CTSA Newsletter September 2009

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September 8, 2009

IN THIS ISSUE…

EVENTS:
Evaluation Key Function Committee Meeting, October 6–7
CTSA Strategic Goal Four Committee: Enhancing the Health of Our Communities and the Nation Meeting, October 7
Administration Key Function Committee Meeting, October 7–8
CTSA Consortium Steering Committee Meeting, October 8–9
Informatics Key Function Committee Meeting, October 28–29
Research Networking: Furthering Community Engagement & Comparative Effectiveness Research Goals Symposium, October 28
Save the Date—CTSA Industry Forum, February 17–18, 2010
Save the Date—Association for Clinical Research Training and the Society for Clinical and Translational Science Joint Annual Meeting, April 6–7, 2010
Save the Date—Science of Team Science Conference, April 22–23, 2010

NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS:
ResearchMatch Web Portal Recruitment Tool to Launch This Fall
CTSA Institutions Team Up to Promote Clinical Research Participation in North Carolina
Yale CTSA Funds Research Featured on Cover of Cell
Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute Signs Collaborative Agreement with RAND Corporation
Regional NYCON Child Health Research Group July Meeting Update
xTrain Resource Provided by eRA Commons has been Expanded
SciBX Publication Focuses on Key Translational Research with Commercial Perspective
The NIH Biomedical Translational Research Information System Hosts Seminar Series
Recent Media Coverage

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES:
NIH SBIR STTR Omnibus Solicitation Released

FEATURES:
Vanderbilt CTSA Provides Local and National Research Tools
The CTSA Evaluation Key Function Offers an Opportunity for Networking and Sharing Approaches, Practices and Challenges

ARTICLES:
Treating Thermal and Cardiovascular Strain in Firefighters Is a Hot Topic for Pitt Researchers

GENERAL INFORMATION:
Consortium Committee Meeting Calendar
Updated Information on CTSAweb.org

EVENTS:

Evaluation Key Function Committee Meeting

The CTSA Evaluation Key Function Committee face-to-face meeting will be held October 6–7, 2009, at the Rockville Hilton Hotel. The tentative scheduled meeting times are Tuesday, October 6 from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (registration starts at 11:45 a.m. ET) and Wednesday, October 7 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

For more information, contact Lori Mulligan, NCRR, or Meryl Sufian, NCRR.

CTSA Strategic Goal Four Committee: Enhancing the Health of Our Communities and the Nation Meeting

The CTSA Strategic Goal Four Committee: Enhancing the Health of Our Communities and the Nation will have a face-to-face meeting on October 7, 2009 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., in Bethesda, Maryland.

For more information, contact Donna Jo McCloskey, NCRR.

Administration Key Function Committee Meeting

The Administration Key Function Committee face-to-face meeting will be held October 7–8, 2009, at the Rockville Hilton Hotel. The scheduled meeting times are Wednesday, October 7 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and Thursday, October 8 from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

For more information, contact Sylvia Parsons, NCRR, Iris Obrams, NCRR, or Elaine Collier, NCRR.

CTSA Consortium Steering Committee Meeting

The CTSA Consortium Steering Committee face-to-face meeting will be held October 8–9, 2009, at the Rockville Hilton Hotel. The scheduled meeting times are Thursday, October 8 from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Friday, October 9 from 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

For more information, contact Anthony Hayward, NCRR or Andrea Sawczuk, NCRR.

Informatics Key Function Committee Meeting

The Informatics Key Function Committee face-to-face meeting will be held October 28–29, 2009, at the National Institutes of Health, Natcher Auditorium in Bethesda, MD. The scheduled meeting times are Wednesday, October 28 from 8:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Thursday, October 29 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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For more information, contact Elaine Collier, NCRR, or Michael Sayre, NCRR.

