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*Annick Van den Abbeele
 
*Jeff Yap
 
*Jeff Yap
 
*Bob Lenkinski
 
*Bob Lenkinski
 
*Randy Gollub
 
*Randy Gollub
*Sarah MacMordie
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*Gordon Harris
 
*Laura Alice
 
*Laura Alice
 
*Bill Hanlon
 
*Bill Hanlon
*Ron Kikinis
 
 
*Valerie Humblet
 
*Valerie Humblet
  
 
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'''1. IRAT/CTSA  Joint Workshop March 29-31,2009 in Baltimore'''<br>
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'''1. Consultation request submitted through the Catalyst website'''<br>
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*A request for consultation was submitted through the Catalyst website.
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**The request was directly forwarded by Valerie to several members of the imaging  consortium who have the appropriate expertise .
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** The details of the request were discussed by the group at the t-con.
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**Two days later, Valerie sent a answer to the request including references and person to contact.
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** Valerie will assure the follow-up of this consultation.
  
* Randy contacted Dan Sullivan regarding sending several of our members and also two additional collaborators who have particular expertise in areas relevant to the planned discussion.  
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** He welcomed our proposition to have Shawn Murphy and Karl Helmer give a talk about XNAT-PACS-i2b2 integration and cross site calibration for MRI studies- structural and DTI respectively.
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** Dan and his collaborators are working on the meeting schedule and will get in touch with Randy.
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'''2. IRAT/CTSA  Joint Workshop March 29-31,2009 in Baltimore'''<br>
* For reimbursement for travel expenses...  
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* The CTSA has not come yet with a final agenda. 
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** We must try to push to be on the agenda if we want to have a slides presentation.
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** Our role during this meeting will be to show our know how and what we have accomplished so far.
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* The list of participant includes: Annick, Jeff, Randy, Bill, Gordon, Bob, Stephan and Valerie. Karl Helmer will probably go to talk about cross-site acquisition.
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* For reimbursement for travel expenses, funds have been transfered to the different institutions. Members should submit a travel expense report to the catalyst fund manager at their institution.
  
 
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'''2. Slides for CTSC imaging consortium presentation'''<br>
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'''3. Slides for CTSC imaging consortium presentation'''<br>
  
*Valerie sent two sets of slides for the members to review. One is for the Radiology Department Heads meetings and is called: Development of Harvard Catalyst Imaging Consultation Service. The second one is for the smaller meetings and is called Harvard Catalyst Imaging Consultation Service.
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*Two sets of slides have been sent for the members to review. One is for the Radiology Department Heads meetings and is called: Development of Harvard Catalyst Imaging Consultation Service. The second one is for the smaller meetings and is called Harvard Catalyst Imaging Consultation Service.  
** The presentations were sent to the members using the HMS secure file transfer. It will be our tool of choice to share large files in the future, everybody having easy access to that service.  
 
 
**Members are invited to look at the slides and send Valerie their feedback.
 
**Members are invited to look at the slides and send Valerie their feedback.
* Simon is giving a talk at a faculty meeting at Children's at the end of February and he asked if he could get a time slot to present the imaging consultation service. If approved, he will be joined by Randy or Bruce and Valerie to present.  
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* Clare and Ron are presenting the Imaging Consultation Service at the Radiology Faculty Staff meeting on Friday 02/27 from 12:15pm to 1:15p at Brigham and Women's Hospital.
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** Valerie and Randy will join them for the presentation.
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* The Partners Radiology research day (March 28th) provides a good opportunity to present the Consortium and the Imaging Consultation service.
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** Annick and Gordon will be responsible for sharing information about our consultation service.
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'''4. Stimulus package'''<br>
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*The stimulus package includes substantial investments in biomedical research with express focus on health information which is exactly what our PACS-i2b2-XNAT integration project is targeting.
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** Annick sent a copy of the text of the house bill to all members so they can review how we can intensify our efforts in harmony with the stimulus package to accelerate multi-sites medical data acquisition, analysis and transfer.
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** The consortium will decide on a day for a face to face meeting to discuss a plan of action.
  
 
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'''3. XNAT engineer position'''<br>
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'''5. XNAT engineer position'''<br>
  
* Laura sent the job description to the HR department at Children's hospital and asked them to post it on their web site.
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* Several new applications were sent and posted on the Xythos website.
* The consortium invited him a candidate with very good expertise and excellent recommendation for a round of interviews in Boston.
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* Bill will conduct a series of phone interviews. If the applicants have the right background, they will be invited for a formal round of interviews.

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Action Items (details below)

  1. The consortium must decide who will attend the joint IRAT/CTSA meeting in Baltimore (March 29-31).
  2. Review of the slides for the Department Heads Meetings

Harvard Translational Imaging Consortium Meeting Minutes February 17, 2009

In attendance:

  • Annick Van den Abbeele
  • Jeff Yap
  • Bob Lenkinski
  • Randy Gollub
  • Gordon Harris
  • Laura Alice
  • Bill Hanlon
  • Valerie Humblet


1. Consultation request submitted through the Catalyst website

  • A request for consultation was submitted through the Catalyst website.
    • The request was directly forwarded by Valerie to several members of the imaging consortium who have the appropriate expertise .
    • The details of the request were discussed by the group at the t-con.
    • Two days later, Valerie sent a answer to the request including references and person to contact.
    • Valerie will assure the follow-up of this consultation.


2. IRAT/CTSA Joint Workshop March 29-31,2009 in Baltimore

  • The CTSA has not come yet with a final agenda.
    • We must try to push to be on the agenda if we want to have a slides presentation.
    • Our role during this meeting will be to show our know how and what we have accomplished so far.
  • The list of participant includes: Annick, Jeff, Randy, Bill, Gordon, Bob, Stephan and Valerie. Karl Helmer will probably go to talk about cross-site acquisition.
  • For reimbursement for travel expenses, funds have been transfered to the different institutions. Members should submit a travel expense report to the catalyst fund manager at their institution.


3. Slides for CTSC imaging consortium presentation

  • Two sets of slides have been sent for the members to review. One is for the Radiology Department Heads meetings and is called: Development of Harvard Catalyst Imaging Consultation Service. The second one is for the smaller meetings and is called Harvard Catalyst Imaging Consultation Service.
    • Members are invited to look at the slides and send Valerie their feedback.
  • Clare and Ron are presenting the Imaging Consultation Service at the Radiology Faculty Staff meeting on Friday 02/27 from 12:15pm to 1:15p at Brigham and Women's Hospital.
    • Valerie and Randy will join them for the presentation.
  • The Partners Radiology research day (March 28th) provides a good opportunity to present the Consortium and the Imaging Consultation service.
    • Annick and Gordon will be responsible for sharing information about our consultation service.


4. Stimulus package

  • The stimulus package includes substantial investments in biomedical research with express focus on health information which is exactly what our PACS-i2b2-XNAT integration project is targeting.
    • Annick sent a copy of the text of the house bill to all members so they can review how we can intensify our efforts in harmony with the stimulus package to accelerate multi-sites medical data acquisition, analysis and transfer.
    • The consortium will decide on a day for a face to face meeting to discuss a plan of action.


5. XNAT engineer position

  • Several new applications were sent and posted on the Xythos website.
  • Bill will conduct a series of phone interviews. If the applicants have the right background, they will be invited for a formal round of interviews.