Social Networking: A Critical Factor for Success in Biomedical Research

2. National Institutes of Health (NIH)

4. The Translational Research Gap

5. The Translation Gap

8. African American Population African Americans comprise the United States' largest racial minority, accounting for 12.1 percent of the total population in 2000 This population is concentrated largely in the southern states and urban areas

10. Impetus for the CTSA Program Implement biomedical discoveries Develop, test, and bring new prevention strategies into medical practice more rapidly Catalyze change - lower�barriers between disciplines Encourage creative and innovative approaches

12. Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA)

13. Goals for the CTSA Program Improve the way biomedical research is conducted across the country Reduce the time it takes for laboratory discoveries to become treatments for patients Engage communities in clinical research efforts Train clinical and translational researchers

15. Atlanta CTSI An inter-institutional partnership between Emory University, Morehouse School of Medicine, Children�s Healthcare of Atlanta, and Georgia Tech. The ACTSI focus is on community engagement, training C&T investigators, and reducing health disparities. The goal is to extend the CTSA philosophy of interdisciplinary interactions and connectivity to generate partnerships and collaboration beyond the consortium to organizations involved with health care throughout the nation. It is through multiple partnerships that CTSAs will transform clinical and translational research and bring new scientific advances to health care.Atlanta CTSI An inter-institutional partnership between Emory University, Morehouse School of Medicine, Children�s Healthcare of Atlanta, and Georgia Tech. The ACTSI focus is on community engagement, training C&T investigators, and reducing health disparities. The goal is to extend the CTSA philosophy of interdisciplinary interactions and connectivity to generate partnerships and collaboration beyond the consortium to organizations involved with health care throughout the nation. It is through multiple partnerships that CTSAs will transform clinical and translational research and bring new scientific advances to health care.

16. CTSA Consortium � Building Connections at Columbia University Helped inspire Columbia neurologist Petra Kaufmann, M.D., to reach outside her discipline to find a collaborator to build an apparatus to help children with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) Partnered with Elisa Konofagou, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology to design the prototype Resulted in a device to help SMA patients use their arms

17. Informatics Pilots Under Development

18. Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) Example:The West Coast Licensing Partnership Adds value by bundling related technologies over individual tools and technologies Strengthens inter-institutional relationships between member partners Increases global access to research tools by promotion of non-exclusive licensing Provides simple one-stop licensing of technologies from multiple institutions Saves time and money from negotiating multiple license agreements

19. CTSA Consortium � Building Connections with Business Schools Develop business plans, design, and implement community surveys Create innovative cross-educational programs Develop case studies to pilot programs Collaborate with international colleagues Prepare cost analyses Protect CTSA-developed patents Form industry partnership programs

20. CTSA Consortium � Building Connections at University of California, Davis Dynamics of the commercialization process of new inventions Moving along the path of research to market Purpose of intellectual property in the commercialization process When is an idea worth protecting and why Options for faculty, students, and staff in commercializing their research Resources available to navigate the journey from research to commercialization

22. Lack of exposure to industry contacts Concern that pursing commercialization will hinder academic career opportunities Failure to include patenting into research strategy, especially among senior researchers

23. Social Networking: A Tool for Biomedical Researchers

24. Twitter http://twitter.com Brief text messages (<140 characters) � great for mobile devices Application in health care, emergencies, surveillance NIH grant notices Followers Tracking

25. Twitter at NIH http://www.nih.gov/twitter.htm Syndicate - To release media content through a syndicate to be published or broadcast through multiple outlets. http://www.nih.gov/twitter.htm Syndicate - To release media content through a syndicate to be published or broadcast through multiple outlets.

27. CTSAweb.org uses Wiki

28. Social Networking at Harvard CTSA Harvard Catalyst allows researchers to: Find people Continue learning Access resources

29. Social Networking at Harvard CTSA

30. Vanderbilt StarBRITE Provides one stop shopping for research needs: Identifies resources Helps find experts Obtains regulatory support Accesses templates for research preparation and study conduct Obtains database development software Provides institutional application and research approval process support

31. CTSA Social Network Analysis (SNA) Interest Group Explores SNA as a tool to assess communication and collaboration Visually depict perceived strength of relationships among individual groups, identifying strong and weak connections among them Show changes over time in relationships, which in turn can demonstrate how the CTSA program is affecting the way individuals or groups are working with each other

32. Mapping the Evolution of Co-Authorship Networks

34. Prediction of a Rift Valley Fever (RVF) Outbreak Collaborators: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Department of Defense Walter Reed Army Institute World Health Organization US Department of Agriculture Conclusion: Report documents a prospective operational prediction of a RVF outbreak Analysis demonstrates that satellite monitoring and mapping of key climate conditions and land surface ecological dynamics are an important part of public health surveillance Study shows that satellite monitoring can help reduce the impact of outbreaks of vector-born disease

35. Thomas Edison: A Design Thinker Design Thinking Methodology imbues the full spectrum of innovation activities with an understanding of what people want and need Edison�s Approach Team-based Multidisciplinary Good business sense Nimble budget Full product launch � light bulb, electric power system, etc.

36. Design Thinkers: Personality Profiles (Harvard Business Review June 2008, Tim Brown) Empathy Look at work from multiple perspectives (colleagues, clients, end users, and customers) Integrative thinking See salient and contradictory aspects of problem and find novel solutions Optimism Assume that at least one potential solution is better than the existing alternatives Experimentalism Pose questions and explore constraints in creative ways that proceed in entirely new directions Collaboration Have significant experience in more than one discipline (engineers & marketers; anthropologists & industrial designers; architects & psychologists)

37. Aravind Eye Care System Guiding Philosophy

38. Taking a Global View of Design Thinking:Aravind Eye Care System in India More than an eye hospital Aravind is: A social organization committed to the goal of elimination of needless blindness through comprehensive eye care services An international training centre for ophthalmic professionals and trainees who come from within India and around the world An institute for research that contributes to the development of eye care. An institute to train health-related and managerial personnel in the development and implementation of efficient and sustainable eye care programs A manufacturer of world class ophthalmic products available at affordable costs