The ACR-RSNA fellowship in clinical trials of medical imaging: Reflections from the 2002 recipients

TY - JOUR

T1 - The ACR-RSNA fellowship in clinical trials of medical imaging

T2 - Reflections from the 2002 recipients

AU - Safriel, Yair

AU - Murthy, Ravi

AU - Kergosien, Yannick

N1 - Funding Information: We spent our 3rd month at the Biomedical Imaging Program of the Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis at the NCI, under the direction of Dan Sullivan, MD, Ed Staab, MD, and Barbara Galen, RN, CRNP. One of our activities at this site was to observe the deliberations of the Cancer Treatment Evaluation Panel—the regulatory body responsible for approving all NCI-funded clinical trials research. In addition, we had many valuable opportunities to interact with current leaders of radiologic imaging from all specialties. As fellows, we participated in research and drug protocol approval meetings, allowing us an inside view of the multimodality aspect of drug development and a thorough understanding of the system of NCI protocol review. We also were invited to participate in NIH-sponsored workshops in our areas of interest. There is a growing understanding within the NCI of the important role of image-guided interventions in cancer therapy and of the importance of the radiologist as the major purveyor of these technologic advances. Thus, several workshops were held jointly with other governmental and nongovernmental bodies to better define the role of the NIH in facilitating these advances and to help the NIH prioritize and plan its resource distribution. One such workshop to which the fellows were invited, titled “Future Directions in Image Guided Interventions,” brought together leaders from industry, radiology, neurosurgery, surgery, and engineering under the joint sponsorship of the National Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, the National Science Foundation, and the NCI, to map funding priorities in this field. After that successful meeting, the fellows were invited to participate in a national research roundtable discussion and in a subsequent position paper on interventional radiology in oncology. The roundtable discussion was hosted by the NCI, the American Cancer Society, and the Society of Interventional Radiology. Other networking opportunities also were available with the newly founded National Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering. Funding Information: At the end of this initial 3-month training period, we returned to our home institutions to pursue research in our areas of interest. The fellowship allowed us an opportunity to interact with some of the top leaders in research and to learn from their experiences. We believe that this interaction has enhanced our chances of successfully completing our own research. The networking opportunities provided by the fellowship also gave us invaluable insight into the mechanisms of grant administration, as well as knowledge of funding sources and opportunities for collaboration that otherwise would have taken us years or decades to acquire. Thus, the fellowship program not only supports ACRIN by creating a pool of highly trained researchers but also benefits the individual recipients and their institutions.

PY - 2003/5/1

Y1 - 2003/5/1

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U2 - 10.1016/S1076-6332(03)80068-5

DO - 10.1016/S1076-6332(03)80068-5

M3 - Short survey

C2 - 12755547

AN - SCOPUS:0038755031

SN - 1076-6332

VL - 10

SP - 565

EP - 566

JO - Academic radiology

JF - Academic radiology

IS - 5

ER -