July 27, 2007

Featured CTSA Committee Update

The CTSA Community Engagement Steering Committee is dedicated to ensuring the successful implementation of a broad community engagement plan among the CTSA sites by sharing knowledge, expertise and resources. The goal of the CTSA Community Engagement Steering Committee is to effectively engage communities in the translational research process via bidirectional dialogues. Areas of focus include—but are not limited to—community outreach, access and dissemination of translational research results.

The CTSA Community Engagement Steering Committee held its first face-to-face meeting on February 27, 2007. Dr. Patty Carney was appointed acting chair. The nomination process for electing a permanent chair has been started, and the new chair is expected to be in place for the fall meetings.

Since February, the Steering Committee has held monthly telephone conferences to establish and refine its goals and to begin to develop action plans. At the CTSA Consortium Operation Committee’s monthly Web-conference meeting on June 11, 2007, Dr. Carney presented the working group’s mission statement and reported on the group’s activities for review and comment.

Priorities for the CTSA Community Engagement Steering Committee include the development of:

  • Evaluation outcomes and metrics for community engagement research
  • Shared resources and instruments
  • A registry of community-generated research ideas and needs assessment
  • A relevant educational curriculum

Additional priorities include:

  • Establishing community advisory boards, multidisciplinary health advisory boards and clinician health advisory boards
  • Establishing/leveraging partnerships for funding
  • Developing a plan for interactions with other national CTSA programs
  • Developing a multi-site research agenda to foster new research on the dissemination and implementation of relevant clinical and population-based research

Developing NCRR’s New Strategic Plan

In order to prepare for the future, the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) is seeking input for a new Strategic Plan covering 2009–2013. As a $1 billion-a-year research center, NCRR enables NIH-funded researchers across the country to translate basic discoveries into improved patient care. The new plan will provide an important framework to strengthen and integrate NCRR’s matrix of research programs, particularly as NCRR continues to build the CTSA program.

To ensure that NCRR continues to meet the needs of biomedical investigators and the CTSA consortium, we would like your input on six questions, which were published in the Federal Register on July 6, 2007. A user-friendly response form is available at NCRR’s Strategic Plan Web site, and responses are due by August 24, 2007.

Comments will help guide the discussion at our upcoming December 2007 Strategic Planning Forum.

If you have any questions, please contact the NCRR Office of Science Policy and Public Liaison at 301-435-0866 or planeval@mail.nih.gov.

Announcements

University of Rochester publishes first edition of the CTSI Collaborator e-newsletter: http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/ctsi/documents/NewsletterJuly2007.pdf.

Consortium committees begin planning workshops: CTSA-sponsored workshops provide an opportunity for participants to focus on a particular topic or activity in an in-depth, outcome-driven fashion. The workshop formats may be face-to-face, Web conference, or teleconference. Additionally, depending on the goals and nature of a workshop, they may vary significantly in duration and number of participants. Workshops are presented in yellow highlight on the CTSA Calendar.

Upcoming Committee Meeting Dates*

July 2007
CTSA Consortium Committee Meeting
NIH Staff CTSA Meeting
Workshop
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Consortium Meeting
Community Engagement
12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.
Teleconference
NIH coordinator
Andrea Sawczuk
Conf. Number
1-888-889-7056
Part. Code
80364
30
Consortium Meeting
Translational
1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Democracy One, 987
NIH coordinator
Doug Sheeley
Conf. Number
1-800-369-1121
Part. Code
17925
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Consortium Informatics: BIRN Webinar
1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
NIH coordinator
Elaine Collier
 
 
 
August 2007
CTSA Consortium Committee Meeting
NIH Staff CTSA Meeting
Workshop
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NIH Staff Meeting
Pediatrics
3:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Rockledge II, 711
NIH coordinator
Gail Pearson
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15
Consortium Meeting
Alternative IRB Pilot Models
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
Teleconference
NIH coordinator
Jody Sachs
Web Participation
Adobe Connect
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24
Consortium Meeting
Community Engagement
12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.
Teleconference
NIH coordinator
Andrea Sawczuk
Conf. Number
1-888-889-7056
Part. Code
80364

Communications and PIO Meeting
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Democracy One, 987
NIH coordinator
Kameha Kidd
Web Participation
Adobe Connect
Conf. Number
1-877-239-6423
Part. Code
344907
No meetings scheduled
September 2007
CTSA Consortium Committee Meeting
NIH Staff CTSA Meeting
Workshop
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11
Workshop
Pediatric Research: Challenges Facing Institutional Review Boards
11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
6100 Executive Blvd., Room 5A01
NIH coordinator
Steven Hirschfeld
Web Participation
Adobe Connect
Conf. Number
1-877-239-6423
Part. Code
344907
12
Consortium Meeting Regulatory Knowledge
8:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Democracy One, 987
NIH coordinator
Jody Sachs
Web Participation
Adobe Connect
Conf. Number
1-877-713-2255
Part. Code
243769
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October 2007
CTSA Consortium Committee Meeting
NIH Staff CTSA Meeting
Workshop
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Consortium Meeting
Consortium Oversight
8:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Building 31C, Conference Room 10
NIH coordinator
Anthony Hayward & Andrea Sawczuk
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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

 

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.