University of Texas Medical School at Houston

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University of Texas Medical School at Houston

• CCTS Ethics and Advocacy Core
• Eugene V. Boisaubin, MD
• Director

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Strengths of the Proposal

• Large, diverse Medical Center with 30
  institutions
• Collaboration with MD Anderson Cancer Center
• Large, diverse metropolitan area
• Access to Lower Rio Grande Valley and hundreds of
  thousands of Hispanics

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Pre-existing Ethics Advocacy Core

• Active programs in previous GCRC
• Educational programs for personnel staff
• Several Med School Grad School Courses
• Subject advocacy with pre post evaluations
• McGovern Center for Ethics Humanities

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Primary Interrelating Core Groups for EA

• Community Engagement
• Regulatory

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Beginning Core Projects in Ethics and Advocacy
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National Conference Spring 2008

• Principles Problems in Adolescent Research
• Two day program
• Nationally selected panel/discussants
• Final Product- White paper report
• Funding CTSA, PRIMR, local

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AE/ Advocacy Bench-side Consultation Program

• Modeled on other Clinical Research Projects (ie
  Stanford)
• Believe relates best locally to Advocacy Core
• Unusual for researchers to seek out ethics
  assistance per se
• Will probably require solicitation

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Hispanic Health Research CenterLower Rio Grande
Valley

• Founded and now working with CTSA
• Developing Community Participatory Research- also
  with School Public Health
• Increase research capability with local health
  problems (DM, CV, TB)
• Community Advisory Board