Research Networking: Furthering Community Engagement & Comparative Effectiveness Research Goals Symposium

A Research Networking: Furthering Community Engagement & Comparative Effectiveness Research Goals Symposium will be held on Wednesday, October 28, 2009, at the National Institutes of Health, Natcher Conference Center in Bethesda, MD. As a satellite meeting to the Informatics Key Function Committee meeting, the symposium will include presentations covering the latest advances on how research networking is being used within the CTSAs and how community engagement and comparative effectiveness research could benefit from expertise-discovery, matchmaking and networking.

To attend, RSVP by Wednesday, September 9, 2009. To participate as a presenter or for more information, e-mail Mini Kahlon, UCSF.

Save the Date—CTSA Industry Forum

The CTSA Public Private Partnership (PPP) Key Function Committee will organize a CTSA Industry Forum to take place on February 17–18, 2010 in the Natcher Conference Center in Bethesda, MD. The purpose of the Forum is to explore current practices and successful management models to promote efficient and effective collaboration with CTSA organizations. The goal is to streamline the development of new drugs, devices and diagnostics to improve the public health of the nation.

For more information, contact Lili Portilla, NCRR.

Save the Date—Association for Clinical Research Training and the Society for Clinical and Translational Science Joint Annual Meeting

To enhance and promote the best practices to train the next generation of investigators in clinical and translational research, the Association for Clinical Research Training (ACRT) and the Society for Clinical and Translational Science Joint Annual Meeting, along with the CTSA consortium have collaborated to develop a national conference for scholars and leaders in research education. The 2010 Association of Clinical Research Training and the Society for Clinical and Translational Science Joint Annual Meeting will take place April 6–7, 2010, at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C.

Save the Date—Science of Team Science Conference

Northwestern University will host a Science of Team Science Conference on April 21–23, 2010. The Discipline of Team Science promotes team-based research by working closely with investigators to examine the process by which research teams organize themselves. This includes how they think and do their work together to achieve research breakthroughs that would not be attainable by individual or additive efforts. Northwestern’s Office of Research Team Support (ORTS) is a champion of this emerging field of study.

For more information, e-mail Conference Chair Holly Falk-Krzesinski, PhD, Northwestern University, or call her at (847) 491-1074.

NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS:

ResearchMatch Web Portal Recruitment Tool to Launch This Fall

ResearchMatch is an electronic volunteer recruitment registry designed to allow individuals from anywhere in the country an opportunity to securely self-register and express an interest in being prospectively considered for participation in research studies, including clinical trials. This disease-neutral, Web-based recruitment tool will complement existing successful participant recruitment strategies employed throughout the CTSA. ResearchMatch, an effort involving the majority of the CTSA Consortium, will launch in Fall 2009. Future updates will describe how researchers at participating CTSA sites may begin to utilize this new national recruitment tool.

For more information, contact info@researchmatch.org.

CTSA Institutions Team Up to Promote Clinical Research Participation in North Carolina

The NC TraCS Institute and Duke Translational Medicine Institute are co-sponsors of the AWARE for All Clinical Research Education Day, which will take place at North Carolina Central University, Saturday, September 12, 2009, from 10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.. Organized by the Center for Information and Study on Clinical Research Participation (CISCRP), AWARE for All aims to build greater awareness and understanding of the clinical research process and the important role that participation plays in advancing medical science.

The free, one-day public workshop is a culmination of a three to six month education and outreach process and features information sessions with renowned physician speakers, free health screenings, an information alley/exhibit area, and a lunch with presentations by prominent politicians and others who tell their own stories about engaging as clinical research participants. Physicians and researchers will also discuss the state of clinical research in their fields, inform participants about how clinical research operates, what research is currently ongoing and where it is taking place.

Read more about Aware for All and register for the AWARE for All program event.

Yale CTSA Funds Research Featured on Cover of Cell

The cover featured on the August 7, 2009, issue of the journal Cell highlights science enabled by Yale’s CTSA—illustrating how CTSAs provide key resources for researchers and enable top tier research. The researchers, from Yale University and the University of Cincinnati, utilized a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer and UPLC system of the Yale Keck Facility, purchased through funding provided by the CTSA award to describe regulation of K-Cl cotransporter activity important for control of cell volume and neuronal function.

