Upcoming Events

Meetings of interest to NCRR grantees and the biomedical research community.

Accelerating the Dissemination and Translation of Clinical Research into Practice

May 9
National Institutes of Health
Natcher Conference Center (Building 45)
45 Center Drive
Bethesda, MD 20892

This is the first in a series of workshops to discuss and share best practices and ways in which researchers can partner with community health care providers to translate clinical research into practice. Participants will develop recommendations for academic-community collaborations and partnerships with other community programs to better facilitate translating science into community-based practice. This workshop will help to identify: 1) key enablers of successful academic-community provider partnerships; 2) effective strategies for dissemination, diffusion, and adoption of research; and 3) public and private-sector partners for collaborative translational research.

This workshop is also jointly sponsored with CDC funds that have been distributed to the Association for Prevention, Teaching, and Research.

CME credit will be offered by Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Register by April 28, 2008.

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For more information, contact:

Donna Jo McCloskey, Ph.D., R.N.
Health Scientist Administrator
Division for Clinical Research Resources
National Center for Research Resources
National Institutes of Health
One Democracy Plaza, Room 921
6701 Democracy Boulevard, MSC 4874
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4874 (20817 for express mail)
Telephone: 301-451-4216
Fax: 301-451-5378
E-mail: mccloskd@mail.nih.gov

139th Meeting of the National Advisory Research Resources Council

May 14
National Institutes of Health
Building 31, 6th Floor, Conference Room 10
31 Center Drive
Bethesda, MD 20892

During the May 14, 2008, meeting of the National Advisory Research Resources Council, Dr. Barbara Alving will provide an update on the progress of formulating NCRR’s 2009-2013 Strategic Plan. The agenda also features reports on a wide range of NCRR-supported activities that enhance the participation of minority, rural, and other underserved communities in the nation’s biomedical research enterprise. During this session, examples from the IDeA and CSTA programs will highlight challenges and best practices to ensure broad community engagement in clinical and translational research.

Additional presentations will describe advances that have been made in the mouse BIRN testbed; provide a progress report from last year’s evaluation of the Biomedical Technology Research Resources; and convey an initial report of the Division of Comparative Medicine’s 3 types of institutional National Research Service Awards for scientists with a veterinary background. There will also be a special presentation by Dr. Jay Hove, recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. The open session will conclude with a Working Group report on the National Synchrotron Light Source II.

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