HARVARD CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE CENTER - PROJECT SUMMARY/ ABSTRACT CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH (CTR) ACROSS HARVARD IS CONDUCTED AT 17 INDEPENDENT AND GEOGRAPHICALLY DISPERSED INSTITUTIONS, INCLUDING HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL (HMS), HARVARD T. H. CHAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, AND 15 HMS-AFFILIATED ACADEMIC HEALTH CARE CENTERS. EACH OF THESE INSTITUTIONS IS FISCALLY AND OPERATIONALLY INDEPENDENT WITH THEIR OWN GOVERNANCE, FACULTY, IRB, AND ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS. HARVARD CATALYST (HC) SERVES AS THE SOLE COORDINATING ENTITY FOR CTR AND HAS BROUGHT THESE INSTITUTIONS TOGETHER AS A FEDERATED CTR NETWORK. SINCE 2008, HC HAS DEVELOPED A SUBSTANTIAL PORTFOLIO OF EDUCATIONAL AND CTR RESOURCES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE CTR WORKFORCE AT HARVARD AND, WHEN THEIR VALUE HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED AT HARVARD, DISSEMINATED THEM TO THE CTSA CONSORTIUM. MOVING FORWARD, HC’S OVERARCHING VISION IS TO PARTNER WITH OUR CTR WORKFORCE, INSTITUTIONS, AND COMMUNITIES TO BECOME A LIVING CLINICAL AND

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HARVARD CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE CENTER - PROJECT SUMMARY/ ABSTRACT CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH (CTR) ACROSS HARVARD IS CONDUCTED AT 17 INDEPENDENT AND GEOGRAPHICALLY DISPERSED INSTITUTIONS, INCLUDING HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL (HMS), HARVARD T. H. CHAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, AND 15 HMS-AFFILIATED ACADEMIC HEALTH CARE CENTERS. EACH OF THESE INSTITUTIONS IS FISCALLY AND OPERATIONALLY INDEPENDENT WITH THEIR OWN GOVERNANCE, FACULTY, IRB, AND ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS. HARVARD CATALYST (HC) SERVES AS THE SOLE COORDINATING ENTITY FOR CTR AND HAS BROUGHT THESE INSTITUTIONS TOGETHER AS A FEDERATED CTR NETWORK. SINCE 2008, HC HAS DEVELOPED A SUBSTANTIAL PORTFOLIO OF EDUCATIONAL AND CTR RESOURCES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE CTR WORKFORCE AT HARVARD AND, WHEN THEIR VALUE HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED AT HARVARD, DISSEMINATED THEM TO THE CTSA CONSORTIUM. MOVING FORWARD, HC’S OVERARCHING VISION IS TO PARTNER WITH OUR CTR WORKFORCE, INSTITUTIONS, AND COMMUNITIES TO BECOME A LIVING CLINICAL AND