CTSA Translational Steering Committee

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CTSA Translational Steering Committee
Mission Develop infrastructure to facilitate
advancements of novel translational research and
technologies through the CTSA consortium, in
collaboration with NIH. Committee
Leadership Chair Geoff Ginsburg (Duke) Vice
Chair Alice Tarantal (UC Davis) Chair, Trans-NIH
Staff Committee William Martin (NIEHS) NIH
Coordinators Doug Sheeley (NCRR), Renee Joskow
(NCRR), Jack Harding (NCRR) PI Liaisons
Frank Arnett (Texas), Ken Polonsky (Wash
U) Committee Membership 33 (will be 38)
voting, 16 non-voting members from CTSAs (not
limited) 37 NIH staff from 15 ICs
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Consortium Governance Organization
Governance Manual available at http//ctsaweb.org/
Docs/CTSA_Governance_Manual.pdf
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CTSA Translational Steering Committee
Administrative Support for the Committee Huda
Aden Senior Consultant, Booz Allen
Hamilton Email aden_huda_at_bah.com Phone (301)
838-3700 Committee Meetings Monthly web
meetings of the full committee updates,
information Monthly meetings of NIH Staff
Committee Monthly exec team teleconference
agendas, coordination Web Resources CTSA
Wiki Ctsaweb.org Online Tutorials for the web
and the wiki https//www.ctsawiki.org/wiki/display
/CTSAMain/CTSAWebSystemsInformationandTutoria
ls
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CTSA Translational Steering Committee Projects
Informatics Resource Web Presence
Translational Resource Database Goal Searchable
database of publicly available CTSA
resources For T1 research
Federated Biobank Database Goal Federated
database of CTSA-associated biological
repositories
Pediatric Rare Disease Biobank Database
CTSA Imaging Working Group RSNA
Support (Radiological Society of North
America) Core Resources Imaging
Informatics Clinical Trials Education
Pathways of Translation Goal Searchable map of
T1 pathways and resources
Workshop Decision-making in Translational
Research Goal Consensus view of needs
and priorities for T1 infrastructure,
expertise, and resource access
NCI Translational Research Work Group
Translational Technology Training Goal
Crossover training of clinical and
translational researchers
Translational Technology Rounds Goal Archived
webinars on T1 technologies
NIH IC CTSA Accelerator Goal Accelerate
leveraging of CTSA infrastructure by NIH programs
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• CTSA Translational Steering Committee
• Summary
• I. Committee Projects
• T1 Resource Database
• Seven CTSA sites (Columbia, Duke, UC Davis,
  Oregon, UCSF, Penn, Yale) are working on pilot T1
  resource database, which will expand to
  accommodate the entire consortium. This effort is
  being coordinated with the Informatics Working
  Group.
• Federated Database for CTSA Biobank Consortium
• This is related to the T1 Resource Database
  above, and the Informatics WG infrastructure
  being developed. The project will consolidate
  biobank resources across the CTSA Biobank
  Consortium to increase sample coordination,
  management, sharing, and awareness of sample
  availability. This effort will be coordinated
  with the Pediatrics Rare Disease Biobank project.
  
• Pathways of Translation
• The project will develop a dynamically evolving
  map of the component tasks and decision points of
  pathways for translational research a guide in
  developing similar programs. It will inform the
  community about specific principles,
  institutional characteristics or individual
  factors that permit development and evolution of
  successful translational programs. The project
  will leverage the efforts of the NCI
  Translational Research Working Group. Lynn
  Matrisian (Vanderbilt) leads the NCI TRWG.
• NIH Accelerator for Establishing Translational
  Research Projects
• Linking CTSA investigators with T1-specific
  resources and programs facilitating access to
  CTSA T1 resources for other NIH programs through
  presentations, outreach, solicitation of ideas
  from ICs.
• Workshop Decision-Making in Translational
  Research Winter 2009
• This workshop will be focused on understanding
  the critical decision points in T1 research
  projects and identifying the resources and
  expertise necessary for each aspect of the
  process. Planning Committee Jack Harding (NCRR),
  Michelle Broido (Pitt), David Robertson
  (Vanderbilt), Carolyn Meltzer (Emory).