Governance
Advisory Committee for Clinical and Translational Science (ACCTS)
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.
| Membership of the ACCTS | |
|---|---|
| Robert Darnell, MD, PhD (Chair) | Senior Research Associate, Laboratory of Biochemical Genetics and Metabolism |
| Yupu Liang, PhD | Manager, Hospital Informatics Core |
| Ryder, L. Collette, MBA, CRA | Director, Sponsored Research and Program Development |
| Barry S. Coller, MD | Director CCTS, Principal Investigator CTSA; Physician-in-Chief, Rockefeller University Hospital; Professor & Laboratory Head, Blood and Vascular Disease |
| Rita Devine, RN, MPA | Acting Director of Nursing and Patient Care Services |
| Lisa C. Hudgins, MD | Attending Physician, Associate Professor, The Rogosin Institute/Weill Cornell Medical College |
| Rhonda Kost, MD | Clinical Research Support Officer |
| James Krueger, MD, PhD | Rockefeller University Hospital Chief Operating Officer (C.E.O.); Co-Director CCTS, Co-Principal Investigator CTSA; Professor & Laboratory Head, Investigative Dermatology |
| Michelle Lowes, MD, PhD | Assistant Professor of Clinical Investigation, Laboratory of Investigative Dermatology |
| Barbara O'Sullivan, MD, MPH | Rockefeller University Hospital Medical Director; Hospitalist |
| Charles Rice, PhD | Professor and Laboratory Head, Virology and Infectious Diseases |
| Andrea Ronning, MA, RD | Director, Bionutrition Research |
| Sarah Schlesinger, MD | Research Associate Professor, Laboratory of Cellular Physiology and Immunology |
| Teresa Solomon, Esq | Assistant Counsel, University Office of General Counsel |
| Maija Williams, BA, MPH | Administrative Director |
| Roger Vaughn, MS, DrPH | Biostatistician |
| Consultants/Ad Hoc Reviewers | |
|---|---|
| Arleen Auerbach, PhD | Consultant, Associate Professor, Human Genetics and Hematology |
| Donna Brassil | Clinical Research Nurse Facilitator |
