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Strategic Management

Strategic Management aims to enhance efficiency, quality, and productivity while promoting efficient and effective collaboration and communication among Spectrum participants, network partners, our local community, and the public in general. Spectrum’s Strategic Management strives to minimize the administrative burden of CTSA hub activities and services while encouraging metrics-driven continuous quality improvement of all hub functions.

Contacts

Ruth O'Hara, PhD
Spectrum CTSA Principal Investigator
Senior Associate Dean of Research, Stanford School of Medicine

Manisha Desai, PhD
Co-Principal Invesigator

Dean Felsher, MD, PhD
Co-Principal Investigator

Rajnesh Prasad, MBA
Spectrum CTSA Executive Director & Director of Finance and Administration

Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Program

CQI takes a data-driven approach to evaluate the effectiveness of new processes and use the data to implement continuous and timely improvement. To that end, we engage in ongoing planning, monitoring, analysis, and assessment of all that is necessary for the Stanford CTSA programs to meet their goals and objectives. As part of CQI, the Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC) Program Manager develops and implements processes to improve the quality of CTSA-related document submissions to NCATS and the eRA Human Subjects System, to promote proactive and timely communications, and to enhance engagement and coordination with SoM departments and their Spectrum-engaged faculty and staff to review and obtain institutional approvals for submitted documents. 

Program Contact

Patricia Moussatche, PhD
CTSA Hub QA/QC Program Manager

Additional Resources

Grant Acknowledgment: NIH Requirements

Information about properly acknowledging Stanford CTSA grant support.

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Prior Approval

Guidelines and instructions for securing prior approval from NCATS for K12, CTS pilot, and Translational Science research program projects.

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