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CCTS External Advisory Committee Meeting
December 2-3, 2019, Birmingham, AL
We look forward to seeing you at the upcoming CCTS External Advisory Committee Meeting, which will take place in Birmingham, AL, on December 2-3. Below, please find an overview and some logistic guidance.
HOTEL
We are pleased to provide you two options, located across the street from each other and within walking distance of the EAC meeting venue. You must reserve your own lodging.
Residence Inn by Marriott Birmingham Downtown at UAB
Hilton Birmingham at UAB
https://www.hilton.com/en/hi/groups/personalized/B/BHMHHHH-DSC-20191202/index.jhtml?WT.mc_id=POG
WELCOME RECEPTION AND DINNERMonday, December 2, 2019
~6pm – 8pm
Vulcan Park and Museum
1701 Valley View Dr, Birmingham, AL 35209
(transportation will be available from the hotel)
EAC MEETINGTuesday, December 3, 2019
~7:30am – 3:30pm
UAB Wallace Tumor Institute, 1824 6th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35233
EAC AGENDAThe agenda is in active development now. Your input is most welcome and encouraged re: topics to address, recommended presenters, issues to explore, etc. Please forward suggestions to Dr. Robert Kimberly, cc: Dr. Jennifer Croker (
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EAC MEMBERSAlan Brasier, MD (link), University of Wisconsin, Madison
Daniel Ford, MD, MPH (link), Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Paul Harris, PhD (link), Vanderbilt University
Katherine E. Hartmann, MD, PhD (link), Vanderbilt University
Sundeep Khosla, MD (link), Mayo Clinic
Susan Perkins, PhD (link), Indiana University (*new)
QUESTIONSIf you have any questions about the upcoming meeting, please do not hesitate Jamye Hester (
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NCATS Visit
December 17-18, 2019, Birmingham, AL
We look forward to seeing you at the upcoming NCATS Visit to the CCTS Partner Network, which will take place in Birmingham, AL, on December 17-18. Below, please find an overview and some logistic guidance.
HOTELWe are pleased to provide you two options, located across the street from each other and within walking distance of the NCATS Visit meeting venue. You must reserve your own lodging.
Residence Inn by Marriott Birmingham Downtown at UAB
Book your group rate for CCTS NCATS
Hilton Birmingham at UAB
Please call (205) 933-9000 to make a reservation. You may indicate participation in an UAB-based meeting and request the meeting rate.
NCATS VISIT MEETING
Wednesday, December 18, 2019
~8:00am – 3:30pm
UAB Wallace Tumor Institute, 1824 6th Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35233
NCATS VISIT AGENDAThe agenda is in active development now. Your input is most welcome and encouraged re: topics to address, recommended presenters, issues to explore, etc. Please forward suggestions to Dr. Robert Kimberly, cc: Dr. Jennifer Croker (
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NCATS REPRESENTATIVES
Michael G. Kurilla, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Division of Clinical Innovation
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
National Institutes of Health
Michael Kurilla is the director of the Division of Clinical Innovation at NCATS. In this capacity, he oversees the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program, which supports innovative solutions to advance the efficiency, quality and impact of translational science, with the ultimate goal of getting more treatments to more patients more quickly. Prior to joining NCATS, Kurilla served as the director of the Office of Biodefense Research Resources and Translational Research within the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), where he focused on translational efforts toward infectious disease product development, including vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics, with emphasis on biodefense and emerging infectious disease threats. Prior to joining NIAID in 2003, Kurilla was an associate director for infectious diseases at Wyeth. He also worked in antimicrobials at DuPont and on clinical microbiology and molecular pathology at the University of Virginia Health Sciences Center. Kurilla received his M.D. and his Ph.D. in microbiology and immunology from Duke University. He was a postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard Medical School and completed a residency in pathology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He received a B.S. in chemistry from the California Institute of Technology.
Erica K. Rosemond, Ph.D.
Deputy Director, CTSA Program Hubs,
Division of Clinical Innovation
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
National Institutes of Health
Erica K. Rosemond is the deputy director of the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program hubs in the Division of Clinical Innovation (DCI). Rosemond joined NCATS as a program director in the DCI in October 2015. She provides programmatic direction for multiple CTSA Program hubs and the two CTSA Program Coordinating Centers: the Center for Leading Innovation and Collaboration and the CTSA Program National Center for Data to Health. She also contributes to the program’s Workforce Development Domain Task Force, the Informatics Domain Task Force and the CTSA Program Collaborative Innovation Awards. Rosemond earned her Ph.D. in pharmaceutical sciences at the University of Toronto in Canada, where she specialized in the neurosciences. She joined NIH in 2005 and trained in the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases as a fellow in the Intramural Research Program. Prior to joining NCATS, Rosemond managed grant portfolios at the National Cancer Institute and the National Institute of Mental Health, supporting research education, career development and training. She has provided support to the NIH Advisory Committee to the Director Working Group on the Biomedical Workforce and led education and training efforts for the NIH Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative and the NIH Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K) initiative.
QUESTIONSIf you have any questions about the upcoming meeting, please do not hesitate to contact Jamye Hester (
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ; 205.934.7442) or Jennifer Croker, PhD (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ; 205.996.4478).