Administration, University of California, Davis
- Karen Marder, M.D., Professor of Neurology, Columbia University
- Anthony Hayward, M.D., Ph.D., Director, Division of Clinical Research, NCRR
These presentations were well received and resulted in coverage in the Bureau of National Affairs, Inc’s November 7, 2007, Medical Research Law and Policy Report—CTSA Program Can Streamline Compliance, Help Improve Study Design.
Further, prior to the close of its proceedings, SACHRP passed the following recommendation to be forwarded to the Secretary in response to the panel discussion.
“In response to the panel presentation of October 30, 2007, related to Clinical and Translational Science Awards, SACHRP recommends the HHS Secretary encourage the Director of NIH to support the CTSA Consortium in its efforts to develop and evaluate alternative models for IRB review and human subjects protection training.”
Announcement
NCRR Provides Information on CTSA Applications Peer Review Approach
NCRR has provided a description of the CTSA Applications Peer Review Approach to inform the extramural community of the approach used for the initial peer review of CTSA applications.
Upcoming Committee Meeting Dates
Key: CTSA Consortium Meeting CTSA Consortium Workshop NIH Staff Meeting
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8:30 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
NIH Campus, Building 31, 6th Floor, Conference Room 6C6
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Call: 1-877-239-6423
Access Code: 344907
NIH coordinators
Kameha Kidd
Lori Mulligan
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* Please note that the meetings and events listed in this
newsletter are provided for your information. If you wish to
participate, please contact the NIH coordinator.
Updated Information
on CTSAweb.org
CTSAweb.org was developed to ensure access to CTSA resources, enhance communication, and encourage sharing. The site continues to evolve with the CTSA in promoting this new direction of clinical and translational science.
CTSAweb.org features and updates:
- Get to the CTSA Wiki from CTSAweb.org! Click on the “Consortium Login” link from the top banner on the CTSA home page to go directly to the CTSA Wiki.
- Access archived CTSA e-Newsletters on the Articles page.
- View committee and workgroup activities from the left menu bar on the home page.
- View upcoming meetings and access previous meeting information, including meeting summaries, through the Calendar.
- View CTSA Committee Representatives from each grantee institution.
- View publicly available resources that promote clinical and translational research on the Resources for Researchers page.
Access archived CTSA e-Newsletters on the CTSAweb.org Articles page.
We
hope you find this newsletter helpful and informative. If you
have any questions or comments, please direct them to Kameha
Kidd, Office of Science Policy and Public Liaison, NCRR.
