Title
The CTSA Consortium's Catalog of Assets for Translational and Clinical Health Research (CATCHR)
UMMS Affiliation
UMass Center for Clinical and Translational Research
Publication Date
2014-04-01
Document Type
Article
Subjects
*Catalogs as Topic; *Cooperative Behavior; Data Collection; *Health Services Research; High-Throughput Screening Assays; Humans; Internet; Reproducibility of Results; *Translational Medical Research; User-Computer Interface
Disciplines
Translational Medical Research
Abstract
The 61 CTSA Consortium sites are home to valuable programs and infrastructure supporting translational science and all are charged with ensuring that such investments translate quickly to improved clinical care. Catalog of Assets for Translational and Clinical Health Research (CATCHR) is the Consortium's effort to collect and make available information on programs and resources to maximize efficiency and facilitate collaborations. By capturing information on a broad range of assets supporting the entire clinical and translational research spectrum, CATCHR aims to provide the necessary infrastructure and processes to establish and maintain an open-access, searchable database of consortium resources to support multisite clinical and translational research studies. Data are collected using rigorous, defined methods, with the resulting information made visible through an integrated, searchable Web-based tool. Additional easy-to-use Web tools assist resource owners in validating and updating resource information over time. In this paper, we discuss the design and scope of the project, data collection methods, current results, and future plans for development and sustainability. With increasing pressure on research programs to avoid redundancy, CATCHR aims to make available information on programs and core facilities to maximize efficient use of resources.
Keywords
UMCCTS funding, CTSA, resource identification, translational discovery
DOI of Published Version
10.1111/cts.12144
Source
Clin Transl Sci. 2014 Apr;7(2):100-7. doi: 10.1111/cts.12144. Link to article on publisher's site. Epub 2014 Jan 23.
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Clinical and translational science
Related Resources
PubMed ID
24456567
Repository Citation
Shirey-Rice, Jana; Mapes, Brandy; and Hafer, Nathaniel, "The CTSA Consortium's Catalog of Assets for Translational and Clinical Health Research (CATCHR)" (2014). UMass Center for Clinical and Translational Science Supported Publications. 35.
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/umccts_pubs/35
Comments
Full author list omitted for brevity. For the full list of authors, see article.