Notice Number: NOT-AT-05-005

Key Dates
Release Date: October 27, 2005

Issued by
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), (http://nccam.nih.gov/)
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR/NIH), (http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/)
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR/NIH), (http://www.ninr.nih.gov/)
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR/NIH), (http://www.ncrr.nih.gov/)

The NIH Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) is a Roadmap initiative (RFA-RM-06-002; RFA-RM-06-001) to catalyze the development of a new discipline of clinical and translational science. All NIH institutes and centers are participating and partnerships in the CTSA are strongly encouraged between schools of medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, osteopathy, public health, engineering and other clinically related institutions and clinical research entities. At this CTSA pre-submission VideoCast, which is a follow-up to the initial pre-submission meeting held on Oct 17th, NCRR staff will explain the goals and objectives of the CTSA program. Staff of NCCAM, NIDCR, and NINR will also be available to help answer questions related to partnerships between various clinically related institutions, disciplines, entities and organizations.

The videoconference will be held: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 , 1:00:00 PM (Eastern time)

Viewers can submit comments via the Live Event Feedback: http://videocast.nih.gov/launch.asp?12874

For more information, visit
http://www.ncrr.nih.gov/clinicaldiscipline.asp
http://www.ncrr.nih.gov/clinicaldiscipline/CTSA_QsandAs.asp

Inquiries:

Information concerning the CTSA program should be addressed to:

Anthony R. Hayward, M.D., Ph.D.
Division for Clinical Research Resources
National Center for Research Resources
6701 Democracy Boulevard Room 906 - MSC 4874
Bethesda , MD 20892-4874
Telephone: (301) 435-0790
FAX: (301) 480-3661
Email: haywarda@mail.nih.gov

Information on the videocast or on CTSA Partners should be addressed to:

Richard Nahin, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Division of Extramural Research and Training
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
6707 Democracy Boulevard, Suite 401
Bethesda , MD 20892-5475
Phone: 301-496-7801
E-mail: nahinr@mail.nih.gov