ICTR March 2023 Newsletter                            
MARCH 2023 NEWSLETTER
In This Issue

  • The ICTR Supports Working with Bronx Community Organizations
  • CRTP Graduates Featured by Department of Medicine
  • Recruitment Support Offered
  • Register for Translational Science 2023
  • New Policy for Start-up Companies and Related Conflicts of Interest
The ICTR Partners with Bronx Community Organizations
The ICTR's Community and Stakeholder Engagement Core, led by Drs. Carmen Isasi and Earle Chambers works to ensure that community engagement occurs across the full spectrum of clinical and translational research. The Core is closely allied with the Health Research Implementation Core to enhance community engagement with research that impacts health care.

The Core works with The Bronx Health Link (TBHL) to expand collaborations and engagement with the Bronx community and healthcare partners. It helps advance life span, child health, and aging research across genders and special populations, by working with the Bronx Community Research Review Board (BxCRRB). Other collaborations include:

To learn more about the Community and Stakeholder Engagement Core, click here.
CRTP Graduates Shine in the Department of Medicine
Recently four graduates of the ICTR's Clinical Research Training Program (CRTP) were featured by the Department of Medicine. Drs. Krystal Cleven, Ruby Greywoode, Angela Lombardi, and Hyun Ah Yoon graduated in Spring 2022 with a Master of Science in Clinical Research Methods and are part of the Department of Medicine.

The CRTP is an intensive two-year program designed for those pursuing a career in investigator-initiated, hypothesis-driven clinical research. The CRTP is a comprehensive program that combines didactic learning and coursework with a mentored research experience. CRTP scholars are drawn from all of Einstein-Montefiore’s medical specialties and subspecialties, including those interested in clinical investigation across the entire translational research spectrum, from mechanistic studies to population-based and health services research.

To learn more, click here.
Recruitment Support Offered
The ICTR offers recruitment consultations for investigators and study teams. Consultations can involve education on recruitment and retention best practices, strategic planning, and implementation to assist study teams in meeting their enrollment goals. If interested, please contact K. Zoe Tsagaris, Director- Clinical Research Resources, at zoe.tsagaris@einsteinmed.edu or 718-430-8804.
Attend Translational Science 2023 in Washington, DC
Translational Science 2023 is the annual meeting of the Association for Clinical and Translational Science (ACTS) for trainees, educators, researchers, physician scientists, and other health professionals engaged in clinical and translational science. This year's event will be a live meeting with a focus on “Innovating Translational Science for Research". Translational Science 2023 will be held in person in Washington, DC from April 18-20, with pre-meeting activities on April 17th. To learn more and register, click here.
Research Community News
Upcoming OBBD Spring Seminars
The Office of Biotechnology and Business Development will host upcoming seminars this Spring. The goal of the seminars is to educate and empower the Einstein-Montefiore community on various topics related to intellectual property (IP), commercialization, entrepreneurship, and start-up development:
  • March 20: MilliporeSigma - “Million Dollar Reagents”
  • April 26: Save the date to celebrate World IP Day with us
  • May 16:     Osage University Partners

Click here to take a brief survey to help the office improve future seminars. To learn more and register for upcoming seminars, email Dr. Nilam Sinha.
Engaging the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Workforce
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) recently issued a Request for Information to engage the PCORI community regarding the opportunities to develop and support the PCOR workforce. For this RFI, PCORI seeks input on the opportunities, gaps and challenges in the current PCOR workforce landscape, and input on additional programmatic initiatives, investments and/or partnerships that would accelerate the development of the PCOR workforce, and facilitate the conduct of PCOR and in alignment with PCORI’s National Priorities for Health, Research Agenda, and Strategic Plan.
New Policy for Start-up Companies and Related Conflicts of Interest
The Office of Human Research Affairs, which administers the Einstein Conflict of Interest (COI) committee, has published a new policy, Einstein-Associated Start-up Companies and Related Conflicts of Interest Policy. Entrepreneurship among the Einstein community has been increasing in recent years, with the goal of bringing innovations from the College to the marketplace. In response, we have adapted policies that are becoming standardized across institutions to mitigate the COIs that result from such collaborations with start-ups and safeguard objectivity in the research conducted at the College. 

If you already have a relationship with a start-up, or if you intend to establish one in the future, we would highly encourage you to read the new policy. In particular, there are new requirements related to the holding of C-suite positions and federal SBIR/STTR awards. Any questions can be directed to Christopher Eichstedt, Assistant Director of Policy and Regulator Compliance in the Office of Human Research Affairs.
Spotlight on Success
The ICTR would like to congratulate two of its faculty members on their promotions: 

Carmen Isasi MD, PhD has been promoted to professor with tenure in the departments of Epidemiology and Population Health (Health Behavior Research and Implementation Science) and Pediatrics (Adolescent Medicine).

Earle Chambers PhD, MPH has been promoted to professor with tenure in the departments of Family and Social Medicine and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. He is also an Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology & Population Health (Health Behavior Research & Implementation Science).



Both Drs. Isasi and Chambers lead the ICTR's Community and Stakeholder Engagement Core.
Research in the Headlines
Harold and Muriel Block Institute for Clinical and Translational Research