Read the full article.

Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute Signs Collaborative Agreement with RAND Corporation

In an exciting new partnership, Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) and the RAND Corporation recently signed a collaborative agreement behind their mutually beneficial goals relating to the Tufts CTSI mission of advancing translational science and RAND’s mission to “improve policy and decision-making through research and analysis.” The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit research organization providing objective analysis and effective solutions that address the challenges facing the public and private sectors around the world.

Largely academic in focus, the Tufts CTSI and RAND partnership will make possible joint faculty recruitment and appointment and cross promotion of education programs within the two organizations. In addition, the partnership will foster collaboration on research projects related to comparative effectiveness and medical outcomes.

For more information contact June Wasser, Tufts.

Regional NYCON Child Health Research Group July Meeting Update

The New York‐Connecticut regional CTSA (NYCON) Child Health Research group met on July 31, 2009 at the Einstein‐Montefiore Institute for Clinical and Translational Research. Regional CTSA members from Weill‐Cornell, Columbia, and Einstein also attended.

The group discussed the implementation of recently‐submitted supplemental applications that were coordinated by Einstein and Columbia. Education and training was also reviewed in terms of barriers specific to pediatrics. Some of these barriers include relatively few faculty in each division, three years of required post‐doctoral training and limited understanding of the CTSAs. As a follow-up to the training and education discussion, a one‐day meeting hosted Columbia’s the Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (IICTR) will be held for pediatric trainees in the early spring of 2010. Finally, the group discussed plans for an R13 submission, a common IRB and the research contracting template, and possible future collaborations.

The date for the next NYCON Child Health CTSA meeting will be November 13, 2009 at Weill‐Cornell.

For more information contact Stacey Sodlosky, Albert Einstein-Montefiore ICTR.

xTrain Resource Provided by eRA Commons has been Expanded

The Electronic Research Administration Agency has recently expanded the Web-based xTrain resource. xTrain provides program directors, university administrators, trainees and scholars the ability to electronically process and submit appointment forms and termination notices associated with institutional research training grants and career development awards. It is also used by Agency grants management staff to review and process the appointments and termination notices submitted electronically.

xTrain now accepts trainee appointments to the CTSA training program T32/TL1 and scholar appointments to the CTSA K12/KL2 institutional career development program from all institutions registered with the eRA Commons. It can be utilized now; there are no further registrations or special steps required. Training modules are available on the eRA Commons website.

Please take a moment to review the guide notice announcement for more information.

SciBX Publication Focuses on Key Translational Research with Commercial Perspective

Science-Business eXchange (SciBX) is a new weekly publication from Nature Publishing Group that may be of interest to CTSA researchers. SciBX provides a concise analysis of the scientific content and commercial potential of the most important translational research papers from the life science, biotechnology and chemistry literature. Each week thousands of reviewed articles across the literature are distilled down to the 25 most important developments, saving time and resources by identifying and describing key translational research. Scientific and commercial perspectives on the key papers are also included.

For more information, visit the SciBX site.

The NIH Biomedical Translational Research Information System Hosts Seminar Series

The Biomedical Translational Research Information System (BTRIS) team invites you to a series of lectures focused on informatics in biomedical and translational research. This series brings leading figures in the study and use of translational information systems from academic centers across the U.S. and will promote discussion about the future of informatics within the NIH intramural program. The June seminar featured Shawn Murphy, MD, PhD, Associate Director of the Laboratory of Computer Science at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Assistant Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School. Seminar series presentations can be viewed on the BTRIS website.

The next seminar will be on Tuesday, September 15, 2009, 2:00–3:00 p.m. (Eastern Time), and will feature Jim Cimino, MD, Chief of the NIH Clinical Center’s Laboratory for Informatics Development.

The series will be videocast.

