ISPCTN Communication
As a reminder, a weekly checklist comes out each Monday highlighting action items and brief updates for clinical sites. The ECHO ISPCTN monthly bulletin comes out on the first Tuesday of each month. If you are not currently receiving the weekly checklist email, please notify us at askDCOC@uams.edu.
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NIH Program Officer
The DCOC is happy to welcome a new NIH team member to the ECHO ISPCTN family. Dr. Raju, has joined the NIH team as Program Officer. You can contact Dr. Raju at tonse.raju@nih.gov.
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ECHO ISPCTN Steering Committee
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March meeting follow up
The March Steering Committee meeting took place on Monday, March 1 and covered many important topics for the Network to include Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research and the DCOC Capitation Budget and Carryover Funds.
MEETING SLIDES
Register your team!
Virtual ECHO ISPCTN Steering Committee meeting
April 6-7, 2021
1:00 - 4:30 Central/2:00 - 5:30 Eastern
The next face-to-face steering committee will be held virtually using Zoom on April 6-7. Please take time to register your team so that the DCOC can adequately plan collaborative activities to include breakout sessions. A small task force is meeting to draft the agenda. If you have a topic that you would like considered, email Jessica Snowden at jsnowden@uams.edu
REGISTER YOUR TEAM
Date change! Save the date!
ECHO ISPCTN Steering Committee meeting
Face-to-face
September 13-14, 2021
The DCOC is planning to host the next face-to-face, in-person ECHO ISPCTN Steering Committee meeting at the Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel in Arlington, VA on September 13-14. Please note that this is a date change from earlier communication about this conference. A revised calendar invitation was sent to all Network members reflecting the change.
Registration links for team registration and hotel reservations will be shared this summer. Please do not arrange travel or make hotel reservations until the DCOC confirms that this meeting will actually take place in person.
Workshop follow up
Junior Investigator Workshop
The DCOC hosted a virtual workshop for Junior Investigators on Thursday, February 18. The event was well attended and the topics were designed to help collaboratively build research knowledge and capacity for early stage investigators in pediatric health research across the US. Topics included:
- Writing in Response to a Request for Applications
- Defining an answerable Research Question
- Aligning Specific Aims, Objectives, Approaches and Outcomes
- Approaches to Pilots vs. Multi Center Trials
VIEW WORKSHOP
Important: To view the Junior Investigator workshop as well as other professional development webinars on the ISPCTN Research Portal, you must be logged into the portal. If you need to request portal access, CLICK HERE. If you have any questions about portal access or the activities of the ECHO ISCPTN, please email AskDCOC@uams.edu
Downloadable documents from workshop:
WORKSHOP SLIDES
RFA CHECKLIST
FOLDER TITLES
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Study retention update
VDORA1 enrollment ended the week of February 22. Clinical sites have worked very hard enrolling participants into the study and exceeded initial enrollment target. Now retention is the name of the game. Sites have been instructed to contact us at AskVDORA@uams.edu if they encounter any research restrictions that limit their ability to bring VDORA1 participants in for their study visits and pharmacokinetic measurements.
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Post-intervention Phase
This week is the last week of post-intervention for the iAmHealthy study. Sites and participants are working hard to complete all of the post-intervention activities, which include at-home height/weight measurements, in-clinic height and weight measurements (DE & SC participants only), 24-hour food recall, physical activity monitoring, blinding assessment, post-trial questionnaire, technology feasibility questionnaire (only completed by iAmHealthy intervention participants), and safety calls.
As the graph below shows, a little more than a quarter of participants (27%) have completed all post-intervention activities, 89% have completed at-home height and weight measurements (required for all participants), 76% have completed in-clinic measurements, 90% have completed the 24-hour food recall (collected for 3 days), 68% of activity monitors have been returned, 61% have completed the post-trial questionnaire, and 74% have completed the technology assessment.
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2021 Pediatric Academic Societies
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Congratulations to ECHO ISPCTN for another good showing in the Pediatric Academic Societies 2021 Meeting abstract acceptance! There are three Network-wide proposals accepted:
- Maternal Hepatitis C Virus Testing and Infection Based on Rurality in Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome; David Paul, lead author on behalf of the ACT NOW CE collaborative and PPP working group; platform
- Development of a Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome (NOWS) Severity Index; Mara Coyle, lead author on behalf of ACT NOW CE collaborative; poster
- A Cluster Randomized Trial of Recruitment Methods Targeting Rural Children in Primary Care Clinics; Paul Darden, lead author on behalf of iAmHealthy study team; poster
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ACT NOW Current Experience Paper
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To access the latest ECHO ISPCTN Publications updates, click here:
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To access the ECHO ISPCTN Manuscripts Author Roster, click here:
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Deadline approaching!
NIMHD Health Disparities Research Institute 2021!
The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) will host the Health Disparities Research Institute (HDRI) virtually August 9-13, 2021.
Open Application Cycle:
Monday, February 1, 2021, 9:00 a.m. ET to Monday, March 8, 2021, 5:00 p.m. ET.
The HDRI aims to support the research career development of promising early-career minority health and health disparities research scientists, and to stimulate research in disciplines supported by health disparities science.The program will feature:
- Lectures on minority health and health disparities research
- Mock grant review
- Seminars and small group discussions
Please note that applications will only be accepted from extramural scientists who meet NIH’s Early Stage Investigator (ESI) eligibility criteria. Also, NIH and HHS staff, including persons in fellowships/training at NIH or an HHS agency, are not eligible to apply.
APPLY HERE
For questions or more information, email HDRI@nih.gov
MAGI's Spring 2021 Conference
April 26 - May 6, 2021
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Central/11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Eastern
The conference will be fully virtual covering many topics of interest to research team members at all levels through 80+ session and eight tracks: clinical operations & project management, quality & risk management; site management; contracts; budgets & billing; regulatory compliance; management & professional skills; working; and special topics. Session recordings will be available during the conference and for the following two weeks.
REGISTER HERE
Summer Institute on Randomized Behavioral Clinical Trials
July 23, - August 1, 2021
Application deadline: February 15, 2021
The NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR), in collaboration with the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), will hold the 21st annual Summer Institute on Randomized Behavioral Clinical Trials from July 23 – August 1, 2021. The Institute will be held at the Bolger Center in Potomac, Maryland if possible, but it will be held virtually instead if the COVID-19 pandemic prevents us from meeting in person.
APPLICATION
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Share the Good News from your Site!
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If you have good news that you would like to share in the ECHO ISPCTN Monthly Bulletin please email AskDCOC@uams.edu
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