Grand Rounds

August 17, 2021: COVID-19 Grand Rounds Continues With Fluvoxamine and the STOP COVID Trials

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Dr. Eric Lenze
Dr. Eric Lenze

In this Friday’s COVID-19 Grand Rounds session, Dr. Eric Lenze of the Washington University School of Medicine will present “Fluvoxamine for Early Treatment of COVID-19: the STOP COVID Clinical Trials.”

The Grand Rounds session will be held on Friday, August 20, at 1:00 pm eastern. Join the online meeting.

The NIH Collaboratory Coordinating Center is using its popular Grand Rounds platform to share late-breaking research and promote resources in support of clinical researchers affected by the COVID-19 public health emergency.

For previous COVID-19 Grand Rounds, and more news and resources related to the COVID-19 public health emergency, see the COVID-19 Resources page.

August 10, 2021: COVID-19 Grand Rounds to Highlight Outpatient Treatment Trials

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Dr. Davey Smith

In this Friday’s COVID-19 Grand Rounds session, Dr. Davey Smith of the University of California San Diego will present “Got Anything for This Cough? Outpatient Treatment Trials in the Time of COVID.”

The Grand Rounds session will be held on Friday, August 13, at 1:00 pm eastern. Join the online meeting.

The NIH Collaboratory Coordinating Center is using its popular Grand Rounds platform to share late-breaking research and promote resources in support of clinical researchers affected by the COVID-19 public health emergency.

For previous COVID-19 Grand Rounds, and more news and resources related to the COVID-19 public health emergency, see the COVID-19 Resources page.

August 4, 2021: PCT Grand Rounds Presents Results of the TSOS NIH Collaboratory Trial

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Dr. Doug Zatzick

A recent PCT Grand Rounds webinar and slides presenting the results from TSOS, an NIH Collaboratory Trial, are now available. TSOS was a stepped-wedge, cluster randomized pragmatic clinical trial testing the delivery of a stepped collaborative care intervention vs usual care for 635 injured patients with PTSD symptoms and comorbid conditions at 25 level I trauma centers in the United States. The results of the study were published in March in JAMA Surgery.

The TSOS Closeout Study Snapshot is also available.

TSOS is supported within the NIH Collaboratory by a cooperative agreement from the National Institute of Mental Health.

August 3, 2021: COVID-19 Grand Rounds Continues With the TOGETHER Early Treatment Trial

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Dr. Edward Mills

In this Friday’s COVID-19 Grand Rounds session, Dr. Edward Mills of McMaster University will present “The TOGETHER Early Treatment of COVID Trial: Building Platform Trial Infrastructure for Infectious Diseases.”

The Grand Rounds session will be held on Friday, August 6, at 1:00 pm eastern. Join the online meeting.

The NIH Collaboratory Coordinating Center is using its popular Grand Rounds platform to share late-breaking research and promote resources in support of clinical researchers affected by the COVID-19 public health emergency.

For previous COVID-19 Grand Rounds, and more news and resources related to the COVID-19 public health emergency, see the COVID-19 Resources page.

July 27, 2021: Diversity Workshop Continues With Diversifying the Pipeline of PCT Investigators and Leaders

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The NIH Collaboratory is using its popular ePCT Grand Rounds platform for a special webinar series on diversity in pragmatic clinical trials.

In this Friday’s session—“Diversity in the PCT Ecosystem – How Do We Develop a Pipeline of Diverse Investigators and Leaders in PCTs?”—Dr. Lesley Curtis, co–principal investigator of the NIH Collaboratory Coordinating Center, will host a panel of investigators for a discussion about strategies for developing a diverse pipeline of researchers and leaders in the field of pragmatic clinical research.

The panelists will include:

  • Dr. Marie Bernard, deputy director of the National Institute on Aging and acting NIH chief officer for scientific workforce diversity
  • Dr. George Mensah of the Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
  • Dr. Natalia Morone of Boston University, principal investigator of OPTIMUM, an NIH Collaboratory Trial

The Grand Rounds session will be held on Friday, July 30, at 1:00 pm eastern. Join the online meeting.

The complete diversity workshop series includes:

All sessions are free and open to the public; no registration is required. Recordings will be archived on the Grand Rounds website.

 

Headshots of Lesley Curtis, Marie Bernard, George Mensah, and Natalia Morone
Left to right: Dr. Lesley Curtis, Dr. Marie Bernard, Dr. George Mensah, and Dr. Natalia Morone

July 19, 2021: COVID-19 Grand Rounds Will Feature Survivor Corps and the Use of Real-World Evidence From Citizen-Scientists

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Survivor Corp logo

In this Friday’s COVID-19 Grand Rounds session, Diana Berrent, Natalie Lambert, and Nick Guthe of Survivor Corps will present “Long Term COVID Patient Engagement: Best Practices Informed By Patients’ Experiences Seeking Medical Care.” The Grand Rounds session will be held on Friday, July 23, at 1:00 pm eastern. Join the online meeting.

Survivor Corps is an online community of 170,000 patients affected by COVID-19 and their families and friends. The advocacy group is using its members’ collective experience to build a repository of data sets and research tools to support COVID-19 research, including studies of post-COVID conditions, or “long COVID.” The group seeks to fill the gap between real-world evidence and scientific research to advance understanding of the disease and patients’ healthcare options.

“We have been sort of the canary in the COVID coal mine from the beginning,” said Berrent, who founded Survivor Corps in March 2020 after becoming one of the first people in the United States to be diagnosed with COVID-19.