More Information About this Series and Continuing BTRIS News

Recent Media Coverage

Read CTSA institutional and consortium news and media coverage at the CTSAs in the News page on CTSAweb.org.

We want to post your CTSA institutional news items and open events in the CTSA e-Newsletter and on the CTSAweb.org Events page. Please send submissions to Kameha Kidd or Lisa Gough.

Funding Opportunities:

NIH SBIR STTR Omnibus Solicitation Released

For CTSAs interested in forming or collaborating with a small business to do biomedical research, the NIH, CDC, FDA, and ACF 2009-2 Omnibus Solicitation of the SBIR/STTR Grant Applications and SF 424 (R&R) Application Guide for SBIR/STTR Grant Applications are now available. The solicitation consists of:

The due dates for CY 2009 are April 5, August 5, and December 5. AIDS and AIDS-related applications are due May 7, 2009; September 7, 2009; and January 7, 2010.

More Information

FEATURES:

Vanderbilt CTSA Provides Local and National Research Tools/p>

The Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR) has developed several tools and programs to further translational research using a number of key design principles:

Remove obstacles and make research easier for the investigator.
Rapidly stimulate proof-of-concept and pilot research.
Disseminate proven tools at the national level.

Supporting Investigators

VICTR’s Research Support Services provides “one-stop” access to investigators experienced in initiating and conducting research by helping them address such issues as regulatory affairs, budgeting, contract negotiations and conflict of interest matters. In addition, the StarBRITE Web-based portal provides “one-stop” shopping for research needs. Content is organized around tasks and resources needed by research teams in the planning and conduct of scientific studies. Launched in October 2007 as part of the Vanderbilt CTSA initiative, StarBRITE also contains traditional portal offerings (examples include template language and links to support research planning and implementation, and an integrated calendar of training events for researchers), as well as custom applications to support the research enterprise. To date, StarBRITE has received more than 400,000 hits from more than 5,000 users.

Catalyzing Pilot Research

Several VICTR programs focus on catalyzing pilot research—a fundamental aspect of translational science. The voucher system, an electronic mechanism for application, review and dissemination of monetary “vouchers” for proof-of-concept translational ideas, facilitates administrative approval within 48 hours of submission. Additionally, Vanderbilt’s CTSA-funded program management organized BioVU, a DNA databank that efficiently generates large, diverse cohorts for discovery and replication of genotype-phenotype associations using a biobank that currently contains nearly 64,000 samples and continues to accrue weekly. BioVU is linked to the Synthetic Derivative, a collection of 1.7 million longitudinal data records spanning more than 15 years. Information in the collection is extracted from electronic medical records, de-identified and transformed into a research-ready, searchable database.

Disseminating National Research Tools

The National Recruitment Registry (ResearchMatch.org) aims to create a centralized, disease-neutral Web portal that will connect researchers with research volunteers across the nation. This national resource, scheduled for launch in Fall 2009, was made possible by a CTSA supplement awarded in 2008. Although hosted by Vanderbilt, ResearchMatch is a consortium-wide activity, with more than 37 CTSA sites actively involved in its development.

Also developed at Vanderbilt, REDCap is a suite of Web-based tools designed to support data capture and dissemination for clinical and translational research studies. REDCap gives research teams an easy way to collect, disseminate and protect the privacy of study data. Vanderbilt has successfully exported REDCap to other institutions using a highly collaborative model in which Vanderbilt provides software and support to institutional partners at no charge in exchange for participation in a consortium. The project currently supports approximately 3,000 researchers across 56 institutions, with users from 22 countries. Features and functions of the system are enhanced weekly.

More information.

The CTSA Evaluation Key Function Offers an Opportunity for Networking and Sharing Approaches, Practices and Challenges

Over the past year, in addition to sharing institutional evaluation approaches, members of the Evaluation Key Function have been working on several consortium-wide evaluation projects and providing evaluation expertise to advance the five strategic goals. The upcoming Evaluation Key Function face to face meeting on October 6–7 in Rockville, MD provides an opportunity for members to share evaluation progress, challenges and practices at both the institutional and Consortium level.

