CTSC:TTIC.minutes.071508

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Harvard Translational Imaging Consortium Meeting Minutes July 15, 2008

In Attendance (by T-con):

• Clare Tempany, BWH
• Jeffery Yap
• Bruce Rosen, MGH
• Ann Schlesinger, CTSC Navigator
• Gorodon Williams
• Gorodon Harris
• Annick Van Den Abbeele
• Bill Hanlon
• Bob Lenkinski
• Zeke Benstein-Hanley
• Stephan Voss

• • Topics

Gordon Williams outlined 4 milestones for 9/1/08

• 1. Resources: must be populated by each site in this wiki.
• 2. Consultation: How do investigators access the program-the service plan must be available electronically in connect
• 3. Services: Determination of the servcices to be provided by the imaging core
• 4. Education program outline and deescription with dates of 3-4 events per year again posted on connect.

Budget discussion This was discussed by all after an outlined -below- provided by Gordon W. 3 aspects to budget as it now stands- $1.2M

• Consultation servcie- expected to be provided through the funds already allocated int eh grant for the associated directors- allof us- at each site to provdie this servcie
• Need to determine how much help we can provicde after initial conslutation- with no $$ for scan time- befor einvestigators move to apply for CTSC pilot funds

• • Pilot funds- how best to optimize this opportunity- the "GW" bias-pilots with collaboative teams of a junior imaging investigator paired with CTSC investigator -cross disiplinary projects will enhance chances of success. There will be a CTSC study section- not yet in place- they will review all pilot applications.

• • Bruce Rosen proposed that we think through how best to use the funds in one of 2 possible ways
• expand the pool of funded individuals at each site
• considered hiring cross insitutional individuals who will provide a unique resource -not alread available for the core and all of the CTSC investigators, examples included- standarization of imaging protocols- such as anatomical sequences, data base establishment and management.

• Internal timetable to meet goals- proposed by the group that in next 2 weeks we try to achieve the resources, education and consultation goals

Updates to topics already underway

1. Consultation Service

2. Education Program

3. Collaborative response to Harvard wide Technology White Paper

4. Curation of Site resources

5. Regulatory Issues

6. Face to face meeting dates