CLIC News Roundup- September 21, 2021


News Roundup
September 21, 2021

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249 educational resources, 897 Consortium News stories posted, 1119 meetings coordinated by CLIC, 3124 users registered with CLIC

Updates from the CLIC

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Insights to Inspire 2021: Diving Deeper into Data Interoperability

Insights to Inspire 2021, Informatics: The Journey to Interoperability launched in July to help CTSA Program hubs improve their informatics capabilities. The first five webcasts in the series of 12 provide baseline knowledge to help you get started on your journey. Once you’ve mastered the basics, you’re ready to dive deeper into the next seven webcasts, which discuss how specifically to improve your data quality and processes, how to standardize your data and who you should include on your team.


2021 Virtual CTSA Program Annual Meeting December 1-3, 2021

Submit a Poster for the CTSA Program Annual Meeting Poster Session

Virtual poster session topic: Intentional Disruption and Innovation: The Future of Translational Science

Check out the FAQ for submission information.


Deadline Approaching: Apply to Host an Un-Meeting!

CLIC is accepting applications from CTSA Program hubs interested in hosting an in-person or virtual Un-Meeting on a topic of their choice. The selected application will receive funds to support a one-day Un-Meeting in early 2022, along with planning guidance, high-level coordination and materials from CLIC. 

Applications are due September 27, 2021 by 5:00 PM ET.

CLIC Twitter Highlight

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CLIC Education

CLIC Cohorts for Change Workshop Series Kickoff & Webpage Launch

The CLIC Cohorts for Change workshop series will kick off in October! This 6-month training program will focus on giving participants the knowledge and skills to further develop structural and administrative anti-racism initiatives within their CTSA Program hub.

Since this pilot workshop series is limited to nominated participants, CLIC has created a space for the translational science community to follow along with the series over the next six months.

News from around the CTSA Program Consortium

Check out these Consortium News Stories!

‘What’s Your Why?’ Georgia CEAL Ad Campaign to Reduce COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy

A Matter of Trust: Reengaging Communities of Color in Clinical Trials

UAMS Research Team Finds Potential Cause of COVID-19 ‘Long-haulers’

Mayo Scientists, Teachers Partner to Bring Science Experiences to Students


CTSA Program Coordinating Centers’ News

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Using REDCap to Improve Recruitment and Data Collection for Clinical Research

The ability to extract information from electronic health records into REDCap has automated the collection of millions of data points for hundreds of researchers across many institutions. This webinar will highlight some of the most impactful uses of REDCap Clinical Data Interoperability Services for clinical research, including COVID-19 trial recruitment and multi-site critical care studies. It will also cover new opportunities for integration between REDCap and electronic health records.

October 4, 12 p.m. ET


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How NIH’s Research-Driving, Centralized Hub for COVID-19 Patient Data is Evolving

The pandemic continues to generate vast volumes of digital health data that could improve medical professionals’ understanding of COVID-19—but those potentially helpful datasets are often too large to share, and data management networks are so dissimilar they can’t be combined in a simple manner.

Near the middle of 2020, the National Institutes of Health’s NCATS, or the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, moved to help alleviate that issue by developing a centralized resource that integrates coronavirus-related electronic health record data from separate organizations in disparate formats into one seamless structure that can also be used to advance research to combat the global health crisis.

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