The face-to-face meeting will feature:

a new member orientation for the 2009 CTSA cohort;
updates on evaluation liaison activities to CTSA Strategic Goal and Key Function committees;
results from a survey of institutional evaluation approaches;
networking and poster sessions highlighting best practices in evaluation; and
a presentation from Westat evaluators regarding the three-year national process evaluation of the CTSA program.

Committee members will review work products and activities emerging from the four Interest Groups (see below). Past Interest Group Chairs will be recognized for their leadership, and new Interest Group Chairs will begin their two-year terms. Dr. Harold Pincus, our current Chair, has agreed to serve a second two-year term until October 2011.

The Definitions Group identifies and analyzes definitional constructs that have significant relevance across CTSAs. The group expects to synthesize and disseminate sound measurement tools, approaches, and concepts. The current Chair is Dr. William Trochim (Cornell University). The Chair-Elect is Dr. Don Yarbrough (University of Iowa).

The Social Network Analysis (SNA) Group explores SNA as a tool to visually depict the perceived strength of relationships among individuals and groups, identifying strong and weak connections among them. For resources on SNA and meeting materials from the February 2009 workshop, please visit the CTSA wiki. The Chair is Dr. Julie Rainwater (University of California, Davis). The Chair-Elect is Dr. Noshir Contractor (Northwestern University).

The Shared Resources Group aims to cultivate a community willing to share instruments and processes. Group members have shared resources on the CTSA Wiki on such topics as needs assessment, user satisfaction and training. The Group recently conducted a survey of institutional evaluation approaches and is currently developing organizing principles and taxonomies to enable improved search functionality on its Wiki space. Dr. Jodi Segal (Johns Hopkins University) chairs this group. The Chair-Elect is Ms. Cath Kane (Cornell University).

IRB Issues in Evaluation considers possibilities to harmonize IRB evaluation issues across institutions. The group is developing a set of tools to educate IRBs about evaluation and provide examples of key features that an IRB would review for exemption. Dr. Paul Moberg (University of Wisconsin) will remain Chair.

For more information, please contact:
Harold Pincus, Chair
Lori Mulligan, NCRR Coordinator
Meryl Sufian, NCRR Coordinator

ARTICLES:

Treating Thermal and Cardiovascular Strain in Firefighters Is a Hot Topic for Pitt Researchers

Two years ago, two University of Pittsburgh translational researchers who work side by side as volunteer firefighters brought their expertise into the lab, designing a study to investigate treatments for heat stress on the fireground, which can lead to sudden cardiac death—the most common cause of death in the line of duty for firefighters. Steven Reis, M.D., cardiologist and director of the Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) at the University of Pittsburgh, and David Hostler, Ph.D., assistant professor of emergency medicine and director of the Emergency Responder Human Performance Lab, both serve at the Guyasuta Volunteer Fire Department, just outside downtown Pittsburgh. In 2007, they and co-investigator Joe Suyama, M.D., assistant professor of emergency medicine, collaborated with the Allegheny County Fire Academy to get a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Fire Prevention and Safety grant to study methods of reducing the thermal and cardiovascular strain that results from fighting fires.

In July, the investigators ventured outside the traditional laboratory setting as the study culminated in a live-fire experiment, during which firefighters spent 20 minutes extinguishing a controlled structural fire while undergoing physiologic monitoring. The research participants were subsequently randomized to receive one of three cooling treatments: forearm immersion in cold water, wearing a cooling vest filled with cold liquid or the standard practice of resting in an air-conditioned van. During the treatments, researchers monitored firefighters’ core temperatures, lactate levels and cardiovascular physiology. The results of this study complement those obtained in a controlled laboratory environment at the university and will guide the development of best practices for firefighter rehabilitation, which can be translated to fire departments across the United States to reduce cardiovascular risk among firefighters.

