Veterans Affairs - Translational Education and Mentoring (VA-TEAM) Center

资助医学研究的机构面临着越来越大的转化资助研究的压力 商业实体的项目。这些商业实体可以获得必要的外部资本 需要将技术推进到改变医疗保健的程度。 VA 没有什么不同 作为资助机构遇到这些问题，而 VA 的 满足退伍军人医疗保健需求的独特使命。但这个转化研究过程是 又长、复杂又昂贵。此外，转化研究人员没有接受过技能培训 需要识别并应对这些挑战。最后，这些问题通常只有在 已经取得了重大的研究进展，这意味着任何必要的改变都需要代价高昂的延误 用于修订或新研究。 VA 在推进转化研究方面取得了切实进展， 但现在需要一种方法将有效技术转让所需的知识嵌入到文化中 VA 研究人员提高效率，提高质量，对医疗保健产生更大影响 退伍军人。为了实现这一目标，VA 转化教育和指导 (VA-TEAM) 中心 提出了一个两阶段的方法来教育 VA 的转化研究社区并确定 VA 最有前途的转化研究项目，适合经验丰富的项目管理、咨询和 指导。长期目标是为 VA 创建持久的翻译重点文化 研究网络。当研究人员被教导从开始到 最终，它改变了他们对研究及其在转化生态系统中的角色的看法。与 这些知识，他们改变了研究工作各个方面的方式，从资金到 来源、资助写作、雇用学生和员工、接触导师，甚至参加会议 他们选择展示自己的作品。这些变化的背后是对基本原理的理解 所有成功转化工作的必要性：针对强大的临床需求开发有价值的解决方案。 近期目标是确定 VA 在所有四个领域中最有前途的研究技术 研究服务，并为他们提供有针对性的专业知识，以确定剩余的关键工作 使他们的项目具有投资吸引力。为了实现这些目标，VA-TEAM 带来了两件事 VA：首先，通过一系列现有模块和研讨会提供全面的在线课程。 这些模块引导研究团队了解转化研究的基础知识 产品市场适合融资，所有这些都在他们自己的研究项目的范围内，并且有特殊的 强调退伍军人健康和退伍军人事务部的战略重点。第二件是更高级的，更 旨在推动选定的后期转化研究达到预期目标的强化计划 对外部投资具有吸引力。这是通过积极的项目管理和定期的 与商业顾问的会议。顾问们还为团队进行深入的讲座，以提高团队的参与度。 在第一阶段获得的理解。 VA-TEAM 中心的规划将促进 VA 的转化 通过转化过程更快、更高效地进行研究，最终导致增加 许可活动及其对退伍军人健康的影响。

Agencies that fund medical research are under increasing pressure to translate funded research projects to commercial entities. These commercial entities can obtain the necessary external capital needed to advance the technology to a point where it will change health care. The VA is no different in encountering these problems as a funding agency, and the problems are compounded by the VA's unique mission to address the health care needs of Veterans. But this translational research process is long, complicated, and expensive. Further, translational researchers are not trained in the skills needed to identify and address these challenges. Finally, these problems are typically faced only after significant research progress has been made, meaning that any required changes require costly delays for revisions or new studies. The VA has made tangible progress in advancing translational research, but now needs a way to embed the knowledge required for efficient technology transfer in the culture of VA researchers to increase efficiency, improve quality, and have a greater effect on the health care of Veterans. To accomplish this, the VA Translational Education and Mentoring (VA-TEAM) Center proposes a two-phase approach to educate VA's translational research community and identify VA's most promising translational research projects for experienced project management, advising, and mentoring. The long-term objective is to create a lasting culture of translational focus for the VA research network. When investigators are taught about the translational pathway from beginning to end, it changes how they think about their research and their role in the translational ecosystem. With this knowledge, they change how they approach all aspects of the research endeavor, from funding sources, grant writing, hiring students and staff, approaching mentors, and even the conferences where they choose to present their work. Underlying these changes is an understanding of the fundamental necessity of all successful translational work: developing a valuable solution to a robust clinical need. The immediate objective is to identify the VA's most promising research technologies across all four research services, and provide them with focused expertise to identify the critical work remaining to make their projects attractive for investment. To realize these objectives, VA-TEAM brings two things to the VA: first, a soup-to-nuts online curriculum through a series of existing modules and workshops. These modules walk research teams through the fundamentals of translational research from finding product-market fit to financing, all within the context of their own research projects, and with special emphasis on Veteran health and VA's strategic priorities. The second piece is an advanced, more intensive program designed to drive selected late-stage translational research to the point where it is attractive for outside investment. This is done through active project management and regular meetings with business advisors. The advisors also teach the teams in-depth lectures to increase the understanding gained in the first phase. VA-TEAM Center programming will advance VA's translational research more quickly and efficiently through the translational process, ultimately leading to increased license activity and impact on Veteran health.