Berrent will be joined during Grand Rounds by Survivor Corps research director Dr. Natalie Lambert and by Nick Guthe, a Survivor Corps member and adviser.

Survivor Corps’s website, which has been selected by the US Library of Congress for inclusion in the nation’s Coronavirus Web Archive, serves as a hub to provide support, information, and education about COVID-19, connect patients to researchers, and facilitate the nation’s COVID-19 response.

The NIH Collaboratory Coordinating Center is using its popular Grand Rounds platform to share late-breaking research and promote resources in support of clinical researchers affected by the COVID-19 public health emergency. For previous COVID-19 Grand Rounds, and more news and resources related to the COVID-19 public health emergency, see the COVID-19 Resources page.

July 13, 2021: Diversity Workshop Continues With Lessons From Implementation Trials

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The NIH Collaboratory is using its popular ePCT Grand Rounds platform for a special webinar series on diversity in pragmatic clinical trials.

In this Friday’s session—“Maximizing Diversity in PCTs – What Can We Learn From Implementation Trials?”—Dr. David Chambers of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) will facilitate a discussion about lessons from implementation science for maximizing participant diversity in pragmatic clinical trials. Dr. Chambers is deputy director for implementation science in the Office of the Director in the NCI’s Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences.

The panelists will include:

  • Dr. Amanda Midboe of the US Department of Veterans Affairs, chair of the Implementation Science Work Group for the NIH-DOD-VA Pain Management Collaboratory
  • Dr. Anne Trontell, associate director in the Clinical Effectiveness and Decision Science Program at the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)

The Grand Rounds session will be held on Friday, July 16, at 1:00 pm eastern. Join the online meeting.

Other upcoming sessions in the diversity workshop series include:

All sessions are free and open to the public; no registration is required. Recordings will be archived on the Grand Rounds website.

Headshots of Drs. David Chambers, Amanda Midboe, and Anne Trontell
Left to right: Drs. David Chambers, Amanda Midboe, and Anne Trontell

July 7, 2021: COVID-19 Grand Rounds Continues With Vaccine Efficacy Studies

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Dr. Hana El Sahly

In this Friday’s COVID-19 Grand Rounds session, Dr. Hana El Sahly of the Baylor College of Medicine will present “COVID-19 Vaccine Efficacy Studies: Challenges and Successes.” The Grand Rounds session will be held on Friday, July 9, at 1:00 pm eastern. Join the online meeting.

The NIH Collaboratory Coordinating Center is using its popular Grand Rounds platform to share late-breaking research and promote resources in support of clinical researchers affected by the COVID-19 public health emergency.

For previous COVID-19 Grand Rounds, and more news and resources related to the COVID-19 public health emergency, see the COVID-19 Resources page.

June 22, 2021: Diversity Workshop Continues With Meeting Participants Where They Are

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The NIH Collaboratory is using its popular ePCT Grand Rounds platform for a special webinar series on diversity in pragmatic clinical trials.

In this Friday’s session—“Meeting Participants Where They Are – Outreach, Trust, and Consent to Maximize Diversity”—Dr. Wendy Weber of the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health will host a panel of investigators for a discussion about strategies for maximizing participant diversity in pragmatic clinical trials by improving outreach and building trust.

The panel will include:

  • Dr. Jonathan Jackson, executive director of the Community Access, Recruitment, and Engagement (CARE) Research Center at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
  • Dr. Judith Schlaeger of the University of Illinois at Chicago, co–principal investigator of GRACE, an NIH Collaboratory Demonstration Project
  • Dr. Stacy Sterling of the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research, Northern California, co–principal investigator of GGC4H, an NIH Collaboratory Demonstration Project

The Grand Rounds session will be held on Friday, June 25, at 1:00 pm eastern. Join the online meeting.

Other upcoming sessions in the diversity workshop series include:

All sessions are free and open to the public; no registration is required. Recordings will be archived on the Grand Rounds website.

Headshots of Emily O'Brien, Jonathan Jackson, Judith Schlaeger, and Stacy Sterling
Left to right: Drs. Emily O’Brien, Jonathan Jackson, Judith Schlaeger, and Stacy Sterling

June 2, 2021: Diversity Workshop Continues With Strategies for Site Selection and Stakeholder Engagement

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The NIH Collaboratory is using its popular ePCT Grand Rounds platform for a special webinar series on diversity in pragmatic clinical trials.

In this Friday’s session—“Planning for Diversity – Stakeholder Engagement and Site Selection to Maximize Diversity”—Dr. Wendy Weber of the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health will host investigators from 2 of the NIH Collaboratory Demonstration Projects for a discussion about strategies for site selection and stakeholder engagement to maximize diversity.

  • In BeatPain Utah, Dr. Julie Fritz, Dr. David Wetter, and their team are designing interventions in federally qualified health center (FQHC) clinics to overcome barriers specific to rural and lower-income communities through innovative use of telehealth resources.
  • In STOP CRC, Dr. Gloria Coronado, Amanda Petrik, and their team worked with FQHC clinics to improve colorectal cancer screening rates in racial/ethnic minority and low-income populations.

The Grand Rounds session will be held on Friday, June 4, at 1:00 pm eastern. Join the online meeting.

Other upcoming sessions in the diversity workshop series include:

All sessions are free and open to the public; no registration is required. Recordings will be archived on the Grand Rounds website.