THE SPOTLIGHT | WHAT’S NEW | GET INVOLVED | CONSORTIUM CORNER Mike’s Blog January 2021 Happy New Year! We have arrived in 2021, hopeful for scientific advances to curb this pandemic once and for all. Our preparedness and readiness have been crucial in the development and implementation of several clinical trials leading the way in identifying safe and effective therapies and […]
THE SPOTLIGHT | WHAT’S NEW | GET INVOLVED | CONSORTIUM CORNER Mike’s Blog October 2020 As fall begins and with multiple promising treatment approaches to improve outcomes in COVID-19 coming to light, it is of critical need to rapidly implement trials to further study and confirm (or reject) these preliminary findings through well-designed randomized controlled clinical trials. As such, the resources, […]
2020 NIH Virtual Seminar on Program Funding and Grants Administration – Tuesday, October 27 to Friday, October 30 A unique opportunity to learn more about working with the NIH grants process, programs, policies, and staff at the 2020 NIH Virtual Seminar on Grants Administration and Program Funding. Read More
THE SPOTLIGHT | WHAT’S NEW | GET INVOLVED | CONSORTIUM CORNER Mike’s Blog – July 2020 National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C) During the past several months (there are times when the weeks feel like days and then others when the days feel like months), we have been working to address the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic by creating a centralized, secure, cloud-based clinical […]
News Roundup June 16, 2020 Updates from CLIC Announcing the development of CM-PRISM In response to comments received in the CMI 2.0 assessment, next year CLIC and NCATS will be launching a new Common Metrics Initiative (CMI) data submission tool called CM-PRISM. The use of the Clear Impact Scorecard has provided a foundation for hubs to […]
THE SPOTLIGHT | WHAT’S NEW | GET INVOLVED | CONSORTIUM CORNER Mike’s Blog – June 2020 CTSA Program Fall Meeting – Call for Topics Spring has come and gone, and we find ourselves at the official start of Summer in a just few days. With the relativity of time now having been tested for several months by our distancing measures as […]
THE SPOTLIGHT | WHAT’S NEW | GET INVOLVED | CONSORTIUM CORNER Mike’s Blog – May 2020 Figuratively – impossible, but virtually – I’m possible! Switching the Spring CTSA Program meeting from in-person to virtual was not a simple task but I believe we were able to really pull this off. With CLIC’s coordination and a great effort from the group leads, CLIC […]
THE SPOTLIGHT | WHAT’S NEW | GET INVOLVED | CONSORTIUM CORNER When the Whole is More than the Sum of its Parts Our CTSA Consortium resources, capabilities, expertise, and innovative thinking are critical in responding to the worst pandemic since HIV. The fast-evolving nature of this crisis requires readily available and deployable capabilities throughout the country. As such, our Consortium stands […]
THE SPOTLIGHT | WHAT’S NEW | GET INVOLVED | CONSORTIUM CORNER Mike’s Blog – March 2020 Improving What We Measure There is a wise adage that: “what gets measured can be improved”. The process of translating science to improve health is full of inefficiencies including areas where slight improvements could have a large effect in helping expedite the […]
August 15, 2019 Director’s Message NCATS is excited to host “Ask an Astronaut: Biomedical Science Edition” this month to help residents at The Children’s Inn at NIH learn about NIH-funded research in space and on Earth. Through the program, young NIH patients can speak with an astronaut on the International Space Station in real time. […]