{"146081":{"#nid":"146081","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Atlanta Clinical \u0026 Translational Science Institute (ACTSI) receives $31 Million NIH grant renewal","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEMORY Health Sciences News\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EATLANTA\u2014The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded $30.7 million over the next five years to the Atlanta Clinical \u0026amp; Translational Science Institute (ACTSI) for the renewal of its NIH Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA). The ACTSI is an Atlanta research partnership focused on transforming the quality and value of clinical research and translating research results into better outcomes for patients.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe ACTSI, led by Emory University and its Woodruff Health Sciences Center, was originally established in 2007 through an initial five-year NIH grant of $30.9 million, along with primary academic partners Morehouse School of Medicine and Georgia Institute of Technology.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u201cThe ACTSI has created a unique opportunity for synergy among historic partners in health care, education and cutting-edge research, and has emerged as an innovative and integrated environment where clinical and translational researchers in Atlanta can flourish,\u201d says David S. Stephens, MD, vice president for research in Emory\u2019s Woodruff Health Sciences Center and principal investigator and director of the ACTSI. \u201cThe ACTSI is a catalyst and incubator for clinical and translational research across the city of Atlanta, with impacts throughout Georgia, the Southeast and nationally.\u201d\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u201cThe ACTSI has been an extremely successful research partnership that positions Georgia as a leader in improving access to new discoveries that improve health outcomes for all its citizens,\u201d says Georgia Governor Nathan Deal. \u201cThe refunding of this significant grant by the NIH is a recognition of the ACTSI\u2019s many accomplishments and Georgia partnerships and demonstrates confidence in our academic, research and health care leadership to continue advancing health care research and clinical care.\u201d\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe ACTSI unites the strengths of its academic partners: Emory\u2019s national leadership in biomedical research and health care; Georgia Tech\u2019s leadership and vision in biomedical engineering, computation, and the application of innovative systems engineering to health care solutions; and Morehouse School of Medicine\u2019s national presence as a historically black institution that brings ethnic diversity to biomedical research, addresses health disparities through successful community engagement research, and serves as a pipeline for training minority investigators.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EACTSI health care partners include Emory Healthcare, Morehouse Medical Associates, Children\u2019s Healthcare of Atlanta, Grady Health System, Atlanta VA Medical Center, the Atlanta Community Physicians Network and Kaiser Permanente of Georgia. Other key science partners include Emory\u2019s Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory\u2019s Winship Cancer Institute, the Georgia Research Alliance, Georgia Bio, and the Prevention Research Centers of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u201cACTSI has established strong clinical and research partnerships by leveraging the infrastructure support of the NIH funded Research Centers at Minority Institutions (RCMI) at Morehouse School of Medicine. We are poised to implement innovative patient centered and participatory care delivery models, toward the elimination of health disparities,\u201d said Dr. Elizabeth Ofili, Associate Dean for Research at Morehouse School of Medicine and ACTSI Senior Co-Principal Investigator. \u201c\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EACTSI is an important partner to Georgia Tech\u2019s Translational Research Institute for Biomedical Engineering and Science (TRIBES) and its FDA-sponsored Atlanta Pediatric Device Consortium (APDC),\u201d says Dr. Barbara Boyan, associate dean for research and innovation in Georgia Tech\u2019s College of Engineering and executive director of TRIBES and APDC. TRIBES and APDC have the mission of developing novel technologies using systems engineering approaches, to enhance their commercialization and as a result, improve healthcare practice and delivery. Georgia Tech\u2019s educational programs, including capstone design in the joint Georgia Tech and Emory Department of Biomedical Engineering, the new professional master\u2019s degree program on Biomedical Innovation and Development, and the joint Technological Innovation: Generating Economic Results (Ti:ger) program form an ideal environment for ACTSI\u2019s success at Tech.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFor more information, visit: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.actsi.org\u0022\u003EACTSI\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/whsc.emory.edu\/home\/news\/interact\/\u0022\u003EInteract with Emory Health Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.whsc.emory.edu\/home\/about\u0022\u003ERobert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center\u003C\/a\u003E of Emory University is an academic health science and service center focusing on teaching, research, health care and public service.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Research will continue to focus on transforming the quality and value of clinical research and translating research results into better outcomes for patients."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENIH awards $30.7 million renewal to ACTSI for its Clinical and Translational Science Award\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"NIH awards $30.7 million renewal to ACTSI for its Clinical and Translational Science Award"}],"uid":"27195","created_gmt":"2012-08-13 13:58:11","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:12:40","author":"Colly Mitchell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-08-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-08-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"146091":{"id":"146091","type":"image","title":"The Atlanta Clinical \u0026 Translational Science Institute is a partnership aimed at improving clinical research and translating results into better patient outcomes.","body":null,"created":"1449178751","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:39:11","changed":"1475894779","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:46:19","alt":"The Atlanta Clinical \u0026 Translational Science Institute is a partnership aimed at improving clinical research and translating results into better patient outcomes.","file":{"fid":"195078","name":"actsi_renewal.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/actsi_renewal_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/actsi_renewal_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":64097,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/actsi_renewal_0.jpg?itok=aExhMZWN"}}},"media_ids":["146091"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/emoryhealthsciences.org\/","title":"The Robert W. 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