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Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Community Engagement. Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, MD, PhD Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine Director, Center for Reducing Health Disparities and Community Engagement Program University of California, Davis J. Lloyd Michener, MD
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Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA)Community Engagement Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, MD, PhD Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine Director, Center for Reducing Health Disparities and Community Engagement Program University of California, Davis J. Lloyd Michener, MD Professor and Chair, Department of Community and Family Medicine Director, Duke Center for Community Research Duke University Medical Center
Community and Practice Engagement:Progress Year 1 Establishment of an active Steering Committee and several working groups: Practice Engagement • to plan a full day workshop, May 9, on Dissemination and Translation of Clinical Research into Practice Regional Workshops Workgroup • to plan a series of regional workshops of community engagement Community-based and Academic Practice Partnership (CBAPP) Workgroup • to identify the best practices in current research partnerships, such as those of the NCI, NIDA, NIDCR, AHRQ
1. Workshops A series of workshops on best practices have been planned, or are being planning: Council of Academic Societies of the AAMC, March 8, 2008 GRAND (Research Deans, with NCRR), April 17, 2008 NECTAR (a full day session with CDC, AHRQ, APTR), May 9, 2008 Academy Health (with NCRR), June 9, 2008 An additional set of 5 regional workshops is being planned, with support from APTR/CDC: California, Oregon, Washington Georgia, Missouri, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin Connecticut, New York Progress Year 1
Progress Year 1 2. Development of shared materials • Faculty training • IRB training 3. Links to other CTSA Committees • Ethics • Bioinformatics • Education • Evaluation 4. Links to other Agencies and Associations • CDC • AHRQ • AAMC • APTR • HRSA
Challenges for the CTSAs 1. Organization and Communication • With each other • With others • Assimilation of Future CTSA Awardees • Budget Cuts • Leveraging
Plans • Workshops on practice and community engagement to share experiences and best practices • Monograph on best practices • National CTSA Community Engagement Steering Committee meeting, September, 2008 • Expanded number of shared materials