Delaware Clinical and Translational Research ACCEL Program

摘要-总体 该提案是机构发展奖励计划基础设施的竞争性更新， 临床和转化研究（IDEA-CTR）（U 54）补助金最初于2013年9月授予 特拉华州大学。ACCEL CTR计划在2009年完成了九年的资助， 这个应用程序。在我们的第三个融资周期（ACCEL 3），我们的财团将由四个合作伙伴组成： 特拉华州大学（UD）-牵头机构;内穆尔儿童健康中心（Nemours）; Christiana 护理卫生系统（CCHS），特拉华州最大的卫生保健系统;和特拉华州州立大学 (DSU)这是一所美国历史上的黑人公立大学，去年加入了我们的联盟。 竞争性更新。在过去的九年里，ACCEL已经建立了一个非常强大的网络 以及特拉华州内临床和转化（C&T）研究的基础设施;而且，我们是 现在已经准备好继续我们的增长轨迹。虽然我们将继续开展活动， 使我们取得成功，我们将更加专注于建设可持续的基础设施， 一个可以在未来几年继续繁荣和成熟的国家。我们将专注于创造一个 科学文化不仅关注于改善特拉华人的健康，而且通过透镜来实现这一目标 健康公平。在我们的使命，建立一个成功的C&T的科学家在DE干部，我们将使用 采取各种办法，促进充分考虑其工作如何影响到联合国所有成员的需要， 从设计到研究实施再到研究结果的传播。我们会有很多 更加注重在我们的科学家和社区之间建立双向关系， 我们可以对特拉华人产生更大的影响。特拉华州是CTR补助金的理想州，因为它 以紧凑的形式代表整个美国。特拉华州的人口（约97万）反映了 美国人口的城乡公民比例和民族/种族多样性，其中非洲裔美国人占23%， 白人，10%西班牙裔，4%亚洲人和1%美洲原住民。因此，研究涉及的横截面， 特拉华州可以推广到全国人口。成人（CCHS）和儿童的优势 （Nemours）医院系统为该州至少85%的居民提供服务， 有机会将特拉华州作为一个模型，研究医疗改革如何影响 人口健康。ACCEL CTR计划的首要目标是创建一个统一的特拉华州 临床和转化研究社区（包括研究者和社区成员）， 打破现有障碍，利用合作伙伴的独特优势， 基础设施，并加快创造公平的解决方案，改善所有人的健康 特拉华人和所有美国人。

ABSTRACT- OVERALL This proposal is a competitive renewal of the Institutional Development Award Program Infrastructure for Clinical and Translational Research (IDeA-CTR)(U54) grant originally awarded in September 2013 to the University of Delaware. The ACCEL CTR Program, has completed nine years of funding at the time of this application. During our third funding cycle (ACCEL3), our consortium will consist of four partners: University of Delaware (UD)—the lead institution; Nemours Children’s Health (Nemours); Christiana Care Health System (CCHS), the largest health care system in Delaware; and Delaware State University (DSU), an American historically Black, public university that joined our consortium during the last competitive renewal. Over the past nine years, ACCEL has established an exceedingly strong network and infrastructure for clinical and translational (C&T) research within the state of Delaware; and, we are now poised and ready to continue our growth trajectory. While we will continue with the activities that have made us successful, we will have a sharper focus on building sustainable infrastructure across the state that can continue to thrive and mature for years to come. And, we will focus on creating a scientific culture focused, not only, on improving the health of Delawareans, but doing so through a lens of health equity. In our mission to establish a cadre of successful C&T scientists in DE, we will use various approaches to promote full consideration of how their work impacts the needs of all members of society, from design to study implementation to dissemination of findings. And, we will have a much greater focus on building a bi-directional relationship between our scientists and the community so that we can have a greater impact on Delawareans. Delaware is an ideal state for a CTR grant as it represents the whole of the USA in a compact form. The population of Delaware (~970,000) mirrors the US population in urban-to-rural citizen ratio and ethnic/racial diversity, with 23% African American, 62% Caucasian, 10% Hispanic, 4% Asian and 1% Native American. Thus, studies involving a cross-section of Delaware can be generalizable to populations nationally. The dominance of adult (CCHS) and pediatric (Nemours) hospital systems, which serve at least 85% of the residents of the state, provides a unique opportunity to treat the state of Delaware as a model for examining how healthcare changes can impact population health. The overarching goal of the ACCEL CTR Program is to create a unified Delaware Clinical and Translational Research Community (inclusive of investigators and community members) that breaks down existing barriers, capitalizes on the unique strengths of its partners to establish infrastructure and accelerates the creation of equitable solutions that improve the health of all Delawareans and all Americans.