CTSI Matchmaking through UNYTE: Extending Researchers’ Reach 2017 Karen Vitale, MSEd Program Manager, GR-PBRN & UNYTE

UNYTE Translational Research Network Director      Gary Noronha, MD Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine  Program Manager Karen Vitale, MSEd Center for Community Health Administrative Assistant Shelby Johnson Clinical & Translational Science Institute

UNYTE Mission & Vision Mission:  UNYTE fosters transdisciplinary and trans-institutional collaborations and engages community and regional partners to demonstrate and disseminate methods and approaches to advance translational research.   Vision:   By 2020, UNYTE will be a replicable model environment for research across the translational spectrum, conducted by inter-institutional, transdisciplinary patient-and community-engaged teams.

UNYTE Member Institutions

UNYTE Member Current Federal HHS Funding UNYTE Institution Number of Federal Grants (FY 2016) Amount of Federal Funding (FY 2016) University of Rochester 439 $168,758,558 Cornell University 314 $143,337,281 University at Buffalo (SUNY) 167 $58,684,238 Roswell Park Cancer Institute 117 $34,431,399 Upstate Medical University (SUNY) 44 $14,060,794 Albany Medical College 36 $13,243,515 Wadsworth Center 28 $12,397,888 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 23 $7,828,854 Binghamton University (SUNY) $7,791,532 University at Albany (SUNY) 24 $7,178,442 Syracuse University 26 $6,024,648 Rochester Institute of Technology 7 $2,423,835 Bassett Healthcare Network 3 $2,030,014 Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences 1 $480,000 Trudeau Institute $243,750 Guthrie Health System $0 Masonic Medical Research Laboratory New York Chiropractic College Totals 1258 $478,914,748

Resources UNYTE has also developed a custom NIH RePORTER Database of NIH funded grants and contracts awarded to UNYTE institutions. The Research Project Database is an on-line, searchable inventory of research projects at UNYTE institutions. The information may help users find collaborators or mentors across UNYTE with the database search tools.

UNYTE Scientific Sessions Purpose: To bring together researchers, clinical leaders, and data scientists from across UNYTE institutions to spark interdisciplinary collaborations in practice-based research, clinical innovation, patient engagement, and research recruitment. We will explore what research brings to the clinical enterprise, what clinical insights bring to research, and the power of the partnerships to inspire and focus health research for maximum impact. Past Scientific Sessions Upcoming Scientific Sessions June 2017 Stay tuned September 2017 Precision Medicine - Albany College of Pharmacy &Health Sciences May 2014 UNYTE Resources and Projects Relevant to Neuroscience Research May 2015 Hitting the Accelerator: Health Research Innovation through Data Science December 2015 Transforming Population Health Research: Advances, New Methods, and Community Partnerships April 2016 2nd Annual Rochester Global Health Symposium/UNYTE Scientific Session November 2016 Accelerating Health Research Innovation through Partnerships with Primary Care

UNYTE Funding Opportunities CTSI Pilot Studies Program – UNYTE Category The UNYTE award category is intended to stimulate new interinstitutional collaborations in health research. Investigators are encouraged to develop an innovative, team-based approach to a problem in health research that reflects the particular strengths of the members and their institutions. I Past awardees Bernstein, Steven Determining the interplay of Lymphoma Cells with its Microenvironment Using a Novel in Vivo Model University at Buffalo Chandra, Ankur Regional Ultrasound Wall Strain Measurements to Predict Risk of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) rupture Rochester Institute of Technology Noyes, Ekaterina Validity of Self-Reported Data for Studying Cognitive Problems and Depression Burack, Richard Regional stat tumor procurement to support studies of lymphoma SUNY Upstate, Albany Medical College Sparks, Janet Protein kinase C activation and inhibition of VLDL triglyceride export defines a mechanism for development of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease Bassett Research Institute Wismueller, Axel W.E. The Upstate New York Network for Collaborative Biomedical Imaging: Integration of Multimodality, Multispectral and Multidimensional Imaging Data for Breast Cancer Detection, Staging, and Response to Therapy Evaluation SUNY Upstate

UNYTE Funding Opportunities (cont.) NCATS R21 program (PAR-16-343) Limited Competition: Exploratory CTSA Collaborative Innovation  Awards Applications must involve investigators from at least 2 active CTSA institutions. Purpose is to “support highly innovative, exploratory, collaborative research projects in the NCATS’ Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) program, with the goal of assessing utility and feasibility of proposed innovation(s).” Investigators may request a project period of up to two years. The combined budget for direct costs for the two year project period may not exceed $275,000. No more than $200,000 may be requested in any single year. ·

UNYTE/PBRN Nexus We coordinate with two other UNYTE Partners’ Practice-Based Research Networks SALT-NET at SUNY Upstate Medical UNYNET at SUNY University at Buffalo

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