ECHO Steering Committee Support and Communications Component

迫切需要精心设计的研究来检验环境暴露对健康的影响 对儿童的影响。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 环境暴露影响儿科健康。杜克临床研究所(DCRI)建议 作为ECHO协调中心(ECHO CC)，为 管理、指导和全面协调所有共同的回声活动。DCRI独一无二地准备好 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的资助，并已成为儿科临床的领导者 研究。以协调Echo领导团队的所有职能；开发和实施 Echo运营政策和程序；为Echo制定有针对性的沟通策略 利益相关者；并开发和维护ECHO门户网站，DCRI将建立ECHO CC 指导委员会支助和沟通部分(SC部分)。Echo SC 组件将侧重于支持所有ECHO组件、调查器和 公开的。这将得到DCRI领导联邦资助的协调中心的丰富经验的推动 包括1)支持网络指导委员会；2)制定网络政策和程序；3) 建立门户网站，作为网络的代言人。为了实现这一愿景，SC组件将 设立三个小组：1)指导委员会支助小组将支持 呼应领导团队，促进管理委员会之间的沟通渠道；2) 网络门户团队将为ECHO计划创建和维护强大、多功能的网络存在，该计划将 作为ECHO计划为更广泛的科学界、公众和促进 所有回声元素的复杂通信需求；以及3)通信支持团队将 支持计划的日常沟通需求，并领导制定战略 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.