clinical and translational science awards (ctsas): building connections february 4, 2009
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Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSAs): Building Connections
February 4, 2009National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse
Barbara Alving, MD, MACPDirector
National Center for Research Resources
National Center forResearch Resources NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH A c c e l e r a t i n g a n d e n h a n c i n g r e s e a r c h f r o m b a s i c d i s c o v e r y t o i m p r o v e d p a t I e n t c a r e
ClinicalClinical
Community
National Center for Research Resources
Accelerating research from basic discovery to improved patient care
Improved patient care Pre-clinical
Animalmodel resources
imaging & informatics advances
Clinicalresearch
support
community engagement
Impetus for the CTSA Program
CTSAWeb.org
Implement biomedical discoveries Develop, test, and bring new prevention
strategies into medical practice more rapidly Catalyze change - lower barriers between
disciplines Encourage creative and innovative
approaches
To ensure new discoveries lead to improved public health, clinical science must evolve to better:
CTSAs – Building a National Consortiumof Academic Health Centers
Members 2006 & 2007
Participating Institutions
WA
OR
CA
NV
AZNM
MT
UT
WY
CO
SD
ND
NE
KS
OK
TXAK
AR
MO
IA
MN
WI
IL IN
MI
OH
KY
TN
MS AL GA
FL
LA
NC
SC
VAWV
PA
NY
VT
NH
ME
MA
DEMD
RI
ID
HI
NJ
PR
New Members 2008
CT
Currently 38 CTSAs Sites Across the Country
CTSA – Providing Local Leveraging Opportunities
Yerkes National PrimateResearch Center
Kaiser PermanenteGeorgia
Atlanta VAMedical Center
Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
at U GeorgiaGeorgia BioGeorgia
Research Alliance
Emory University
Morehouse School of Medicine
CDC
GeorgiaTech
Children’sHealthcareof Atlanta
Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science Institute (Atlanta-CTSI) at Emory University
CTSA – Creating National Partnership Opportunities Consortium Governance
www.ctsaweb.org
Advisory: providing guidance and input to the NCRR Director
Oversight: identifying and selecting collaborative opportunities to facilitate research, coordinating Consortium-wide approaches to research, and overseeing topic-specific efforts across the Consortium
Steering: coordinating institutional topic-specific efforts with the national CTSA Consortium; each Steering Committee has an Operations subgroup that takes timely action on emergent topic issues
CTSA National Strategic Plan Priorities
Goal One: Enhancing National Clinical and Translational Research Capability
Clinical research management Research infrastructure Phenotyping – human and preclinical models
Goal Two: Enhancing Training and Career Development of Clinical and Translational
Investigators
Goal Three: Enhancing Consortium-Wide Collaborations
Social networking Inventory of resources Data sharing
Goal Four: Enhancing the Health of Our Communities and the Nation
Community engagement Public health policy
CTSA – Creating National Partnership Opportunities
Working as a Consortium, we have established a committee structure to execute the vision and goals of the CTSA program
CTSAweb.org
Resources for Researchers
Building Connections
e-Newsletter
Communication Toolkit
CTSA – Creating Regional Partnership Opportunities
= CTSA Institutions
= East Coast Consortium
= Midwest Consortium
= West Coast Consortium
Weill Cornell Medical College
Columbia University
Rockefeller University
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
University of Rochester
Yale University
University of Wisconsin
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
University of Washington
Oregon Health & Science University
University of California, Davis
University of California,
San Francisco
Stanford University
The Scripps Research Institute
Washington University in St. Louis
Universityof Iowa
University of Chicago
Encouraging and Enhancing Collaboration CTSA Consortium – Informatics Pilots
Implementation and development of tools for clinical investigators to facilitate small and medium sized research studies
Enhance the collection and management of data in small and medium sized studies
Requirements At least three CTSA must collaborate Data and software sharing Must incorporate institutional database support that is flexible, secure, and
easily accessible on demand
Clinical and Translational Information Exchange Environment Informatics Pilots
Informatics Pilot Projects
PhysioMIMI at Case Western Reserve University Includes investigators from Marshfield Clinic, University of Wisconsin and
