Buffalo Clinical and Translational Research Center

布法罗翻译联盟（BTC），其中包括布法罗大学（UB）健康科学 学校，我们地区的主要医疗机构，四个重点研究机构和五个有影响力的社区 合作伙伴，已经开始了一项全面的战略计划，为临床和 翻译研究，以回应我们的社会需求。布法罗是纽约州第二大人口城市 约克州有着丰富的文化历史。2018年布法罗代表性不足的少数民族比例（50%） 与美国2050年的预测相似，使布法罗成为美国30年后的缩影。 我国人口中同样比例的人经历着健康差距。我们CTSA中心的愿景是 创新的研究，在整个翻译频谱，以改善我们的社区和国家的健康。 我们将开发、测试和分享新的方法，以吸引难以吸引的人群，并减少健康问题。 我们的社会代表着“未来的人口”。在我们的愿景指导下，CTSA 自我们的CTSA于2015年8月首次获得资助以来， 临床和转化研究的增长。此外，在过去的一年里，UB医学院已经进入 一个壮观的新建筑和我们的临床合作伙伴，Kaleida健康，该地区最大的医疗保健系统， 开设了新的Oishei儿童医院，无论是在布法罗尼亚加拉医学院校园，并连接到 临床和转化研究中心完全致力于临床和转化研究，于2009年开业。 2012.该地区医疗保健和研究的快速持续增长导致了 新的21世纪世纪学术健康中心，医疗保健，医学教育，临床和翻译 在布法罗中心的一个校园进行研究，创建一个基础，以提高我们的CTSA的影响，甚至 进一步.在启动我们的CTSA的同时，我们通过主办 并将创新实验室作为团队科学工具进行测试，与多个中心合作， 我们与CTSA联盟开发的研究障碍和共享工具，包括新的健康 信息学工具。我们的CTSA有五个雄心勃勃但可以实现的目标，包括：1）加速创新 与社区、区域利益攸关方和国家联盟合作的团队进行转化研究; 2)培养一支优秀的、多样化的劳动力队伍，以促进发现的翻译; 3）加强对特殊知识的包容性， 整个生命周期的人群和难以参与的人群; 4）简化临床研究过程 注重质量和效率，重点是多中心研究; 5）开发，测试和共享生物医学 信息学工具，以整合来自多个来源的数据，以加快翻译。以我们的愿景为指导， 研究，以改善我们的社区和国家的健康，我们将继续我们的势头，扩大 转化研究，培训我们多样化的员工队伍，简化流程，参与我们的社区，并积极 为国家财团做贡献。

The Buffalo Translational Consortium (BTC), which includes the University at Buffalo (UB) health sciences schools, the major healthcare institutions in our region, four key research institutes and five influential community partners, have embarked on a comprehensive strategic plan to build a strong foundation for clinical and translational research in response to our community needs. Buffalo is the second most populous city in New York State and has a rich cultural history. The proportion of underrepresented minorities in Buffalo in 2018 (50%) parallels that projected for the US in 2050, making Buffalo a microcosm of what the US will look like in 30 years. A similar proportion of our population experiences health disparities. The vision for our CTSA hub is to perform innovative research across the translational spectrum to improve the health of our community and the nation. We will develop, test and share novel approaches to engage difficult-to-engage populations and reduce health disparities in our community, which represents a “population of the future”. Guided by our vision, the CTSA has catalyzed a transformation of our environment since our CTSA was first funded in August 2015 with remarkable growth in clinical and translational research. Further, in just the past year, the UB medical school has moved into a spectacular new building and our clinical partner, Kaleida Health, the largest healthcare system in the region, opened the new Oishei Children’s Hospital, both on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus and connected to the Clinical and Translational Research Center devoted entirely to clinical and translational research that opened in 2012. This rapid and continuing trajectory of growth in healthcare and research in the region has resulted in a new 21st century Academic Health Center with healthcare, medical education and clinical and translational research on one campus in the heart of Buffalo, creating a foundation to enhance the impact of our CTSA even further. While launching our CTSA, we have prioritized participation in the national consortium through hosting and testing Innovation Labs as a team science tool, working with multiple hubs on initiatives to solve translational research barriers and sharing tools that we have developed with the CTSA consortium, including novel health informatics tools. Our CTSA has five ambitious but achievable aims, including: 1) Accelerate innovative translational research with teams that engage communities, regional stakeholders and the national consortium; 2) Train an excellent, diverse workforce to advance translation of discoveries; 3) Enhance inclusion of special populations across the lifespan and difficult-to-engage populations; 4) Streamline clinical research processes focusing on quality and efficiency with emphasis on multisite studies; 5) Develop, test and share biomedical informatics tools to integrate data from multiple sources to speed translation. Guided by our vision to perform research to improve the health of our community and the nation, we will continue our momentum to expand translational research, train our diverse workforce, streamline processes, engage our community, and actively contribute to the national consortium.