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What benefits does ICTS membership provide?

1. Access to Core facilities, consulting services and education and funding opportunities.

The directors and staff organized under the ICTS have the common goals of reducing barriers and increasing efficiencies in clinical and translational research. The ICTS includes Cores and Services applicable to all research study phases from the inception of a research idea to publication and eventual implementation in the community.

2. Increased exposure to collaborative relationships

Register as an ICTS member and capitalize on the events, information and even the website search mechanism to identify collaborators within Washington University and ICTS Partner Institutions. Many of the ICTS programs are identifying individuals with specific expertise to develop networks of members with like or complementary interests.

3. Exposure to national opportunities available through other CTSA sites

The NIH currently funds 24 CTSA sites and anticipates funding 60 within the next 5 years. Each of these CTSA organizations has representation on Steering Committees and workgroups relevant to specific CTSA goals, such as Biomedical Informatics. This collaboration across CTSAs will uncover best practices for local adoption and implementation.

4. Opportunities in clinical and translational research training programs for students and junior faculty

Clinical investigators of the future require broad didactic training in clinical and translational research methods, clinical trials, epidemiology, biostatistics, health behavior, and ethics, as well as various aspects of biomedical science. The CTSA program and Washington University ICTS are also focused on education, mentoring and training.