Dr. Hostler told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that most firefighters who experience cardiac arrest do so in the hours after putting out a fire. Although the pathophysiologic mechanism for this clinical observation has not been defined, Dr. Hostler noted that after a fire, firefighters can have body temperatures as high as 103 degrees, often accompanied by rapid heart rate and respiration. In addition to the physical stress, the strenuous work and exposure to heat can take a psychological toll that increases reaction time and impairs decision-making. The ultimate goal of Dr. Hostler’s research is to improve understanding of the increased cardiovascular risk associated with being a firefighter and to identify innovative methods to reduce the risk.

Dr. Reis noted that this study serves as a paradigm for the translational research supported by the CTSA program. The Pittsburgh CTSI provided study design support, linked the multidisciplinary research team to a community partner (Allegheny County Bureau of Emergency Services), supported recruitment of research participants and provided personnel support to conduct this novel field study. The CTSI’s efforts resulted in a recently awarded $977,000 FEMA research grant that will enable the team to conduct a study of the mechanism of cardiovascular risk among firefighters and to identify a pharmacologic prevention strategy among firefighters. In addition, this translational study had a more immediate outcome: One subject who participated in the drill found himself applying one of the cooling techniques to a fellow firefighter to avoid being overcome by heat while working later that day at a multi-alarm barn fire, “translating clinical research into practice within a few hours,” Dr. Reis said.

GENERAL INFORMATION:

Consortium Committee Meeting Calendar

September 2009

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

CTSA Consortium Meeting

CTSA Consortium Executive Committee
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.

NIH coordinators
Anthony Hayward
Iris Obrams

CTSA Consortium Meeting

Informatics— Human Studies Database
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.

CTSA Consortium Meeting

Training & Career Development of Clinical/Translational Scientists
2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.

NIH coordinator
Carol Merchant

CTSA Consortium Meeting

Evaluation— Shared Resources
3:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m.

CTSA Consortium Meeting

T1 Translational Research
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

NIH coordinators
Doug Sheeley
Lili Portilla
Renee Joskow
Susan Old

CTSA Consortium Meeting

Community Engagement— Resource Development
12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.

CTSA Consortium Meeting

Informatics— Directors and Group Leads
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.

CTSA Consortium Meeting

CTSA Consortium Child Health Oversight Committee— Metrics of Success
2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.

CTSA Consortium Meeting

Regulatory Knowledge Group
2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.

NIH coordinator
Jody Sachs

CTSA Consortium Meeting

Clinical Research Management Group

3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.

NIH coordinators
Fred Ognibene
Daniel Rosenblum

CTSA Consortium Meeting

CTSA Consortium Child Health Oversight Committee— Pediatric Drugs and Devices
4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.

CTSA Consortium Meeting

Clinical Research Ethics Key Function Committee
1:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m.

NIH coordinators
Valery Gordon
Andrea Sawczuk

CTSA Consortium Meeting

Clinical Research Management— Contracts
2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.

NIH coordinator
Lili Portilla

CTSA Consortium Meeting

Translational Key Function Committee
4:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m.
Democracy I, Room 1037

NIH coordinators
John Harding
Doug Sheeley
Renee Joskow
Susan Old

CTSA Consortium Meeting

SGC 4 Principles of Community Engagement Committee Subgroup
11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

CTSA Consortium Meeting

CTSA Consortium Steering Committee
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.

NIH coordinators
Anthony Hayward
Andrea Sawczuk

CTSA Consortium Meeting

Public-Private Partnerships— Aggregating Intellectual Property and Resources
3:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m.

CTSA Consortium Meeting

Evaluation— Definitions
4:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m.

CTSA Consortium Meeting

Informatics— Human Studies Database
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.

CTSA Consortium Meeting

National Clinical and Translational Research Capability
3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.

NIH coordinators
Daniel Rosenblum
Renee Joskow

CTSA Consortium Meeting

Public-Private Partnerships— Agreements
3:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m.

