The Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) consortium is funded by the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The CTSA consortium aims to improve human health by transforming the research and training environment to enhance the efficiency and quality of clinical and translational research. This consortium includes 46 medical research institutions located throughout the nation. When fully implemented by 2012, about 60 institutions will be linked together to energize the discipline of clinical and translational science. UIC received a CTSA award in 2009 to establish Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences (CCTS). The UIC CCTS has six research service cores: Biomedical Informatics; Clinical Interface (includes Clinical Research Center); Community Engagement and Research; Design and Analysis; Regulatory Support and Advocacy; and Translational Technologies and Resources. The Evaluation and Tracking program within CCTS is focused on the utilization, quality, and productivity of our activities. Feedback from CCTS investigators, along with long-term parameters of quality and productivity, such as the number of publications emanating from and the number of extramural grants awarded to CCTS supported projects, will be tracked. Data collection and analysis systems will be constructed so that the CCTS will be able to document success or failure of all programmatic activities, including the potential causes or reasons for success or failure. These will be used in shaping our internal processes as well as in continuous feedback to the CCTS Leadership and all Core Directors.
For more information please see the following sites:
Evaluation and Tracking Team Products
Posters:
the_added_value_of_qualitative_research_to_ctsa_evaluations.pdf
determinants_of_research_involvement_in_translational_activities.pdf
a_multi-method_assessment_of_pilot_grants_and_research_collaboration.pdf
what_explains_faculty_use_of_center_for_clinical_and_translational_science_services.pdf
who_uses_what_service_users_at_uics_center_for_clinical_and_translational_science.pdf
tracking_translational_collaborations_and_activities_at_the_uic_ccts.pdf
using_social_network_analysis_to_understand_user_communities.pdf
whats_behind_a_successful_ctsa_outcome.pdf
methods_for_identifying_translational_researchers_and_scientists.pdf
collaboration_and_productivity_outcomes_for_pilot_grant_awardees.pdf
Papers & presentations:
human_capital_social_capital_determinants_of_in_translational_activity_.pdf
Kyungwoo Kim and Eric W. Welch
Presented at the Fourth Annual International Science of Team Science Conference, Northwestern University, June 25, 2013
methods_for_identifying_translational_researchers1.pdf
Mary K. Feeney, Tim P. Johnson, and Eric W. Welch