Center for Clinical and Translational Services Advisory Committee on Clinical and Translational Science

 

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The Advisory Committee on Clinical and Translational Science (ACCTS) is responsible to the Principal Investigator of the CTSA grant and provides the overall governance of the Center. The ACCTS supervises and reviews the operations of all aspects of the Center, setting general policies, delineating common needs of Center investigators, and evaluating projects for Center use. No studies are undertaken without ACCTS approval, except for urgent studies created by an unexpected research opportunity. In these cases, temporary approval can be authorized by the IRB and Center Program Director. The role of the ACCTS includes:

  • Prioritizing projects to assist the Program Director and Co-Director in allocating Center resources (NIH-funded clinical research receives first priority);
  • Assuring implementation of NIH policy, including gender/minority diversity in study subjects;
  • Reviewing Center operations to ensure that resources are used for the most scientifically worthy projects.
  • Provides oversight of the Center budget

The ACCTS meets monthly, on the first Wednesday of each month. The membership includes six senior faculty investigators, five junior faculty investigators, six Center staff members, and two University representatives. The Center Director and Co-Director serve as ex-officio members.

To assist the ACCTS in fulfilling its role and function, a Resource Utilization form has been developed, indicating the service(s) required for Nursing (patient illness severity and/or special needs, specimen collection, invasive procedures, and laboratory tests); Bionutrition (type/frequency of patient meals, anthropometric measurements, nutrient intake assessments, special requirements); Pharmacy (types of medications, dispensing requirements, compounding and randomization/blinding); Biostatistics (experimental design, sample size determination, data analysis); and Informatics (investigators' operating system needs, data analysis software requirements, informatics consulting services). These forms are used by the ACCTS in determining project priority (NIH-funded clinical research receives first priority), and operational review to assure that ACCTS resources are used for the most scientifically worthy projects.

The Advisory Committee on Clinical and Translational Science (ACCTS)

Dana Orange, MD (Chair)

Assistant Professor of Clinical Investigation, Laboratory of Molecular Neuro-oncology

Paul Cohen, MD, PhD 

Albert Resnick, M.D. Assistant Professor, Senior Attending Physician, Laboratory of Molecular Metabolism

Barry S. Coller, MD 

Principal Investigator RUCCTS; Physician-in-Chief, Rockefeller University Hospital; Professor Head of Laboratory, Blood and Vascular Disease
Nicole M. Cruz, MD Instructor in Clinical Investigation,
Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
 

Rita Devine, RN, MPA 

Director of Nursing and Patient Services, The Rockefeller University Hospital/RUCCTS

Mark Fernands

Manager, Hospital IT, The Rockefeller University Hospital/RUCCTS

Lisa Hudgins, MD 

Attending Physician, Associate Professor, The Rogosin Institute/Weill Cornell Medical College

Manoj Kandpal, PhD

Director of Research Bioinformatics

Rhonda G. Kost, MD

Director, Clinical Research Support Office, Co-Director Community Engaged Research Core, Vice-Chair, Institutional Review Board, Associate Professor of Clinical Investigation, The Rockefeller University Center for Clinical and Translational Science

James Krueger, MD, PhD 

Rockefeller University Hospital Chief Operating Officer; Co-Director RUCCTS, Co-Principal Investigator CTSA; Professor Head of Laboratory, Investigative Dermatology

Matthew Kudelka, MD, PhD

Chief Clinical Schloar, Instructor in Clinical Investigation, Robin Chemers Neustein Laboratory of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development

Robert B. MacArthur, PharmD, MS 

Director of Pharmacy Services, The Rockefeller University Hospital/RUCCTS

Ryan Q. Notti, MD, PhD

Chief Clinical Scholar, Instructor in Clinical Investigation, Laboratory of Molecular Electron Microscopy 

Barbara O'Sullivan, MD, MPH 

Medical Director, The Rockefeller University Hospital/RUCCTS

Mira Patel, MD

Instructor in Clinical Investigation, Elizabeth and Vincent Meyer Laboratory of Systems Cancer Biology 

Christina Pressl, MD, PhD

Instructor in Clinical Investigation, Laboratory of Neural Systems
Charles Rice, PhD Professor and Laboratory Head, Virology and Infectious Diseases

Andrea Ronning, MA

Director, Bionutrition Research, The Rockefeller University Hospital/RUCCTS
Collette L. Ryder, MBA, CRA Director, Sponsored Research and Program Development

Dennis J. Schaefer-Babajew, MD

Instructor in Clinical Investigation, Laboratory of Molecular Immunology 

Sarah J. Schlesinger, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Investigation Senior Attending Physician, Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Signal Transduction

Agata Smogorzewska, MD, PhD 

Professor Head of Laboratory, Laboratory of Genome Maintenance

Teresa Solomon, Esq

Senior Associate General Counsel, University Office of General Counsel

Jonathan Tobin, PhD

President/CEO Clinical Directors Network, INC, Co-Director Community Engaged Research, Adjunct Professor and Senior Epidemiologist

Maija Williams, MPH 

Hospital Chief Operating Officer, The Rockefeller University Hospital/RUCCTS
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