CCTS enjoyed a steady stream of visitors at our Aug. 2017 Open House.More than 130 people converged on PCAMS last Wednesday for our latest Open House, which featured nine stations highlighting the Center’s latest initiatives in support of clinical and translational science. A map was provided to familiarize attendees with our domains (Research Commons, Training Academy, Clinical Translation, Partner Network, Community Engagement, and Special Modules) and the broad array of supports offered by each.
UAB nephrology expert Dr. Anupam Agarwal stands with UAB Dept. of Psychiatry staff Keith Marks and Heather Creel.
Traffic was heaviest around our newest stations, where attendees learned about the upcoming implementation of OnCore Enterprise at the Hub, the benefits of I-Corps training for scientist-entrepreneurs, the innovative ways CCTS is using the Kaizen training platform, the opportunities for multisite studies via our SHARe consortium, and the availability of project collaborations via the Informatics Gateway, a joint CCTS-UAB Informatics Institute endeavor.
CCTS Partner Southern Research (SR) was well represented! CCTS IND expert and Alabama Drug Discovery Alliance Associate Director Dr. Maaike Everts (3rd from left) joined SR site leads Drs. Mark Suto and Art Tipton (4th and 6th from left, respectively).
Attendees enjoyed the opportunity to engage with our science-savvy CCTS experts and each other and to enter a drawing for CCTS give-aways (the grand prize is a CCTS-engraved power bank). Ample refreshments, including a dessert tray at the Media table, kept the energy level high. Feedback was highly positive, with nearly everyone discovering a new opportunity that would benefit their research, career, or trainees.
“There were so many things I had never heard of!”
“I will be making use of these services during my next four years.”
New Hugh Kaul Personalized Medicine Institute (PMI) Director Dr. Matthew Might (3rd from left) visited the CCTS Special Modules station, where he discussed opportunities with Academic Drug Discovery & Device Development (AD4) program leads, Drs. Bob Hergenrother and Maaike Everts.“It was wonderful to hear about all the opportunities that are available to students.”
“Best event ever!”
If you missed our Aug. Open House, stay tuned! In the past year, the CCTS has welcomed several hundred investigators and staff from all parts of the Hub and across the southeast to the Center’s Open House events. We look forward to welcoming you to our next one!
Aug. 2017 Open House Drawing Winners
CCTS Director Dr. Robert Kimberly (center) talked clinical trials with UAB Dept. of Medicine Chair Dr. Seth Landefeld and CTAO lead Mark Marchant.Andrew Smith, MD, PhD
Vice Chair of Clinical Research
Associate Professor, Abdominal Imaging Section
UAB Medicine
Harshvardhan Singh, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
UAB Department of Physical Therapy
Melanie Turner
Director, Clinical & Patient Financial Applications
UAB Health System Information Services
One of the busiest confluence of stations was where Research Commons met Clinical Translation. Both offer several new initiatives (e.g., Informatics Gateway, 2018 CCTS Pilot funding, OnCore implementation, ClinicalTrials.gov support). Zechen Chong, PhD
Assistant Professor of Genetics
UAB Informatics Institute
Vicki Hogan
Clinical Information Systems Specialist
UAB Health System Information Services
Claire Auriemma
Program Coordinator
UAB Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Open House Resources
SHARe
ClinicalTrials.gov
I-Corps™ Info Sessions Flyer
Kaizen Flyer
SPAN and Biorepository Poster
Bionutrition Poster
Clinical Research Unit Nursing Services
Informatics Institute Gateway Poster
Informatics Institute Gateway Form
Data Access
Project Panels
CHIA 2017 Reception
Community Engagement Institute Flyer
Clinical Research Training Program (1-year TL1)
Summer CER/PCOR Program (8-week TL1)
Auburn University
HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Tuskegee University
Master of Science in Clinical Research Brochure
LACaTS Professional Development Core Brochure
Thank you list of links