ASH News Daily 2012 - Sunday, December 9, 2012 - (Page B-18)

Page B–18 ® ASH NewS DAily Sunday, December 9, 2012 ASH Clinical Research Training Institute Celebrates 10 Years A SH is in the midst of celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the Clinical Research Training Institute (CRTI). This intense, longitudinal, mentored educational and training experience is designed to accelerate the development of earlycareer hematologists interested in pursuing patientoriented clinical research. How It Began – James N. George, MD, and Beverly S. Mitchell, MD First Co-Directors of CRTI One of ASH’s most important goals is to facilitate the career development of trainees in hematology. During the ASH strategic planning meeting of 2000, insufficient opportunity to obtain formal training was recognized as an obstacle for those fellows and junior faculty who were interested in careers in patient-oriented clinical research. To address this problem, the Society’s Executive Committee established the Clinical Research Training Institute (CRTI) in 2001. An organizing committee consisting of Drs. Ron Hoffman, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; George Dover, Johns Hopkins Children’s Center; Robert Todd III, Baylor College of Medicine; and Douglas Rizzo, Medical College of Wisconsin, formulated the outline of what was to become a weeklong, intensive training course focused on clinical investigation. Dr. Jim George, past ASH president, then councillor, was asked to lead the »» CRTI Page B-20 Dr. David Garcia, University of New Mexico Cancer Center, provides insight during the discussions following trainee presentations. ASH President Armand Keating, MD, Applauds the Success of CRTI The ASH leadership is delighted with CRTI’s success. CRTI has become an ASH flagship program as reflected by the passion displayed by the Executive Committee, the faculty, and the participants. CRTI is an exemplary model that should be adopted by many specialty societies and has already been emulated by at least one. I applaud the outstanding contributions of the CRTI codirectors and faculty who have contributed their time and energy over the past decade and encourage anyone called to participate in the program to treat the invitation like the true honor it is. There are several key features to its success, including the enviable and distinctive 1:1 ratio of faculty to participants. Another feature, one that I have had the privilege to witness, is the ongoing networking among CRTI graduates. I believe that the benefits of the interactions among the participants will continue to accrue in the years to come. The success of the program is also a tribute to the individual ASH members who have contributed monetarily to the program. I recently spoke with one such donor who said his support for the program is based on his conviction that it provides young hematologists with an outstanding start in a career in clinical research. I also want to recognize the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation both for their generous support of the program’s start-up and for their continued interest to this day. As with many aspects of clinical research currently, the future of CRTI will have an international focus. We began welcoming participants from outside North America in 2011 and hope to attract more international applicants to the program through our outreach efforts around the globe. We have already been able to build on the program’s success through our partnership with the European Hematology Association in establishing the Translational Research Training in Hematology program. I am also very pleased to share that ASH will be hosting a research skills workshop for hematology faculty in Latin America in advance of the Highlights of ASH® meeting in Santiago, Chile, in 2013. (Read more about this below.) Bravo CRTI! We congratulate the CRTI participants and faculty on the program’s 10th anniversary, and we look forward to your continued success over the next decade. Editor’s Note: Portions of this article were previously published in the September/October issue of The Hematologist. Faculty and participants talk during a small-group breakout session. CRTI participant Dr. Kendra Sweet, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, and CRTI faculty member Dr. Susan Geyer, The Ohio State University, work on a statistical analysis of Dr. Sweet’s project. 

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