USC / University of Southern California Office of Research Integrity APTA Neurology Section Office of Research Integrity

Clinical Research Network (CRN)
Annual Investigators Meeting
August 25, 2003

1) Welcome (8:00AM to 8:10AM)

      Jayne Snyder, PT, MA, President, Foundation for Physical Therapy, Inc.

2) General Overview of Progress of the CRN (8:10AM to 9:00AM)
   Hiring/Subcontracts
   Manual of Procedures
   Data Dictionary/Database Development
   Web Site
   The CRN and HIPAA Requirements Related to Research

      Presenter:       Carolee Winstein, PT, PhD, Principal Investigator, “PTClinResNet”
                           (Click here to view the presentation)

3) Standardization of Interventions and Outcomes
Training of Physical Therapists and Other Data Collectors (9:00AM to 9:30AM)

      Presenter:       James Gordon, PT, EdD, Co-Principal Investigator, “PTClinResNet”
                           (Click here to view the presentation)


BREAK (9:30AM to 9:45AM)


4) Data Management/Coordination/Quality Control Procedures (9:45 AM to 10:40AM)


      Presenter:       Stan Azen, PhD, Director, Statistical Consultation and Research Center,
                           “PTClinResNet” (25 minutes)
                           (Click here to view the presentation)

      Main Respondent and Open Discussion (30minutes)

      Main Respondent :       Vernon Chinchilli, PhD, Professor and Vice Chairman,
                                      Department of Health Evaluation Sciences, Penn State University                                          College of Medicine, Hershey, PA; and Principal Investigator, Data                                       Coordinating Center, Asthma Clinical Research Network; and Vice                                          Chair, Clinical Trials Review Committee, National Heart Blood and                                          Lung Institute, NIH, DHHS


5) CRN Data Safety Monitoring Plan (10:40AM to 11:20AM)

      Presenter:       Carolee Winstein, PT, PhD
                           (20 minutes)
                           (Click here to view the presentation)

      Main Respondent and Open Discussion (20 minutes)

      Main Respondent:       Scott Janis, PhD, Clinical Trials Review Group, National Institute for                                      Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), NIH, DHHS


LUNCH (11:20AM to 12:20PM)


6)Report on the Development Phase of STOMPS and Rancho Update(12:20PM to1:00PM)

      Presenter:       Bryan Kemp, PhD, Lead Investigator, Rancho Los Amigos National
                           Rehabilitation Center
                           (20 minutes)
                           (Click here to view the presentation)

      Main Respondent and Open Discussion (20 minutes)

      Main Respondent:       Sue Ann Sisto, PT, PhD, Director of Human Performance and                                               Movement Analysis Laboratory, Kessler Medical Rehabilitation                                               Research and Education Corporation

7) Other CRN Projects

   STEPS (1:00 to 1:25PM)

      Presenter:       David Brown, PT, PhD, Lead Investigator, Northwestern University
                           (15 minutes)
                           (Click here to view the presentation)

                           Open Discussion (10 minutes)

   PEDALS (1:25 to 1:50PM)

      Presenter:       Eileen Fowler, PT, PhD, Lead Investigator, University of California
                           at Los Angeles (15 minutes)
                           (Click here to view the presentation)

                           Open Discussion (10 minutes)

   MUSSEL (1:50PM to 2:15PM)

      Presenter:      Kornelia Kulig, PT, PhD, Lead Investigator, University of Southern
                          California (15 minutes)
                          (Click here to view the presentation)

                          Open Discussion (10 minutes)


BREAK (2:15PM to 2:30PM)


8) Federal Research Priorities/Funding Opportunities and Grant Mechanisms (2:30PM to 3:35PM)

      Presenters:       Ralph Nitkin, PhD, Program Director, Biological Science and Career
                            Development Program, National Center for Medical Rehabilitation
                            Research, NICHD, NIH, DHHS (20 minutes)
                            (Click here to view the presentation)

                            and

                            Ruth Brannon, MSPH, MA, Associate Director, Research Services Division
                            National Institute for Disability Rehabilitation and Research, U.S.                             Department of Education (20 minutes)
                           (Click here to view the presentation)

                            Open Discussion (25 minutes)


Invited Guest: Daofen Chen, PT, PhD, Program Director, Channels, Synapses, and Circuits                     Cluster, Division of Extramural Research, National Institute of Neurological                     Disorders and Stroke, NIH, DHHS