UNC Clinical and Translational Science Award

2005年宣布的CTSA计划引起了教职员工和 北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校(UNC-CH)领导层。该州刚刚制定了一项年度 承诺向北卡罗来纳大学-CH提供350万美元，以支持临床和翻译研究，因此我们感到处于理想的地位 创建所需的机构之家。我们征求了300多名教职员工、管理人员和其他人员的意见 利益相关者不仅来自北卡罗来纳大学，而且来自全州各地。根据他们的建议，我们 建立了翻译和临床科学(TraCS)研究所，并制定了三个简单的目标： 为我们的教职员工、医疗保健提供者和公民做好准备并增强他们的能力，将他们整合为 学科团队将积极参与临床和转化研究的方方面面， 设计和执行最高质量的翻译和临床研究项目，以及 将调查结果转化为更好的健康，迅速传播和实施经过验证的先验解决方案 国家、国家和全球层面的重要健康问题。 为了实现这些目标，由来自世界各地的资深教员组成的翻译研究咨询委员会 联合国儿童基金会系统将与社区合作，确定重要的健康问题并确定其优先顺序，并将呼吁 关于涉及这些优先事项的试点项目提案。TraCS研究部分，包括社区 成员，将对由&gt；出资3,000万美元的试点项目提案进行优先排序并提供书面评论 校园和全州有40多个单元。将在社区中实施最佳做法，以 提高公民健康水平。随着社区对TraCS研究所的反馈，这个循环还在继续。 创新领军者将帮助组建研究团队，并引导他们进入许多新的核心和 咨询服务旨在在从法官席到实践的连续过程中支持每一步。 对TraCS学院的热情在整个北卡罗来纳大学-CH校园蔓延到我们在北卡罗来纳大学的姐妹校园 系统，以及州政府的最高级别。新的基于社区的机制也将 确保与我们州公民建立全面的伙伴关系。事实上，我们已经建立了四个中的第一个 社区研究单位。我们大量的机构承诺与#年要求的资金相结合 这项申请将使TraCS Institute能够实现其作为CTSA网络中的正式合作伙伴的目标。

The announcement in 2005 of the CTSA program generatedgreat excitement among the faculty and leadership of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH). The state had just made an annual commitment of $3.5M to UNC-CH to support clinical and translational research, so we felt ideally positioned to create the required institutional home. We solicited input from over 300 faculty, administrators and other stakeholders drawn notjust from UNC-CH but from across the state. Based on their advice, we established the Translational and Clinical Sciences (TraCS) Institute and crafted three simple goals: Prepare and empower our faculty, health care providers, and citizens, assembling them into inter- disciplinary teams that will actively engage in all aspects of clinical and translational research, Design and execute translational and clinical research projects of the very highest quality, and Translate findings for better health, rapidly disseminating and implementing proven advancestosolve important health problems at the state, national, and global levels. To meet these goals, the Translational ResearchAdvisory Board, consisting of senior faculty fromacross the UNC System, will partner with communities to identify and prioritize important health issues andwill call for pilot project proposals that address these priorities. The TraCS Study Section, that includes community members, will prioritize and provide written critiques of pilot project proposals for >$30M contributed by over 40 units across campus and the state. Best practices will be implemented in the communities to improve the health of citizens. The cycle continues as communities feedback to the TraCS Institute. Innovation Champions will help form research teams and guide them to the many new cores and consultative services designed to support at every step along the bench-to-practice continuum. Enthusiasm for the TraCS Institute extends acrossthe UNC-CH campus, to our sister campuses in the UNC System, and to the highest levels of state government. Novel community-based mechanisms will also ensure a full partnership with the citizens of our state. Indeed, we have already established the first of four community research units. Our substantial institutional commitments combined with the funds requested in this application will allow the TraCS Institute to fulfill its goals as a full partner in the CTSA network.