CTSA Consortium Meeting

Communications Key Function Committee
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Democracy I 1037

NIH coordinators
Kameha Kidd
Cindy McConnell

CTSA Consortium Meeting

Evaluation—Social Network Analysis
3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.

CTSA Consortium Meeting

Community Engagement— Operations Group
12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.

CTSA Consortium Meeting

Enhancing Consortium-Wide Collaborations
3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.

NIH coordinator
Elaine Collier

CTSA Consortium Meeting

Enhancing the Health of Our Communities and the Nation— 4A Community Engaged Research Workgroup
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

CTSA Consortium Meeting

Clinical Research Management—IRB
2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.

NIH coordinators
Daniel Rosenblum
Donna Jo McCloskey

CTSA Consortium Meeting

T1 Translational Research
3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.

NIH coordinators
Doug Sheeley
Lili Portilla
Renee Joskow
Susan Old

CTSA Consortium Meeting

CTSA Consortium Executive Committee
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.

NIH coordinators
Anthony Hayward
Iris Obrams

CTSA Consortium Meeting

Informatics— Data Repositories
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.

CTSA Consortium Meeting

Informatics— Human Studies Database
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.

CTSA Consortium Meeting

CTSA Consortium Child Health Oversight Committee— Operations Group
2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.

NIH coordinators
Steven Hirschfeld
Mary Purucker

CTSA Consortium Meeting

Public-Private Partnerships Key Function Committee
3:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m.

NIH coordinators
Lili Portilla
Gregory Evans

CTSA Consortium Meeting

Training & Career Development of Clinical/Translational Scientists
3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.

NIH coordinator
Carol Merchant

CTSA Consortium Meeting

SGC 1 Champions of Change— Metrics, Analysis, and Mapping Subgroup
12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.

NIH coordinator
Donna Jo McCloskey

CTSA Consortium Meeting

Evaluation— IRB Issues in Evaluation
2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.

CTSA Consortium Meeting

CTSA Consortium Child Health Oversight Committee— Pediatric T2 Research
4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.

CTSA Consortium Meeting

Community Engagement Key Function Committee
12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.
Demoracy I, Room 1037

NIH coordinator
Donna Jo McCloskey

CTSA Consortium Meeting

Informatics— Operations Group
12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.

CTSA Consortium Meeting

Regulatory Knowledge Group
2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.

NIH coordinator
Jody Sachs

CTSA Consortium Meeting

Enhancing the Health of Our Communities and the Nation
11:00 a.m.– 12:00 p.m.

NIH coordinator
Donna Jo McCloskey

CTSA Consortium Meeting

Clinical Research Management— Contracts
2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.

NIH coordinator
Lili Portilla

CTSA Consortium Meeting

CTSA Consortium Child Health Oversight Committee— Pediatric Research Ethics
2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.

CTSA Consortium Meeting

Communications— Media/Public Relations
3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.

CTSA Consortium Meeting

CTSA Consortium Child Health Oversight Committee— Rare Diseases
4:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m.

CTSA Consortium Meeting

Biostatistics/ Epidemiology/Research Design - Evaluation
4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.

CTSA Consortium Meeting

Informatics— Human Studies Database
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.

* 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 has been improved!

The new CTSAweb.org home page, in keeping with the website’s role of ensuring access to CTSA resources, enhancing communication and encouraging sharing, now features:

Streamlined navigation menus organized around specific audience needs.
Links to strategic goal committee (SGC) and key function committee (KFC) “landing” pages.
New regional consortia pages.
Highlight boxes for consortium strategic goals, featured institutions and regional consortia activities.
A refocused communication toolkit tailored to the needs of consortium members, which includes a CTSA slide set, logo and banner.
A new media resource page for reporters and editors and more.

The CTSA Web systems help desk e-mail is help@CTSAweb.org. Please contact the help desk if you have questions regarding the CTSA systems, including CTSA Wiki and password questions.

Read archived CTSA e-Newsletters on the CTSAweb.org CTSAs in the News page.

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