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NIH Awards $8.5 Million for Research on Pharmaceuticals for Children
UI joins new national volunteer recruitment registry ResearchMatch.org
Case Western Reserve is Participating Site in Newly-launched National Volunteer Recruitment Registry Launch of Researchmatch.org
Rockefeller joins first national research study recruitment registry
New Web Site 'Matches' Research Volunteers with Studies across the Country
NIH Announces First National Research Study Recruitment Registry Upcoming MeetingsClinical and Translational Science AwardsClinical and Translational Science Awards Committee Meetings and Activities CTSA Pharmaceutical Assets Portal: Matching Academia and Industry for Drug RepositioningDecember 4, 2009 Drug repositioning, or finding new uses for drugs originally designed for another purpose, has become more important recently as many pharmaceutical companies are seeing their drug pipelines dry up. With the high cost of drug research and development, drug repositioning offers a way to explore these previously shelved assets. The Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Pharmaceutical Assets Portal is a tool that aims to match researchers’ scientific knowledge of targets and diseases with the repositioning needs of the pharmaceutical industry to potentially increase the number of approved drugs for alternative uses. Join your colleagues for a half-day conference that will bring together leaders in the pharmaceutical industry, government, and research to explore current drug repositioning efforts. Registration is requested by November 25, 2009. REGISTER NOW ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND LOGISTICS Reports and Summaries of Previous MeetingsWorkshop on Efficient Management and Utilization of Core Facilities — July 14 – 15, 2009The purpose of this workshop was to discuss the state of existing NIH-funded research core facilities, identify common problems encountered during their operation and use, and raise options to maximize the use and efficiency of core facilities. Based on examples of current use and the session discussions, workshop participants were given the opportunity to propose changes to improve access, administrative management, training, utilization, and quality assurance at core facilities.
Future of Telehealth: Essential Tools and Technologies for Clinical Research and Care — June 25 – 26, 2009This two-day event brought together stakeholders from government agencies, academic institutions, health care organizations and technology companies to:
A workshop on the second day yielded specific recommendations to stimulate development, implementation and evaluation of telehealth applications for clinical care, clinical and translational research, and health education and training, with the ultimate goals to broaden participation in research and improve health outcomes in medically underserved communities. 2nd Annual Clinical Research Management Workshop Website Report — June 22 – 23, 2009Clinical research management, the processing of protocols and clinical studies, is a high-priority issue for the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) consortium. To address these and other regulatory issues, this workshop was intended to advance methods of process improvement in clinical research management; report metrics definitions and 2009 data in clinical research management; share experiences in implementing process improvements at CTSA sites — successes and challenges; develop networking relationships between counterparts at CTSA sites; initiate CTSA Consortium-wide projects based on data-driven approaches to clinical research management; and provide public access to CTSA Consortium data in clinical research management. This workshop was co-sponsored by NCRR and the Yale Center for Clinical Investigation.
Improving Health WITH Communities: The Role of Community Engagement in Clinical and Translational Research — May 14 – 15, 2009This conference was the second annual conference to discuss and share best practices in community engagement. Over 400 participants from 43 states and territories (including Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico) as well as Canada, Brazil, India, Nigeria and Belgium attended the 2-day conference.
The Current Crisis in Clinical Research: Where Do We Go? — April 14, 2009The American Federation for Medical Research hosted this meeting in April 2009, in Washington, DC, to educate the public about clinical research and the need to make increased funding a priority. The conference convened leaders from various institutions and government agencies to speak on the same platform. AFMR plans a similar conference in 2010. Decision Making in T1 Translational Research — February 10 – 11, 2009The purpose of this workshop was to identify common problems encountered during the practice of T1 translational research and potential solutions to those problems. The workshop addressed the following topics: Pathways of T1 transaltional research, use of team science, methods for incorporating advanced technologies and animal models into T1 translation, and the specific needs of early career investigators.
Accelerating the Dissemination and Translation of Clinical Research into Practice — May 9, 2008This innovative meeting was the first in a series of six 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. The workshop objectives included to identify key enablers of successful academic-community provider partnerships; effective strategies for dissemination, diffusion, and adoption of research; and public and private-sector partners for collaborative translational research.
NIH-Roadmap Clinical Research Networks: Building the Foundation for Health Care Transformation — May 8, 2008Prepared by the Coordinating Center at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Center for Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Clinical Research Computing Unit.
Women in Biomedical Research: Best Practices for Sustaining Career Success — March 4, 2008The conference on "Women in Biomedical Research: Best Practices for Sustaining Career Success" was developed and coordinated as one of the key efforts of the larger National Institutes of Health (NIH ) Working Group on Women in Biomedical Careers. The issues and solutions discussed at the conference will provide opportunities to develop and disseminate best practices throughout the country to ensure a sustained and successful workforce that celebrates diversity.
Fostering Collaborative Community-Based Clinical and Translational Research — September 14, 2007NCRR convened a one-day workshop on September 14, 2007, at The California Endowment Center for Healthy Communities in Los Angeles, focusing on barriers to and enablers of effective academic-community partnerships for clinical and translational research. The goal of the workshop was to identify strategies and best practices for conducting collaborative community-based research, particularly in minority communities and other medically underserved communities where health disparities persist. Fostering Collaborative Community-Based Clinical and Translational Research — May 15, 2007NCRR convened a 1-day workshop focusing on key barriers to and enablers of effective academic-community partnerships for clinical and translational research. The workshop was held in conjunction with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Practice-Based Research Networks 2007 National Research Conference. The goal of the workshop was to identify strategies and best practices for conducting collaborative community-based research, particularly in minority communities and other medically underserved communities where health disparities persist. Building Collaboration for Clinical Research Networks — May 9 – 10, 2007The purpose of the meeting was to focus on the theoretical and practical solutions in promoting clinical network collaboration. We were able to draw from a wide variety of resources including social, behavioral, and organizational science to identify solutions to common problems in collaborations in clinical research, and to identify common causes of success and failure. Clinical and Translational Science AwardsClinical and Translational Science Awards Committee Meetings and Activities Listen to the 2007 CTSA Pre-submission Webcast held on October 5, 2006 (requires free RealPlayer Inventory and Evaluation of Clinical Research Networks (IECRN) National Leadership Forum — May 31 – June 1, 2006The National Leadership Forum (NLF) presented the methods and findings from the NIH Roadmap-sponsored Inventory and Evaluation of Clinical Research Networks (IECRN) Descriptive Survey and Best Practices Study. READ MORE Ensuring the Inclusion of Clinical Research in the National Health Information Network — May 9, 2006The federal government is promoting the use of electronic health records (EHR) for use within medical organizations and also to support a national health information network (NHIN). The goal of the meeting was to lay the groundwork for a plan to include clinical and translational research in the NHIN. |
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