In This Issue
- Watch: Lifespan Research Video
- New K12 Learning Health System Grant Available
- Partnership with Bronx Community for National Research Cohort
- NYC RING Convocation December 2018
- Research in the Headlines
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Video Highlights Lifespan Research at Einstein-Montefiore
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The
Lifespan Research and Special Populations Core
of the ICTR, directed by Drs. Carmen Isasi and Rick Kaskel, has created an
informational video
on lifespan research at Einstein-Montefiore. The core's aim is to harness the promise of lifespan research to better investigate the causes and possible prevention of disease. By bringing together researchers and clinicians from specialties across the lifespan to collaborate, the ICTR hopes to boost understanding of health and disease and the complex web of experiences, exposures and genetics that affect them. By providing resources and expertise to expand the lifespan research approach throughout the Einstein-Montefiore community, the ICTR core aims to contribute to advances across a range of diseases, including children's health, and to better identify -- and prevent -- the impacts of health disparities.
To learn more about the lifespan and special populations core of the ICTR,
click here
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Call for Learning Health System Scholar Applications
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Earlier this month, Einstein-Montefiore received a new $3.3 million grant to establish a Learning Health System (LHS) Center of Excellence that offers an exciting training opportunity for clinician-scholars. The new program, called
Excellence in Promoting LHS Operations and Research at Einstein/Montefiore (EXPLORE)
, is one of 11 nationally and the only one in New York established by funding from AHRQ and PCORI. EXPLORE co-PI’s are Diane McKee MD, Michael Rinke MD, PhD, and Chinazo Cunningham MD.
The grant is the first of its kind focused on training LHS investigators. Unlike most other federal training grants at Einstein, this K12 is
seeking applicants with doctorate degrees in a range of disciplines
—from physicians and nurses to pharmacists and data scientists—who have a demonstrated interest in quality improvement, are committed to pushing the field ahead, and can bring a diversity of perspectives and skills to the group. Like most research, quality improvement requires a team approach, and we want to make sure our training program reflects that. Applicants will need to make a two- to three-year commitment, with support from their department chair and/or division chief.
To have the greatest impact on the health system, the new training program has an unusual structure:
the health system identifies the improvement initiatives, and the trainees are matched to them based on interest and background
. In this way, the scholar can immediately join an existing team focused on the project, learning in the “real world” while taking courses to develop the necessary knowledge and skills for a career as a LHS investigator.
First year applications are due November 19th 2018.
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New Grant Aimed at National Study of Pediatric Hypertension
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Michael Rinke MD, PhD
has recently been awarded an
R01 entitled "Comprehensive Pediatric Hypertension Diagnosis and Management" by AHRQ. This grant proposes to conduct a multisite, prospective, cluster-randomized trial, broadening and deepening his prior work on recognition of pediatric elevated blood pressure, which will test methodologies to ensure every pediatric patient is screened, and if hypertension or elevated blood pressure are present, diagnosed and managed appropriately and expeditiously. This project will randomize at least 60 pediatric practices from across the country in a stepped-wedge fashion to a hypertension quality improvement collaboratives without subspecialist involvement, with subspecialist involvement and with pediatrician hypertension diagnosis and management, and subspecialist back-up.
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BCHN Awarded
All of Us Funding
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The
Bronx Community Health Network (BCHN)
was awarded a grant from the NIH-sponsored national Precision Medicine Initiative
All of Us Research Program
to manage engagement, enrollment and retention of their patients into the cohort, performing physical evaluations and collecting biospecimens, and providing electronic health record data.
The goal of the Precision Medicine Initiative Cohort Program through
All of Us
is to build a research cohort of one million or more U.S. volunteers who are engaged as partners in a longitudinal, long-term effort to transform the understanding of factors contributing to individual health and disease.
BCHN is a network of community and school based health centers in the Bronx offering health services at low costs and for all ages and will be enrolling participants into the national cohort, while the Einstein-Montefiore's informatics team at the
Center for Health Data Innovations
will be using Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership (OMOP) to link participants and their EHR data with the national cohort.
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Save the Date: NYC RING Convocation Features UK Health Leader
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The 2018 NYC RING (Research and Improvement Networking Group) Convocation of Practices will be held on Thursday, December 6th at 4:30pm at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel in Tarrytown, NY and is presented in conjunction with the Montefiore Hudson Valley Collaborative. This event brings together NYC RING participating clinicians, researchers and investigators from throughout partner sites as they showcase the wide variety of practice-based research and quality improvement activities being conducted, and to discuss opportunities for collaboration.
The Keynote speaker will be
Dr. Helen Bevan, OBE, Chief Transformation Officer, UK National Health Service
. Dr. Bevan is a senior leader and change agent in the English National Health Service (NHS) and has been at the forefront of many NHS improvement initiatives that have made a difference for thousands of patients and staff who care for them.
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NIH Single IRB Policy Reminder
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The
NIH Single IRB Policy
requiring single IRB review of multi-site research has been in effect since January 25, 2018. If you are preparing an NIH grant application that you believe may be subject to this policy, please follow the link below to complete a quick online IRB Reliance Request form. The Einstein IRB will review and process the request within 2 business days. If the Einstein IRB approves the request, a Letter of Support indicating that Einstein is willing to enter into a reliance agreement will be provided to you.
Please note that you should submit your reliance request form and receive approval from the Einstein IRB regarding your proposed reliance arrangement
before
submitting your grant application.
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Human Studies Made Easier with SMART IRB
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The Streamlined, Multisite, Accelerated Resources for Trials IRB Reliance platform (
SMART IRB
) allows researchers across multiple institutions to streamline the IRB review process by offering a master IRB agreement and a web based system for investigators to request, track, and document study-specific reliance agreements. SMART IRB was launched in 2016 and Einstein-Montefiore was a founding member of the platform. Since then, this growing national IRB reliance network has spread to 491 institutions, including all CTSA hubs across the US. To learn more about how SMART IRB can help in your next multisite trial, check out their
website
and contact
Stefanie Juell
from the IRB.
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On November 30th from 7:30am to 4pm, Einstein and the Kidney & Urology Foundation of America Inc. will host an all day conference,
The Life Course of Lupus
: from birth to adulthood with lessons learned from the bench. This event is for pediatric and adult nephrologists, rheumatologists, nurses, fellows, residents, students, and other health care professionals with an interest in systemic lupus erythematosus and lupus nephritis. The conference will be held at the New York Academy of Medicine and registration details can be fund online
here
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Research in the Headlines
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Harold and Muriel Block Institute for Clinical and Translational Research
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