University of Michigan Collects, manages, and analyzes diverse data types across institutions Allows secure, safe and regulated transfer of information from clinical care
systems and research databases
Sharing Clinical Data at University of Washington Includes investigators from University of California, San Francisco, University
of California, Davis Allow researchers to access large shared datasets Assist with designing research studies and generating hypotheses
Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) at Vanderbilt Includes investigators from Oregon Health and Sciences University and Mayo
Clinic Provide an easy way for researchers to develop a secure, web-based
application for collecting, managing and sharing of their clinical and translational research data
Create secure and flexible interoperability between REDCap and external data systems thus ensuring data quality in information exchange
Informatics Pilots
WA
OR
CA
NV
AZNM
MT
UT
WY
CO
SD
ND
NE
KS
OK
TXAK
AR
MO
IA
MNWI
IL IN
MI
OH
KY
TN
MS AL GA
FL
LA
NC
SC
VAWV
PA
NY
VT
NH
ME
MA
DEMD
RI
ID
HI
CT
NJ
PR
University of California, Davis
University of California, San Francisco
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
University of Washington
Vanderbilt University
Case Western Reserve University
Mansfield Clinic University of Wisconsin–Madison
Oregon Health & Science University
University of Michigan
CTSA Consortium – Building Connections with Business Schools
Develop business plans, design, and implement community
surveys Create innovative cross-educational programs Develop case studies to pilot programs Collaborate with international colleagues Prepare cost analyses Protect CTSA-developed patents Form industry partnership programs
CTSA are partnering with business schools to:
Encouraging and Enhancing Collaboration NIH Opportunities
CTSA Thematic Research Networks/CTSA Interest Groups
Emergency Medicine Sleep Research Network Critical Care Neurology Neuroimaging
Educational Impact of CTSA Program
Doubled the clinical and translational training workforce from 2006 - 2008
Increased the number of regional training interactions among consortium sites
Awarded a supplement to develop a National CTSA Educational Resource Program (NCERP) that will:
Identify, catalog, and assess training modules in clinical and translational research
Enhance and broaden training opportunities for clinician-scientists across the CTSA consortium
Educational Impact of CTSA Program (Based on 2008 Annual Progress Reports from first 24 CTSAs)
Clinical Disciplines (includes 37 subcategories)
Pediatric Disciplines
Public Health
Stats, Res Methods, Informatics
Genetics
Allied Health
Immunology
Nursing
Bioengineering
Neuroscience
Psychology, non-clinical
Physiology
Microbiology and Infect Diseases
Pharmacology
Molecular Biology
Other
Total
3,948
516
317
176
134
121
115
110
108
108
93
77
69
61
53
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6,256
272
29
50
10
9
16
7
20
10
18
5
5
8
10
7
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513
Field of Training# of
Investigators# of Trainees and Scholars
CTSA Consortium and NIDA Collaborations(Based on 2008 Annual Progress Reports from first 24 CTSAs)
Columbia University Health Sciences 8
Emory University 1
Johns Hopkins University 19
Oregon Health and Science University 2
Rockefeller University 3
University of California San Francisco 2
University of Chicago 3
University of Pennsylvania 8
NIDA Grants Utilizing CTSAs
CTSA Consortium and NIDA Collaborations(Based on 2008 Annual Progress Reports from first 24 CTSAs)
University of Texas Health Science Center Houston 3
University of Texas SW Medical Center Dallas 3
University of Washington 1
University of Wisconsin Madison 1
Vanderbilt University 3
Washington University 2
Weill Medical College of Cornell University 2
Yale University 29
Total 90
NIDA Grants Utilizing CTSAs
NIDA Clinical Trials Network
Established in 1999 to conduct research
in a wide variety of community based
treatment programs across the United
States. Provides a unique opportunity to
address a variety of underserved
populations, and in particular to evaluate
access to and effectiveness of
treatments for ethnic minorities. Seeks to reduce barriers to all its studies
and has attended carefully to recruitment
and retention of women and ethnic
minority groups.
Clinical Trials Network (CTN)
Opportunities for Partnership with CTSAs and NIDA Clinical Trials Network
WA
OR
CA
NV
AZ NM
MT
UT
WY
CO
SD
ND
NE
KS
OK
TXAK
AR
MO
IA
MN
WI
IL IN
MI
OH
KY
TN
MS AL GA
FL
LA
NC
SC
VAWV
PA
NY
VT
NH
ME
MA
DEMD
RI
ID
HI
CT
NJ
PR
CTN Node
States with CTSAs
Funding Opportunities at NIDA
National Center for Research Resourceswww.ncrr.nih.gov
Translating Research from Basic Discovery to Improved Patient Care