ctsa social media highlights

CTSA Social MediaHighlights

Luke Rosenberger @lukelibrarian

PrISM Meetup 2011-04-27

What’s CTSA?Clinical & Translational

Science Awards

Program of NIH institutional grants

to promotetranslational science

Between 2006 and 2010:55 institutions

$2.24 billion@lukelibrarian

What’s Translational Science?

Model of research designed forbetter integration

with clinicians, patients & community

T1 - “bench to bedside”turning lab discoveries into

clinical treatments more quickly T2 - engaging communities in clinical research

T3 – reaching wider populations & T4 – developing policy

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What are CTSA“Institutes”?

Each awardee institution or consortium has created

a “home” for CTSA-related activity:

Research services & cores Resources, software, infrastructure

Training & collaboration opportunities Institutional subgrant/mini-grant programs

Community engagement efforts

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Why Social Media?

To be successful,translational science needs:

Awareness/marketing Collaboration

Community outreach Promote behavior & policy change

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U of MichiganMICHR on Facebook

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U of MichiganMICHR on Facebook

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Oregon HSU“Let’s Get Healthy”

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Oregon HSU“Let’s Get Healthy”

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Northwestern UNUCATS on Twitter

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Northwestern UNUCATS on Twitter

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Ohio State UCCTS on Twitter

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Ohio State UCCTS on Twitter

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Ohio State UCCTS on YouTube

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Ohio State UCCTS on YouTube

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Scripps Research InstSTSI on YouTube

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Scripps Research InstSTSI on YouTube

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UCSF CTSI“Virtual Home” team blog

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NIH NCRR on Twitter,Facebook & YouTube

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Learn more CTSA Consortium:

http://www.ctsaweb.org IIMS at UT Health Science

Center (our local CTSA institute)http://iims.uthscsa.edu

Contact merosenberger@uthscsa.edu

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