University of Pittsburgh Clinical and Translational Science Institute CTSI

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University of PittsburghClinical and
Translational Science Institute(CTSI)
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University of Pittsburgh CTSI

• Institutional Structure
• Office of Clinical Research (OCR)
• Clinical and Translational Science Institute
  (CTSI)
• Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA)
• Key Positions
• Steven E. Reis, MD, Principal Investigator
• Laurel Yasko, Administrative Director, Operations
  Director, Office of Clinical Research
• David Mathias, Administrative Director, Finance

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CTSI Academic Home for Clinical and
Translational Science
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Administrative Core Positions

• CTSI
• Research Facilitators
• Research Administration
• Systems Support
• Data Project Coordinator
• Administrative Support
• OCR
• Faculty Director
• Special Projects Coordinator
• Community Outreach Coordinators
• Education Coordinator
• Administrative Support

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Junior Investigator and the CTSI
Multidisciplinary CTS Team
Research Facilitator
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Committee Structure

• Steering Committee
• Executive Committee
• Internal Advisory Committee
• External Advisory Board

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Challenges

• Communications
• Initiatives to overcome challenge
• University of Pittsburgh CTSI Retreat
• Collaboration with WQED
• Pittsburgh CTSI specific look and feel being
  developed in partnership with Informatics Studio

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Challenges

• Culture change from GCRC
• providing settings for medical investigators
  to conduct safe, controlled, state-of-the-art,
  in-patient and out-patient studies of both
  children and adults. .
• To CTSA
• transforming how clinical and translational
  research is conducted, ultimately enabling
  researchers to provide new treatments more
  efficiently and quickly to patients.

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Challenges

• Annual Report/Tracking and Evaluation
• Initiatives to overcome challenge
• Development of tracking system
• Data Project Coordinator