NIGMS Award: 1U54GM104944-01A1
Mountain West Research ConsortiumClinical Translational Research –
Infrastructure Network
The Mountain West CTR-IN
Robert D. Langer, MD, MPHPrincipal Investigator
Research Professor of Allied Health Sciences, UNLVAssociate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research and Professor
of Family Medicine-Las Vegas, UNSOM
What is it?
$20 million 5 year NIH Grant under the IDeA Program
Involving 13 universities across the 7 IDeA states in the Mountain West Research Consortium
What are the 7 Mountain West states?
Alaska
Hawaii
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
Wyoming
Support: to foster Clinical and Translational Research
(CTR) according to NIH Definitions
for Core Resources to facilitate the development of researchers moving into CTR
BOOTSTRAP CTR ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN WEST
“a rising tide that … … lifts all ships.”
We will sink or swim based on the increase in “R-level” translational
and clinical research that we achieve across the region over
the next 4 years
Who is in it?
What will it do?
Provide pilot grants of $40,000-$75,000/yr
Support Mini-Sabbatical and Visiting Scholar awards to build collaborations
Provide infrastructure and services through Key Component Activities
Funding preference
Promising Early Career or New Investigators developing clinical or translational research programs
Established Investigators moving from bench to translational or clinical
Projects focused on health issues relevant to the region, including those in rural and vulnerable populations
What will it do?
Use an NIH-style approach to applications and funding
Model the processes that clinical and translational investigators need to master to compete successfully for NIH support
Key Component Activities (KCAs)
Education, Mentoring & Career Development KCA
Study Design & Biostatistics KCA
Pilot Grant KCA
Administrative KCA, including editorial support, award management, Annual Meeting
EducationMentoring
Study DesignBiostat
Annual Meeting
ALL AVAILABLE regardless of whether you’ve received a
competitive award from the CTR-IN
What will it do?
Hold an Annual Meeting to share science, motivate, build collaborations, & conduct study business that will: rotate across the 13 partner institutions feature an annual research theme relevant to
health in the regionbring together supported investigators, interested
researchers from the region, key administrators from partners, external scientists, the regional biostat team, and senior project staff
First Annual Meeting at UNLV June 23 – 25, 2014
free registration, hotel rate ~ $100/night
What’s the current status?
Round 1 Pilot Grants: 24 applications, 6 awarded
Round 1A Pilot Grants: 63 applications, 14 awarded
Year 1 Pilot Grants
Round 1 Round 1A Total
Boise State 0 3 3
Idaho State 0 1 1
Montana State 2 1 3
New Mexico State 0 1 1
U Alaska - Anchorage 0 1 1
U Alaska - Fairbanks 0 1 1
U Idaho 0 1 1
U Montana 2 0 2
U Nevada Las Vegas 1 3 4
U Nevada Reno 1 1 2
U Wyoming 0 1 1
6 14 20
What’s the current status?
Round 2 Pilot Grant RFA for 7/1/14 – 6/30/15:Letters of Intent with Abstacts were due 3/7/14
122 LOIs with Abstracts received
Invitations to submit 3/14/14Applications due 4/25/14Awards announced at Annual Meeting 6/25/14Earliest start date 7/1/14
All information at: ctrin.unlv.edu
U. Alaska Anchorage 8
U. Alaska Fairbanks 5
Boise State U. 3
Idaho State U. 14
U. Idaho 8
Montana State U. 7
U. Montana 5
New Mexico State U. 9
UNR 23
UNLV 30
U. Wyoming 10
Letters of Intent for Year 2 Pilot Grants
Total 122
Visiting Scholars
Call still open
Funds must be expended by 06/30/14
4 applications to-date, all awardedU Montana – to PG Awardee
UNLV – to PG Awardee
U Hawaii
UNLV
PEOPLE!
Your First Call …
Your Local Conciergehttp://ctrin.unlv.edu/?page_id=447
Senior Leadership
Administrative Core
Bob Langer, UNLV, PI
Jim Kenyon, UNR, Proj Coord.
Carl Reiber, UNLV, Assoc. Dir.
John Foreyt, UNSOM, Eval. Dir.
Pilot Grants
Curtis Noonan, UMT, Director
Bill Shuttleworth, UNM, Assoc. Dir.
Education & Mentoring
Jillian Inouye, UNLV, Directorer
Bruce Shiramizu, UH, Mentoring
Pope Moseley, UNM, Mentoring
Merle Kataoki-Yahiro, UH, Educ
Craig Molgaard, UMT, Educ
Design, Epidemiology, Biostat
Pope Moseley, Director
UNM CTSA: Richard Larson
website
ctrin.unlv.edu
NIGMS Award: 1U54GM104944-01A1
Admin KCARobert Langer, MD, MPH, KCA Director
Carl Reiber, PhD, Assoc. DirectorJim Kenyon, PhD, Project Coordinator
CRDEB KCAPope Moseley, MD, KCA Director
Pilot Grant KCACurtis Noonan, PhD, KCA Director
AFFILIATION COLOR CODEUNLV
UNSOMU. New Mexico
U. MontanaNIH
Other Institutions
Internal Advisory Committee Carolyn Yucha, PhD, Co-Chair
Thomas Schwenk, MD, Co-ChairVPRs of all 13 Partner Universities
Robert Langer, MD, MPH, PI, ex oficioJim Kenyon, PhD, Project Coordinator, ex oficio
External Advisory Committee6 to 10 External Scientists
from outside the 7 state region
Steering CommitteeRobert Langer, MD, MPH, Principal InvestigatorJim Kenyon, PhD, Project Coordinator, Partners
John Foreyt, PhD, Project Coordinator, T&ERafael Gorospe, MD, PhD, Project Officer
Maria Canto, DDS, MS, MPH, Project Scientist
Executive CommitteePI
2 Project Coordinators3 [4 with PI] KCA DirectorsAssoc. Director, Admin KCA
Lead LiaisonCTSC Coordinator
Principal InvestigatorRobert Langer, MD, MPH
Educ & Mentoring KCAJillian Inouye, PhD, KCA Director
Mentoring Unit Education Unit
Regional Biostatistician Network
Mountain West CTR-IN Organizational StructureGovernance and Membership
UNM CTSCRichard Larson, MD, Coord.
Track & Eval UnitJohn Foreyt, PhD,
Project Coordinator
ConciergesJill Zimbelman, Lead Concierge
Regional Network