{"id":13388,"date":"2021-12-13T11:28:32","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T16:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ctsi\/?p=13388"},"modified":"2021-12-13T11:28:43","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T16:28:43","slug":"ctsa-ansible-december-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ctsi\/2021\/12\/13\/ctsa-ansible-december-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"CTSA Ansible – December 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Mike’s Blog December, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

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By: Michael G. Kurilla, M.D., Ph.D., NCATS Director of the Division of Clinical Innovation<\/em><\/p>\n

COVID continues to prove itself remarkably tenacious and provided a Thanksgiving surprise with a new variant of concern, omicron. For those keeping track, we\u2019re now about two-thirds of the way through the Greek alphabet. If we run out of Greek letters, WHO has considered using constellations which means the possibility of having an Andromeda strain (Andromeda is one of the 48 original Ptolemaic constellations) which will be a great example of life imitating art.<\/p>\n

As discussed last month, I described many of the factors that have led to the CTSA FOA overhaul which included addressing some long-standing issues as well as placing the program on a more sustainable framework for the future. This month, I\u2019ll attempt to discuss our thought processes regarding the FOA evolution and its implementation that has involved reconciling what we have heard from the community with our internal assessment from both programmatic as well as administrative perspectives.<\/p>\n

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THE SPOTLIGHT<\/span><\/h2>\n
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Top 10 Takeaways of the Fall 2021 CTSA Program Annual Meeting<\/span><\/h4>\n
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The CTSA Consortium gathered virtually for a tremendous meeting December 1-3, 2021 attended by 741 members of the CTSA consortium, including investigators, scholars, trainees, administrators, and many others. Thank you to all the speakers, presenters, session leads, the planning committee, and attendees for making this meeting a great success. Please stay tuned for upcoming communications with links to materials from the meeting and reflections on the valuable discussions.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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10. Catalyze change; disrupt the roadmap<\/span><\/p>\n

9. Advance frontiers of science at speed and scale with \u2018secret sauce\u2019 for convergence<\/span><\/p>\n

8. Common connectors across opportunities for disruptive innovation: multi-level collaboration, communication, inclusion, training<\/span><\/p>\n

7. Climate-related health outcomes present an in-road to address the multidimensional problem of climate change, requiring interdisciplinary and creative partnerships<\/span><\/p>\n

6.Unintentionally intentional disruption – harness the momentum of unintentional disruptions to transform the learning ecosystem in more intentional ways<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

5. Clinical trial innovation and disruptive technologies are highly impactful in enhancing the effectiveness of clinical research<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Supporting the whole clinical and translational science workforce starts with supporting the whole translational scientist<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Innovating on innovation – infusing urgency toward implementation, value, and equity will advance our impact more deeply<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

2. Data equity for health equity – data belongs to the community<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

1. The CTSA consortium is a tremendous resource!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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WHAT’S NEW<\/h4>\n

New Year, New Ansible<\/h4>\n
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Coming soon: A user-friendly facelift, exciting new content, and a new arrival day! Keep an eye out for our improved new format!<\/p>\n

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NCATS SBIR CTSA Panel with Melax Tech<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Register<\/a> for the NCATS SBIR CTSA Panel with Melax Tech – January 13, 2022 1-2 PM ET<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Join NCATS SBIR\/STTR<\/a> and CTSA<\/a> awardee company Melax Tech<\/a> for a panel discussion on January 13th! Panel Discussion with CTSA Program Awardee Who Successfully Leveraged an SBIR Grant will be hosted by Lili Portilla, M.P.A., featuring:<\/p>\n