Eastern DDRCC Alliance

摘要 东部DDRCC联盟（包括波士顿儿童医院和哈佛医学院，约翰 霍普金斯大学、马萨诸塞州总医院、南卡罗来纳州医科大学、 北卡罗来纳州大学、宾夕法尼亚大学、匹兹堡大学、范德比尔特 大学和耶鲁大学），以提高P30的有效性 通过协作和互动。所有个别的复员方案协调中心都有助于鼓励和促进 在消化系统疾病和辅助疾病领域的研究者之间进行跨学科合作 在自己的医疗中心进行研究。鉴于通讯方法的最新进展， 并认识到这些方法可以而且是有效的，我们认为现在是时候创造 在区域上彼此邻近的中心的联盟。总的来说，建立东部联盟 将通过促进以下各方加强合作，为整个DDRCC计划做出重大贡献： 解除武装、复员和重返社会协调中心并扩大其影响，使之超出其现有能力。 该提案的具体目标包括：（1）开始联盟广泛分享浓缩方案， （2）发展初级研究员交流计划。预计这些具体目标 将为联盟内部未来更大的合作机会提供一个重要的启动点。

Abstract The Eastern DDRCC Alliance (including (Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, John’s Hopkins University, The Massachusetts General Hospital, The Medical University of South Carolina, The University of North Carolina, The University of Pennsylvania, The University of Pittsburgh, Vanderbilt University, and Yale University) is proposed to be created in an effort to improve the effectiveness of P30 centers through collaboration and interaction. All individual DDRCCs serve to encourage and foster interdisciplinary collaboration amongst established investigators in digestive disease and ancillary research programs within their own medical center. Given recent advances in communication methods, and a recognition that such approaches can be and are effective, we believe that now is the time to create an alliance of centers in regional proximity of one another. In aggregate, creation of the Eastern Alliance will contribute substantially to the overall DDRCC program by promoting enhanced collaboration among DDRCCs and extending their impact beyond their current capabilites. The specific aims of the proposal include to (1) begin an Alliance wide sharing of enrichment programs, and (2) develop a junior investigator exchange program. It is expected that these particular specific aims will provide an essential launch point to future greater collaborative opportunities within the Alliance.