Ansible July 2022
- By: Michael Kurilla, M.D., Ph.D., NCATS Director of the Division of Clinical Innovation Over the last 2.5 years many COVID related concepts have had their day in the sun only to wither and fall by the wayside (‘flatten the curve,’ ‘herd immunity,’ e.g.), all the while the COVID train just keeps on rolling. While many anticipated the omicron wave last winter to be the virus’ last hurrah, since that
June 29, 2022As recently published, the IREx platform helps operationalize the single IRB (sIRB) mandate (doi:10.1017/cts.2022.376). More than 30 sIRBs are using IREx for over 450 studies with 2600 reliances, and new sIRBs use IREx each year given its utility for lead study teams and coordinating centers. IREx standardizes the sIRB process, automates communications, captures documentation from sites, and
June 29, 2022The SC Clinical and Translational Science Institute (SC CTSI) at the University of Southern California (USC) and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) is planning a broad range of projects to support and improve clinical and translational research through renewal of a Clinical and Translational Science Award from the National Center for Advancing Translational Science in the U. S. National
June 27, 2022Researchers across the country gathered virtually earlier this month to dive into the ever growing pool of big data at the two-day Un-Meeting event, “Making Real-World Data and Real-World Evidence a Reality for Translational Science.”
June 03, 2022A youth shelter and University of Minnesota researchers teamed up to address the unmet needs of pregnant or parenting teens who are also facing homelessness. This vulnerable group often slips through the cracks of social services, finding themselves both ineligible for shelter and with few healthcare resources to meet their unique needs. Janna Gewirtz O'Brien, MD, MPH, an Assistant Professor at
- June 01, 2022In the additional documents from the May 9th CTSA Program Steering Committee Meeting you will find the DEI Task Force (TF) Summary Document for the Consortium. This document includes the DEI TF charge, the CTSA DEI Learning System Framework as well as the TF’s recommendations in the four focus areas discussed by L. Ebony Boulware, MD, et al. in their perspective piece, Combating Structural