. As one of the nation's leading academic research cente'rs, the University of Pittsburgh has both an opportunity and an obligation to take the inherent risks associatedwith reengineering a successful research enterprise to undertake a transformative initiative that will result in the development and advancementof clinical and translational science as a distinct discipline in western Pennsylvania. The University is committed to transforming its culture, environment, and structure to achieve this goal by forming the Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI). The CTSI will serve as the integrative academic home for clinical and translational scientists across the University's six health sciences schools;Carnegie Mellon University;the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), one of the nation's largest and most financially successful academic health care systems;and the region. The CTSl's primary focus is to develop, nurture, and support a cadre of clinical and translational scientists by building on the University's existing clinical researchtraining programs (Roadmap K12, K30) to establish a comprehensive program with activities ranging from early research exposure for high school students to advanced doctoral programs. Through """"""""integration and innovation,"""""""" the CTSI will excel in the development of new biomedical knowledge and the translation of that knowledge from the basic and preclinical research settings to individuals, communities, and healthpractice. The Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh's General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) and the four sites of the University of Pittsburgh GCRC will be reengineered, integrated, and augmented by new CTSI community- based and minority health focused centers to develop efficient, accessible, and widely used participant and . clinical interaction resources. The CTSI Center for Clinical and Translational Informatics, which is developing translational research informatics tools for the NCI Cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid Initiative, will infuse informatics tools into the entire lifecycle of clinical research studies and develop an online collaborative research community. Innovative interdisciplinary researchinitiatives will be developed through the ten CTSI resource cores and translated to health practice via a novel CTSI community partnership program and through centralization of UPMC's extensive clinical networks.The resulting transformations in the institution, scientist, research,and health practice will improve health locally, regionally, and nationally.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
Type
Linked Training Award (TL1)
Project #
5TL1RR024155-04
Application #
7661660
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZRR1-CR-3 (01))
Program Officer
Beck, Lawrence A
Project Start
2006-09-30
Project End
2011-06-30
Budget Start
2009-07-01
Budget End
2010-06-30
Support Year
4
Fiscal Year
2009
Total Cost
$320,119
Indirect Cost
Name
University of Pittsburgh
Department
Internal Medicine/Medicine
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
004514360
City
Pittsburgh
State
PA
Country
United States
Zip Code
15213
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