CTSC:TTIC.021709

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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.