Organizational Overview

The CTN is funded through two divisions at the National Institutes of Health: The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI); and The National Cancer Institute (NCI).

The CTN Data Coordinating Center (DCC) maintains continuity of operations and facilitates effective communications.  The DCC effort is a collaboration between:

  • The Statistical Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR)
  • The Coordinating Center of the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP)
  • The EMMES Corporation (EMMES)

The CTN Steering Committee is responsible for the design, execution, and analysis of all Network studies.  Committee members formulate and implement all policy decisions, and are responsible for the daily operation of all studies.  The Steering Committee consists of:

  • Principal Investigators from 16 Core Clinical Centers (including the Chair and immediate past-Chair)
  • NHLBI and NCI Project Officers (one representative from each)
  • Representatives from the DCC

There are 16 Core Clinical Centers (some of which are consortia of two or more centers) with cooperative agreements from the NHLBI and NCI to participate in the CTN.  Additional affiliate (non-core) centers may also participate in CTN trials through subcontracts with the DCC.

 

Technical Committees address specific areas of Network activity.  The Steering Committee Chair  appoints Committee chairpersons.

 

The BMT CTN organizational chart is below.

 

 

 

Nancy DiFronzo, Ph.D. - NHLBI Project Officer

National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)/National Institutes of Health (NIH)

6701 Rockledge Drive, MSC 7950

Bethesda, MD.  20892

301-435-0065; 301-480-0867 FAX

E-Mail: difronzon@nhlbi.nih.gov

 

 

 

Roy Wu, M.D. - NCI Project Officer

National Cancer Institute (NC)/National Institutes of Health (NIH)

6130 Executive Plaza Blvd., Suite 734

Bethesda, MD  20892

301-435-9065; 301-480-7432 FAX

E-Mail: wur@ctep.nci.nih.gov

 

 

 

Data Coordinating Center Representatives (DCC):

 

Mary Horowitz, M.D., M.S. - DCC Representative

Medical College of Wisconsin

9200 W. Wisconsin Avenue, Suite C5500

Milwaukee, WI  53226

414-805-0700; 414-805-0714 FAX

E-Mail: marymh@mcw.edu

 

Dennis Confer, M.D. - DCC Representative

National Marrow Donor Program

3001 Broadway Street NE, Suite 500

Minneapolis, MN  55413-1753

612-362-3425; 612-627-8125 FAX

E-Mail: dconfer@nmdp.org

 

Shelly Carter, Sc.D. - DCC Representative

The EMMES Corporation

401 N. Washington Street, Suite 700

Rockville, MD  20850

301-251-1161; 301-251-1355 FAX

E-Mail: scarter@emmes.com