NA-MIC National Alliance for Medical Image Computing Management (Core 7) Update NA-MIC AHM Sanjay Manandhar & Stephen Wong

National Alliance for Medical Image Computing Pre-grant Preparation Budgeting and re-budgeting and liasing with NIH and 14 partner Institutions Collection of IRB documents Collection of NIH required doc such as Other Support docs Web-site preparation Notice of Grant Award (NOGA) received on September 17, 2004

National Alliance for Medical Image Computing Financials Finalized details with NIH and BWH Finance Department Finalized numbers and amendments to subcontracts for all 14 partners Stream-lined payment mechanisms for faster payment from BWH

National Alliance for Medical Image Computing IRB Organized data requests to four Core 3 participants Filed IRB for secondary-use at Partners after two partners (Harvard and Dartmouth) secured IRB approvals from their own institutions for secondary-use to NA-MIC Filed IRB for public domain data at BWH IRB

National Alliance for Medical Image Computing Events Organized the kickoff meeting in October 2004 (with help from MIT) Participated in NCBC Evaluation Working Group and Liaisons in Dec 2004 Organized the All Hands Meeting in February 2005 (with help from U of Utah)

National Alliance for Medical Image Computing Liasons with other projects Year 1: Focus on NAMIC operations and management infrastructure set up Exploring with other NCBCs in subsequent year collaborative projects, e.g., COPD project with I2B2