Collaboration
May 17, 2021The Georgia Clinical & Translational Science Alliance (Georgia CTSA) reached out to one of its own experts to employ a novel research approach to evaluate its team connections and dynamics. The aim of this research was to understand the complex web of relationships connecting managers at the top of organizations and how these relationships drive the top team’s performance and the organization’s
Participant Engagement Platform (PEP): Stanford’s honest broker services for participant recruitment
-Vanderbilt University Medical CenterStanford Medicine’s Research Participation services has developed the Participant Engagement Platform (PEP) as a way of offering and managing “honest broker” outreach, such as Direct Email and Epic MyChart. The Research Participation team (honest broker) sends the study invitation to potential participants (identified via EHR cohort search) on behalf of the study team. Only when a potential
March 23, 2021John Baratta, MD, MBA helped start the UNC COVID Recovery Clinic—where patients can get help for their ongoing symptoms and doctors can gather valuable data. “We don’t have a lot of specific, scientific answers because it’s just all so new,” Baratta says. “Through research, that’s what we and others have to figure out.” To start finding answers for patients with "long COVID," the clinic team, with
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We will provide an overview of the project aims and progress so far in building this collaborative set of tools to collect, analyze, share and act on participant feedback. We will describe how the project integrates with into local participant-centered initiatives at collaborating sites.
-University Of North Carolina Chapel HillJoin us as Pearman Parker, PhD from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences presents the results from her KL2 project where she investigated the perceptions of cancer educational materials among young women breast cancer survivors. She will also discuss the results from an environmental scan of cancer educational materials for content and readability and present her next steps toward grant
-Case Western Reserve UniversityThe Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative of Cleveland is pleased to present its first Grand Rounds KL2 Visiting Scholars Program webinar by: Paul Mathews, PhD Investigator at The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation Assistant Professor In-Residence, Neurology University of California Los Angeles "A new mouse model of Ataxia Telangiectasia for testing small molecule read
October 05, 2020In late 2019, a report from the Brookings Institution named Madison, Wisconsin, as one of the top 35 metro areas with the potential to become America’s next top innovation hubs. That report included recommendations on how Congress could support the growth of such hubs, such as providing funding to support university research, business development, workforce development, regional planning and
-Emory UniversityHosted by the Georgia CTSA, the Southeast Regional Clinical & Translational Science Conference, held virtually on March 4 - 5, 2021, brings together researchers from across the region to present the best new clinical and translational research and build collaborative relationships. Clinical and/or translational researchers working across the southeast are invited to submit an abstract by November
-Oregon Health and Science UniversityOHSU is joining forces with MIT Hacking Medicine and academic and industry partners from across the Pacific Northwest to bring you the inaugural OHSU Invent-a-thon, a virtual health hackathon, October 23–25, 2020. MIT Hacking Medicine events have directly led to the creation of numerous successful companies, gaining over $250 million in funding, and even a billion-dollar acquisition. The ideas
-University Of Wisconsin-MadisonThe UW Collaborative Center for Health Equity and the All of Us Wisconsin Research Program at UW-Madison are delighted to co-sponsor a community education virtual event with the Foundation for Black Women’s Wellness this Saturday, August 29th from 11 am to 1 pm. We have an outstanding line-up of local and national experts to contribute to a conversation moderated by the Foundation’s Founder and
-Children's Research InstituteA one day virtual symposium bringing together investigators, researchers, and clinicians from National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and Children’s National Hospital as well as other interested participants from outside institutions, to discuss the creation, progress, and evolution of this first-of-its-kind collaboration between the NIAID at the National Institutes of Health
-Vanderbilt University Medical CenterA collaborative research model was developed and tested to enable regional healthcare systems to join multisite clinical trials emanating from the Clinical and Translational Science Award(CTSA) Trial Innovation Network (TIN) by the Institute of Translational Health Sciences at the University of Washington and the Northwest Participant and Clinical Interactions(NW PCI) Network. The NW PCI is a
-Emory UniversityHear from the experts and share your experiences! Join Marissa Shuffler, Ph.D., (Clemson University) and Christopher Wiese, Ph.D., (Georgia Tech) to learn how to manage your virtual teams. They will offer evidence-based guidelines and practical advice. Turn your team of experts into expert virtual teams! https://bit.ly/ManagingVTeams Instructions to use Zoom: Download the Zoom app from Google Play
April 14, 2020Like doctors across the country, Benjamin Nicholson, M.D., knows the surge is coming. The emergency department doctor has seen the predictions for the spread of COVID-19 and knows a finite supply of ventilators exists across the country to support the growing number of patients experiencing respiratory symptoms of the novel coronavirus. Nicholson, who is also a clinical instructor at Virginia
-Pennsylvania State Univ Hershey Med CtrPenn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute presents “Making Virtual Collaborations Better” at its next Translational Science Series: Bench to Bedside and Beyond webinar from noon to 1 p.m. on March 31. The coronavirus pandemic is fundamentally changing the way many organizations operate for the foreseeable future. Remote work is a new reality. How can leaders create an excellent
