CTSA Pediatric Steering Committee

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CTSA Pediatric Steering Committee

• Yale Center for Clinical Investigation
• Robert Sherwin, Director

Thomas O. Carpenter Professor of Pediatrics RSA,
CTSA Executive Committee
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Pediatric Research withinYCCI

• High Profile Pediatric Research Community
• Endocrine ID Neonatology Neurology/Child Psych
• Informatics
• Trial DB
• Community Engagement
• Schools/Community Health Centers
• Training and Career Development
• Investigational Medicine Program
• Regulatory Support
• Pediatric Protocol Review Committee

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Challenges in Pediatric Research

• Structuring the hospital-based CRC model for
  pediatric use in the format of consolidated
  centers
• Mentoring
• Pediatric specific regulatory issues
• Critical Mass problem in pediatrics
• Must avoid isolationism
• What is clinical vs. what is research?
• Defining a place for industry-sponsored research

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Goals for the Steering Committee Platform

• Meet the challenges described
• Share the Yale structure/process with other CTSA
• Develop mechanisms to translate the pediatric
  mission between institutions
• Develop potential for multicenter research
  networks