Pod Overview
The CTSA Program Pods facilitate communication between NCATS, the CTSA Program Steering Committee (SC), and the CTSA Program hubs. Pods are led by current members of the SC who are responsible for communicating updates, activities, and important information from NCATS and the SC directly to their Pod during their recurring bi-monthly Pod meeting. During the Pod meetings, Pod members are encouraged to discuss any CTSA Program related issues, questions, concerns, and suggestions they may have at their hub specifically or CTSA-wide. The Pod Lead will then communicate this feedback to the SC and NCATS via the Pod Submission Form and during SC meetings.
Pod Submissions
The Pod Submission Form serves as one of the primary means for Pods to communicate with CTSA Program leadership. The Pod Lead is responsible for submitting meeting summaries and any feedback or questions raised by Pod members through this form. These submissions are then posted on the CCOS website and feedback is presented to the Steering Committee on a monthly basis.
Pod Assignments
A Pod is a subgroup representing five to six CTSA Program hubs led by the “Pod Lead,” a current member of the CTSA Steering Committee. Pod members consist of each hub's primary PI (required) and hub administrator (optional). Pod groupings may vary year-by-year to reflect rotation of Steering Committee membership.
The University of Texas Medical Branch Institute for Translational Sciences
SC Pod Leader: Randy Urban
Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences
Institute for Integration of Medicine & Science: A Partnership to Improve Health
Frontiers Clinical and Translational Science Institute at the University of Kansas
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Translational Research Institute
Cincinnati Center for Clinical and Translational Science and Training
SC Pod Leader: Jessica Kahn
Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute
University of Minnesota Clinical and Translational Science Institute
University of Wisconsin Institute for Clinical and Translational Research
University of Florida Clinical and Translational Science Institute
The University of Iowa Institute for Clinical and Translational Science
Conduits: Mount Sinai Health System Translational Science Hub
SC Pod Leader: Rosalind Wright
University of Illinois at Chicago Center for Clinical and Translational Science
Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research
The Rockefeller University Center for Clinical and Translational Science
Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Science Institute
New Jersey Alliance for Clinical Translational Science: NJ ACTS
Wright Regional Center for Clinical and Translational Science
SC Pod Leader: Frederick "Gerry" Moeller
NYU Langone Health’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute
University of Massachusetts Center for Clinical and Translational Science
The integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia
Georgetown-Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Science
Yale Center for Clinical Investigation
Einstein-Montefiore Clinical and Translational Science Award Hub
SC Pod Leader: Mimi Kim
Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Center
Columbia University's Clinical and Translational Science Award
Washington University in St. Louis Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences
The University of Rochester Clinical and Translational Science Award Hub
The University of Chicago Rush University Institute for Translational Medicine
Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative at Case Western Reserve University
SC Pod Leader: Grace McComsey
Kentucky Center for Clinical and Translational Science
The University of Alabama at Birmingham Center for Clinical and Translational Science
Boston University Clinical and Translational Science Institute
UT Southwestern Medical Center Clinical and Translational Science Award
UC Davis Clinical and Translational Science Center
SC Pod Leader: Theodore Wun
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Clinical and Translational Science Center
University of California, San Francisco Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute
Utah Clinical & Translational Science Institute
University of Washington Institute of Translational Health Sciences
Mayo Clinic Center for Clinical and Translational Science
SC Pod Leader: Vesna Garovic
Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute
The Ohio State University Center for Clinical and Translational Science
Southern California Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Clinical and Translational Science Institute of Southeastern Wisconsin
Institute for Clinical and Translational Science at the University of California-Irvine
Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute
SC Pod Leader: Jennifer Kraschnewski
Weill Cornell Medicine Clinical and Translational Science Center
Johns Hopkins Institute for Clinical and Translational Research
University of Pittsburgh Clinical and Translational Science Institute
University of Buffalo Clinical and Translational Science Institute
University of Pennsylvania Institutional Clinical and Translational Science Award
The Georgia Clinical and Translational Science Alliance
SC Pod Leader: Elizabeth Ofilli
Miami Clinical and Translational Science Institute
North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute
Duke Clinical and Translational Science Awards
South Carolina Clinical & Translational Research Institute
Wake Forest Clinical and Translational Science Institute
University of California Los Angeles Clinical and Translational Science Institute
SC Pod Leader: Arleen Brown
Stanford Center for Clinical & Translational Education and Research (Spectrum)
Scripps Clinical and Translational Science Hub
UC San Diego Clinical and Translational Research Institute
Oregon Clinical and Translational Research Institute
