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Prof John Connell, Head of TAHSC Prof Jill Belch, R&D Director Dr Keith Gillon, Senior R&D Manager

Prof John Connell, Head of TAHSC Prof Jill Belch, R&D Director Dr Keith Gillon, Senior R&D Manager. Scottish Academic Health Sciences Collaboration (SAHSC). Scottish Government initiative Four nodes: East, West, South and North

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Prof John Connell, Head of TAHSC Prof Jill Belch, R&D Director Dr Keith Gillon, Senior R&D Manager

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  1. Prof John Connell, Head of TAHSC Prof Jill Belch, R&D Director Dr Keith Gillon, Senior R&D Manager

  2. Scottish Academic Health Sciences Collaboration (SAHSC) • Scottish Government initiative • Four nodes: East, West, South and North • Aim to raise international research profile, excellence & competitiveness • Focus for clinical academic development • Streamlining pathway for high quality research: Industry and Council/Charity funded

  3. Joint development between NHS Tayside and University of Dundee • Scope/expectation to include other Boards and institutions. Could include eg • NHS Fife • St Andrew’s University • Abertay • NHS Forth Valley • Stirling University • Scottish Crop Research Unit TAyside medical Sciences Centre(TASC)

  4. SAHSC • National Oversight Board • Rapid Response Group University of Dundee Court TASC Board UoD: Principal VP Dean, Medicine Head of Planning, CMDN NHS Tayside: CEO COO Finance Director NHS Tayside Board • Research strategy of TAHSC Node • Research Governance • MHRA Inspections • National Targets and Opportunities • TASC Executive Group • Implementation of strategy • Operational Management • Financial Governance Scientific Steering Committee Chair: Allan Struthers Research Governance Committee Chair: Margaret Smith Research Governance Networks/Speciality Groups NHS Academics Committee Chair: James Ferguson TASC Operational Managers Team Imaging R&D office Governance ApprovalsRisk Assessment BDM/Commercial Legal IPFinance/CostingsCSO Liaison Clinical Trials Unit Collaboration CRC/Training & Staff Trial Management Data Management(in collaboration with Health Informatics/DEBU) Quality AssuranceAudit Standards Pharmacovigilance IMP Handling Biorepository/Tissue Bank

  5. Tayside Clinical Trials Unit (TCTU) • Start up (SOPs/Guidelines, Contracts & Agreements, Insurance) • Venue (CRC and other) • Running (Trial Management, Data, Stats) • Close down (notifications, archiving etc) • UKCRF Registered CRC Trial Management

  6. Experience & own infrastructure Experience & limited infrastructure No experience & no infrastructure Information and training. Mentoring and support of trial managers as required. Facilitation and support. Potential funding sources. Advice on design and execution. Network of Trialists. Programming, statistical guidance, randomisation etc Full trial management, data management etc Potential funding sources.

  7. Infomatics/Data Management*** • Dundee Epidemiolgy and Biostatistics Unit (DEBU) • Health Infomatics Centre (HIC) • Tayside Clinical Trials Unit • Data processors n=2 • Statisticians n=2

  8. Investigators • TASC • Costings • Research Governance • Training • CRC • CTU • Imaging • Tissue management • Ethics • Sponsorship One stop shop • Funders • Industry • Charities • Councils etc

  9. TASC Offices • School of Nursing • Level 3, Residency ‘C’ Block • Move in middle of April • Advice/help for all areas of clinical research We are here!

  10. Research Resource Centre • Wireless internet connections • Some desk tops for ‘hot desking’ • Will evolve: • Specialist literature • Specialist software + TASC = +

  11. Jointly organised TASC, Tayside REC, SHIL Representatives from R&D office, TCTU, DEBU, REC and other groups Advice on regulations, scientific design, data management, approvals, ethical issues, IP Last Wednesday of every month TASC offices, Level 3 Residency Block Combination appointments and ‘drop-in’ Research ‘Clinics’ from May 2010

  12. Research clinics outwith Ninewells Dental Hospital Perth Royal Infirmary Stracathro One Outreach clinic per month on rotational basis Combination appointments and ‘drop-in’ Outreach Research Clinics

  13. TASC Research Training Programme • Training events advertised on website • Already established: • GCP training, GLP training, TCTU Seminars with SOP training • New courses coming soon • GMP for IMP • IRAS

  14. Principal information source for TASC Web pages for all TASC functions Research clinics Training programmes SOPs ‘Live’ at 5pm 3rd March 2010 Evolving Suggestions for content welcome Websitewww.tasc-research.org.uk

  15. How TASC Operates: University of Dundee NHS Tayside TAyside  medical Sciences Centre Collaboration Tissue Bank*** Imaging*** Trial Management Data handling & management. Statistical advice Governance *** Sponsorship HIC/DEBU** Providing service to clinical researchers and Funding Partners Statistics/ clinical trial design/methdology*** Imaging, CVD Diabetes, Cancer Neuroscience Inflammation, Populations etc *** CSO Scottish Lead/Co-Lead

  16. TASC New Frontiers in Research and Teaching To boldly go

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