In This Issue
- ICTR Receives Seven-Year CTSA Grant to Support Translational Science
- Launch of New Research Coordinator Training Program
- Discover the INSIGHT Clinical Research Network for Research-Ready Data
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ICTR Receives Seven-Year $30 million CTSA Award from the NIH |
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We are proud to announce that the Block Institute for Clinical and Translational Research at Einstein and Montefiore has received a seven-year $30 million grant from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) will help the ICTR continue to advance translational science and health equity throughout the Bronx, Westchester, and Lower Hudson Valley.
Over the past 15 years, the ICTR has supported approximately 1,000 projects each year, many to address diseases that are disproportionately prevalent in the Bronx, including diabetes, opioid use disorder, HIV, cardiovascular disease, cancer, asthma, and more recently Covid-19.
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New ICTR Research Coordinator Training Program |
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The Institute for Clinical and Translational Research at Einstein and Montefiore is excited to announce the launch of a Research Coordinator Training Program featuring online courses, in-person workshops, and other resources are available to support research coordinators at Einstein and Montefiore.
Online courses available in Montefiore Einstein’s Learning Management System:
- Essential Documents: Understanding your Regulatory Binder
- Fundamentals of Informed Consent
- Reportable Events in Research
- Understanding your Protocol: Logistics, Workflows, and Strategies
- Velos: Managing your Study
- Informed Consent: Practical Considerations for Study Teams
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Epic: Research Billing Review [Access Webinar Here/ Slides] *not in LMS
Online training is recommended prior to registering for the in-person workshop series.
Workshops topics are: 1) Regulatory Considerations in Clinical Research, 2) The Informed Consent Process, 3) Reportable Events Overview, 4) Best Practices.
The workshop series will alternate between Einstein and Montefiore campuses.
*Upcoming training dates will be posted in the Research Navigator > Upcoming Events section.*
For ongoing support, we have also established a Research Coordinator Forum, powered by Microsoft Teams where coordinators can ask questions, share best practice tips, find helpful resources, and more. Users can request to be added by sending an email to HSRProjectNavigation@einsteinmed.edu.
Study teams are encouraged to use the Human Subjects Research Project Navigation Tool designed to guide research activities throughout the project lifecycle. The Navigation Tool includes a summary of importance of each topic, requirements, best practice tips, “how to get started”, and related resources.
Have questions? Please contact Zoe Tsagaris, ICTR Administrative Director of Clinical Research Resources at zoe.tsagaris@einsteinmed.edu or 718-430-8804.
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INSIGHT Clinical Research Network |
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The INSIGHT Clinical Research Network is supported by Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to create an accessible, sustainable, scalable clinical data network to facilitate patient-centered research, learning healthcare systems, and PCORnet, a national research network. INSIGHT Network brings together Albert Einstein School of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, Columbia University and Weill Cornell Medicine/New York-Presbyterian Hospital, lcahn School of Medicine/Mount Sinai Health System, and New York University School of Medicine/Langone Medical Center. The central data repository enables researchers to perform data queries on >15 million unique patients and offers access to 11 years of longitudinal, high-quality, research-ready data.
Einstein investigators have the opportunity to get involved through study collaboration announcements, which detail study requirements and support. In addition, investigators can submit their own project proposals to take advantage and gain access to multisite study data. Interested investigators can learn more information by contacting the Health Informatics Core at HIC-Help@einsteinmed.edu.
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PRIME Research Day May 11th |
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The Psychiatry Research Institute at Montefiore Einstein will be hosting its annual PRIME Research Day on Thursday, May 11th from 1-5pm in the Price Center/Block Research Pavilion. The even will feature poster sessions, dean's welcome, keynote talks, presentation of poster awards, and presentation of the 2023 PRIME Distinguished Scientist Award. Research and clinical faculty and trainees may submit abstracts for poster presentations in areas relevant to mental illness, addiction, and behavioral health, which can include poster presentations related to basic, translational, clinical, or health services research, as well as QI projects and clinical case presentations here.
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Upcoming OBBD Spring Seminars |
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The Office of Biotechnology and Business Development will host upcoming seminars this Spring. The goal of the seminars is to educate and empower the Einstein-Montefiore community on various topics related to intellectual property (IP), commercialization, entrepreneurship, and start-up development:
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April 26: Save the date to celebrate World IP Day with us
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May 16: Osage University Partners
Click here to take a brief survey to help the office improve future seminars. To learn more and register for upcoming seminars, email Dr. Nilam Sinha.
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Science Meets Business Seminar |
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The Office of Biotechnology and Business Development will host Michael Norsen, Principal - Head of Alexandria LaunchLabs at Columbia for an informational webinar session on the Alexandria LaunchLabs early-stage venture creation competition. The webinar will take place on Tuesday, April 4th at 2pm on Zoom. To register, click here. To learn more, click here.
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Montefiore Einstein investigators continue to succeed in obtaining funding. Some of these investigators with new grant awards are (from left to right):
Carmen Isasi MD PhD, Professor, Departments of Epidemiology & Population Health (Health Behavior Research and Implementation Science) and Pediatrics (Adolescent Medicine) and Earle Chambers PhD, MPH, Professor, Departments of Family and Social Medicine and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Associate Professor, Epidemiology & Population Health (Health Behavior Research & Implementation Science).
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Research in the Headlines |
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Harold and Muriel Block Institute for Clinical and Translational Research
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