Veterans Affairs - Translational Education and Mentoring (VA-TEAM) Center

退伍军人事务部 - 转化教育和指导 (VA-TEAM) 中心

• 批准号: 10231804
• 负责人: ROBERT A. BONOMO
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-01-01 至 2025-12-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10231804
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Agencies that fund medical research are under increasing pressure to translate funded research projects to commercial entities. These commercial entities can obtain the necessary external capital needed to advance the technology to a point where it will change health care. The VA is no different in encountering these problems as a funding agency, and the problems are compounded by the VA's unique mission to address the health care needs of Veterans. But this translational research process is long, complicated, and expensive. Further, translational researchers are not trained in the skills needed to identify and address these challenges. Finally, these problems are typically faced only after significant research progress has been made, meaning that any required changes require costly delays for revisions or new studies. The VA has made tangible progress in advancing translational research, but now needs a way to embed the knowledge required for efficient technology transfer in the culture of VA researchers to increase efficiency, improve quality, and have a greater effect on the health care of Veterans. To accomplish this, the VA Translational Education and Mentoring (VA-TEAM) Center proposes a two-phase approach to educate VA's translational research community and identify VA's most promising translational research projects for experienced project management, advising, and mentoring. The long-term objective is to create a lasting culture of translational focus for the VA research network. When investigators are taught about the translational pathway from beginning to end, it changes how they think about their research and their role in the translational ecosystem. With this knowledge, they change how they approach all aspects of the research endeavor, from funding sources, grant writing, hiring students and staff, approaching mentors, and even the conferences where they choose to present their work. Underlying these changes is an understanding of the fundamental necessity of all successful translational work: developing a valuable solution to a robust clinical need. The immediate objective is to identify the VA's most promising research technologies across all four research services, and provide them with focused expertise to identify the critical work remaining to make their projects attractive for investment. To realize these objectives, VA-TEAM brings two things to the VA: first, a soup-to-nuts online curriculum through a series of existing modules and workshops. These modules walk research teams through the fundamentals of translational research from finding product-market fit to financing, all within the context of their own research projects, and with special emphasis on Veteran health and VA's strategic priorities. The second piece is an advanced, more intensive program designed to drive selected late-stage translational research to the point where it is attractive for outside investment. This is done through active project management and regular meetings with business advisors. The advisors also teach the teams in-depth lectures to increase the understanding gained in the first phase. VA-TEAM Center programming will advance VA's translational research more quickly and efficiently through the translational process, ultimately leading to increased license activity and impact on Veteran health.

资助医学研究的机构正在越来越压力转化资助的研究 向商业实体的项目。这些商业实体可以获得必要的外部资本 需要将技术推向改变医疗保健的地步。 VA没有什么不同 遇到这些问题作为资助机构，而这些问题则与VA的更加复杂 解决退伍军人的医疗保健需求的独特任务。但是这个翻译研究过程是 长，复杂且昂贵。此外，转化研究人员没有接受技能的培训 需要识别和应对这些挑战。最后，这些问题通常仅在 已经取得了重大的研究进度，这意味着任何必需的更改都需要昂贵的延迟 用于修订或新研究。 VA在推进翻译研究方面取得了切实的进步， 但是现在需要一种方法来嵌入高效技术转移所需的知识 VA研究人员提高效率，提高质量并对医疗保健产生更大的影响 退伍军人。为此，VA翻译教育和指导（VA团队）中心 提出了一种两阶段的方法，以教育VA的翻译研究社区并确定VA的 最有前途的转化研究项目，用于经验丰富的项目管理，建议和 指导。长期目标是为VA创造一种持久的翻译重点文化 研究网络。当调查人员从一开始到转化途径时 最后，它改变了他们对研究的思考及其在翻译生态系统中的作用。和 这些知识，他们从资金中改变了研究工作的各个方面的方式 资料来源，赠款写作，雇用学生和教职员工，接触导师，甚至是会议 他们选择介绍自己的作品。这些变化的基础是对基本的理解 所有成功的翻译工作的必要性：为强大的临床需求开发有价值的解决方案。 直接目标是确定VA这四种最有前途的研究技术 研究服务，并为他们提供集中的专业知识，以确定剩余的关键工作 使他们的项目对投资有吸引力。为了实现这些目标，VA团队带来了两件事 到VA：首先，通过一系列现有的模块和研讨会，在线课程进行了汤。 这些模块从发现的基础上走动研究团队。 产品市场适合融资，所有这些都在自己的研究项目中，并具有特殊 强调资深健康和VA的战略重点。第二件是高级的 密集计划旨在推动选定的后期翻译研究到 对外部投资有吸引力。这是通过积极的项目管理和常规的 与业务顾问会议。顾问还教导团队深入讲座以增加 在第一阶段获得的理解。 VA团队中心编程将推动VA的翻译 通过翻译过程更快，更有效地研究，最终导致增加 许可活动和对退伍军人健康的影响。