CTSA Organization and Governance Pediatric Steering Committee meeting 3222007

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CTSA Organization and GovernancePediatric
Steering Committee meeting3/22/2007

• Dr. Anthony R Hayward
• Director
• DCRR/NCRR

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First CTSA Awards Announced October 3

• 12 Academic Health Centers (AHCs) nationwide
• 52 AHC planning grants to prepare applications to
  join consortium
• In 2012, 60 institutions will be linked to
  energize clinical and translational science

NIH Funds a Dozen 'Homes' for Translational
Research
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Building A National CTSA ConsortiumFY2006 CTSA
Awards Planning Grants
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Impact

• NCRR GCRC and K12 programs will be transitioned
  into CTSAs by 2012
• 2006 awards subsumed 16 GCRCs, 3 RM-K12,3
  RM-T32s, 4 NCRR-K12, 9 K30s
• First Principal Investigators Meeting 10/23/06
• Second PI Meeting 4/17/07
• Steering Committees that have met so far
• Informatics Community outreach
• Ethics Clinical interactions
• Communications Evaluation

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CTSA Steering Committees

• Embody the expertise of the Consortium
• Provide a forum for dialog with the NIH
• Identify needs, goals and priorities
• Serve as a forum to share experiences
• Serve as a platform to adopt common standards

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Membership 126 CTSANIH
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Proposed NCRR Management of CTSA Program
NCRR Director
NARRC Working Group
IC Directors Advisory Board (5 members)
NIH Executive Committee for CTSAs (15
members) Meets Monthly
Representation from Program, Science, Evaluation,
Bioinformatics, Education, OER, NCRR,
Translational, Community Outreach Areas
Project Management, Resource Access, Evaluation,
Education Career
Development, Biomedical
Informatics, Pediatrics, Industrial Partners,
Clinical Research Ethics, Community Engagement,
Translational
NIH Subcommittees for CTSAs (14 cmtes 5-10
members each) Regularly Scheduled Meetings
Trans- NIH Project Team provides Science Officers
for CTSAs (135 members) Meets 2 4x per year
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Impressions

• Enthusiasm real will to achieve something new
• Extended reach within institution pharmacy,
  nursing
• Outstanding minority trainees
• Pilot project programs implemented rapidly
• CTSAweb.org will meet communication needs

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Priorities for 2006 Awardees

• Hold meetings for all Steering Committees
• Implement evaluation plans
• Agree on achievable short-term goals
• Deploy Web-based communications systems
• Have Program Officers visit sites

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FY2008 round of CTSAs

• Will differ in
• Allowing for multiple PIs
• Compliance with Pediatric Requirement of NIH
  Reform Act.
• Applications due October 24, 2007
• Up to 8 awards expected in June 2008

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