February 19, 2020Andrea Hobkirk, assistant professor of psychiatry and public health sciences, is studying the problem of relapse after addiction treatment. Recently a scholar in Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute's Early-Stage Investigator Program (KL2), Hobkirk left the program when she was successful in securing a career development award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Through
-Emory UniversityJoin us at Callaway Resort and Gardens as we bring together researchers from across the region to present the best new clinical and translational research and build collaborative partnerships. Hosted by the Georgia CTSA, with participation from: Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Emory University Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia State University Medical University of South Carolina Mercer
February 14, 2020Celebrating ten years of shared infrastructure and programs that accelerate research and improve health, UC BRAID convened its annual meeting on October 14-15, 2019 at the UCLA Luskin Conference Center. UC BRAID, the University of California Biomedical Research Acceleration, Integration, & Development, is a consortium of the five UC academic medical centers—Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, San Diego
-University Of Massachusetts Med Sch WorcesterDo you have a promising point-of-care medical technology in need of further development? The NIH’s Point-of-Care Technology Research Network (POCTRN) drives the development of point-of-care technologies through collaborative efforts that merge scientific and technological capabilities with clinical need. The goal of the Point Of Care Technology Research Network is to develop technologies with
January 29, 2020Dr. David Sheridan, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, and his team at Oregon Health & Science University are developing a wearable device that assesses and reports the physiological measures associated with stress dysregulation and worsening suicidality. The goal is to help adolescents identify these symptoms and therefore allow time for interventions that can help prevent emergency-
-Vanderbilt University Medical CenterPlease join us for a discussion with the South Carolina Clinical & Translational Research Institute (SCTR) Administrative and Program Management Team regarding effective strategies for leveraging coordinated CTSA Program Management to meet the demands of a busy small CTSA Hub. SCTR’s Administrative and Program Management structure and communication strategy enable identification of cross-program
January 13, 2020Meet Dr. Rebecca Spain, a neurologist at OHSU.
-Northwestern University At ChicagoThis Un-Meeting will explore lifespan and life course research tools and strategies to advance understanding of how the life course may influence outcomes of research participants and how this may be considered in observational and interventional study design. Monday, March 2, 2020 Chicago, Illinois A reception on Sunday, March 1 will precede the Un-Meeting. View event website Un-Meeting on
University Of FloridaSince 2012, the Network Science Program at the University of Florida Clinical and Translational Science Institute has conducted research and implemented interventions on the collaboration networks of researchers at UF. The program currently aims to apply accumulated methods and experiences to other research institutions and to facilitate interventions on cross-institutional collaborative
University of Arkansas for Medical SciencesImplementation Science (IS) is the study of methods to promote systematic uptake of research findings and other evidence-based practices (EBPs) into routine clinical care, thus improving health care quality and effectiveness. The Translational Research Institute (TRI) will expand IS capacity and research productivity to address NCATS’ mission to rapidly advance interventions and integrate research
August 02, 2019Howard University, one of the five member institutions that comprise the Georgetown-Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Science (GHUCCTS), has recently launched the NIH-Howard University Intramural Research Collaboration (NIH-HUIRC). This partnership with the National Institute of Health (NIH) Intramural Research Program will provide Howard students and junior faculty with
July 25, 2019When scientists from different disciplines collaborate – as is increasingly necessary to confront the complexity of challenging research problems – interpersonal tussles often arise. One scientist may accuse another of stealing his or her ideas. Or, a researcher may feel he or she is not getting credit for their work or doesn’t have access to important data from the study. However, with the
University Of FloridaThe University of Florida is pleased to host an Un-Meeting on Rural Health and Health Equity Monday, April 8, 2019 in Gainesville, Florida. This event will focus on catalyzing new collaborations to bridge the translational science and agricultural extension sectors to improve rural health and achieve health equity, hosted by the UF Clinical and Translational Science Institute and the UF Institute
November 13, 2018The University of Florida (UF) Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) and the UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) have been selected as this year’s recipients of CLIC funds and support to host a CTSA Program-wide Un-Meeting. Their event will focus on catalyzing new collaborations to bridge the translational science and agricultural extension sectors to improve rural
June 01, 2018The CTSA Collaborative Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) Workgroup identified a need to provide guidance, training and resources in DSMB practices for investigator-initiated research studies. To promote clinical and translational research, the CTSA Collaborative DSMB Workgroup, supported by NCATS, has produced an online DSMB Training Manual with a focus on investigator-initiated studies