CTSA Collaboration

CLINICAL & TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE AWARD (CTSA) CONSORTIUM COLLABORATION

The University of Cincinnati and its institutional partners became the 39th member of the national Clinical & Translational Science Award (CTSA) Consortium in 2009. Now with over 60 program hubs, the Consortium encourages and promotes collaborations and sharing of best practices among its institutions.

Here are just a few examples of CTSA collaborations fostered by the CCTST:

The CCTST is a member of the Appalachian Translational Research Network (ATRN), and participates in its annual summit focused on health disparities in that region. Other institutional partners include University of Pittsburgh, University of Kentucky, The Ohio State University, Penn State University, Wake Forest University, West Virginia University, and Marshall University.
CCHMC and the CCTST, through the James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence, have established a core of Learning Networks, driving interaction across more than 100 CTSA and non-CTSA sites focused on child health.
CCHMC is a site for the Genomics Research and Innovation Network (GRIN) at three CTSA sites (CCHMC, Boston Children’s Hospital, and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia), the Pediatric LHS - PEDSnet (at seven CTSA sites), Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Network (PCORnet; network of 29 networks), the Pediatric Research Consortium Act (at 18 CTSA sites), two Ohio initiatives in pediatrics across six sites for study of asthma and neonatal abstinence syndrome, and at least eight additional rare disease networks and other programs, such as StrokeNet and NeuroNEXT.
CCHMC, through the CCTST, is a participant in two U01 Collaborative Innovation Grants, including Growing Gene and Cell Therapy (GGACT), with Boston Children’s Hospital and UCLA, and Optimizing Single IRB Review of Genomics Research, with Kaiser Permanente and Vanderbilt.
Various CCTST leadership and program staff are also involved in several special interest groups, working groups and committees across the CTSA consortium. These include: Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design, Clinical Research Professional Taskforce, Evaluation, Scholar, Partnerships for Advancing Community-Engaged Research, Translational and Integrative Engagement in Research, Research Operations and Administration, Learning Health Systems Working Group, Dissemination and Implementation Science Working Group, Community Engagement Working Group, Workforce Development Enterprise Committee, and Collaboration and Engagement Enterprise Committee.
Our K Scholars Career Development Award Program is involved with the National KL2/K12 Virtual Professional Development Series, along with the Visiting Scholar Exchange program.