ECHO Steering Committee Support and Communications Component

迫切需要精心设计的研究来检查环境暴露对健康的影响 儿童的成果。为了解决这些知识差距，环境对儿童健康的影响 结果（ECHO）计划承诺利用现有的儿科队列来测试新的假设 环境暴露影响儿童健康。杜克临床研究所（DCRI）建议， 作为ECHO协调中心（ECHO CC），为 管理、指导和全面协调欧共体人道处的所有共同活动。DCRI是独一无二的， 领导这一雄心勃勃的计划。作为世界上最大的学术研究机构，DCRI管理着近30个 积极的网络和行政协调中心赠款，并已成为儿科临床的领导者 research.为了协调ECHO领导团队的所有职能;制定和实施 欧共体人道处业务政策和程序;为欧共体人道处制定有针对性的沟通战略 利益相关者;开发和维护ECHO门户网站，DCRI将建立ECHO CC 指导委员会支助和通信部分（SC部分）。ECHO SC 该组成部分将侧重于支持所有ECHO组成部分、调查人员和 公众DCRI领导联邦资助的协调中心的丰富经验将促进这一点 包括1）支持网络指导委员会; 2）制定网络政策和程序;以及3） 建立门户网站作为网络的门面。为实现这一愿景，SC部门将 设立三个小组：1）指导委员会支助小组将支持 ECHO领导团队，并促进管理委员会之间的沟通途径; 2） 网络门户团队将为ECHO项目创建并维护一个强大的、多功能的网络平台， 作为ECHO计划的“前门”，面向更广泛的科学界和公众， 所有欧共体人道处单位的复杂通信需求; 3）通信支助小组将 支持该计划的日常沟通需求，并领导战略的发展 ECHO计划的沟通工作计划。

Well-designed research is urgently needed to examine the impact of environmental exposures on health outcomes in children. To address these knowledge gaps, the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) program promises to leverage extant pediatric cohorts to test new hypotheses of how environmental exposures impact pediatric health. The Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI) proposes to serve as the ECHO Coordinating Center (ECHO CC) to provide the organizational framework for the management, direction, and overall coordination of all common ECHO activities. DCRI is uniquely poised to lead this ambitious initiative. As the world’s largest academic research organization, DCRI manages nearly 30 active network and administrative coordinating center grants and has emerged as a leader in pediatric clinical research. In order to coordinate all functions of the ECHO Leadership Team; develop and implement ECHO operating policies and procedures; develop targeted communication strategies for ECHO stakeholders; and develop and maintain the ECHO Web Portal, the DCRI will establish the ECHO CC Steering Committee Support and Communications Component (SC Component). The ECHO SC Component will focus on supporting communication between all ECHO components, investigators, and the public. This will be facilitated by DCRI’s extensive experience leading federally funded coordinating centers including 1) supporting network Steering Committees; 2) developing network policies and procedures; and 3) building Web Portals to serve as the face of the network. To achieve this vision, the SC Component will establish three Teams: 1) The Steering Committee Support Team will support for the integral functions of the ECHO Leadership Team and facilitate communication pathways between the governing committees; 2) The Web Portal Team will create and maintain a robust, versatile, web presence for the ECHO program that will serve as the ECHO program’s “front door” for the wider scientific community, the public and facilitate the complex communication needs for all ECHO Elements; and 3) The Communications Support Team will supporting the day-to-day communication needs of the program and lead the development of a strategic communication work plan for the ECHO Program.