Transcript Academy Celebrates Legislative Success!

Academy Celebrates Legislative Success!
• The Academy’s Medical Imaging Research Initiative
(MIRI) led to the creation of the Interagency Working
Group on Medical Imaging (IWGMI).
• In support of the IWGMI, the Academy worked with
our Congressional partners on Committee report
language that calls for the White House Office of
Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to provide an
update on the Working Group.
Academy Urges Senate to Pass 21st Century
Cures to Drive NIH Funding
• The House version of the 21st Century Cures
legislation provides $8.75 billion in funding
for the NIH over a five-year period.
• In spite of bipartisan agreement in support
of medical innovation and research, this
legislation has yet to pass the Senate.
• The Academy will continue to advocate in
support of 21st Century Cures.
Academy Advocates for Imaging in the National
Cancer Moonshot
Academy of Radiology Research Policy Statement on the Cancer Moonshot
Where We Stand: Academy Moonshot Policy
The Policy Statement succinctly addresses the following major components of the contributions imaging researchers can make to this endeavor:
1.The role of imaging in cancer research and treatment.
2.Computational science and big data.
3.Improving research and outcomes by supporting educational pathways for young researchers.
4. The role of the Interagency Working Group on Medical Imaging (IWGMI) to advance cancer research.
5. Imaging research as a support for FDA efforts to create novel products.
The Academy Moonshot Policy Statement
The Academy Gains Traction: Next Step Meeting with OSTP
The Academy and CIBR leadership are meeting with the leaders of the Cancer Moonshot
initiative to help inform and facilitate the Administration’s efforts, including the role of imaging in
cancer early detection, precision diagnosis, and minimally-invasive treatment.
2016 Distinguished Investigators
Represent 21 Academic Departments
• The Academy will recognize the
Distinguished Investigator awardees
during a ceremony at the 2016 RSNA
meeting.
• There will be 38 awardees representing
21 different departments.
2015 Awardee Feranando E. Boada, PhD, of New York University
with former Academy President Jonathan S. Lewin, MD
Academy Academic Council Sponsors Early Career Investigators to Attend
Annual Showcase in DC
The Academy Council of Early Career Investigators in Imaging, CIBR and Academy leadership, with Roderic I. Pettigrew PhD, MD, Director of the NIBIB.
Travel awardees are also inducted into the Council of Early Career Investigators in Imaging.
Partnership with ARVO:
Communicating Patent Impact
• The Academy’s Nature article: Patents as Proxies: NIH Hubs
of Innovation, shows that National Eye Institute patents
were most likely to go on and be commercialized. ARVO is
using this article for its current project on optical coherence
tomography (OCT).
• This is a great example of the Academy’s “ripple effect” on
the community!
Academy Hosts Successful “Venture Imaging Pilot”
During the AUR Annual Meeting
• The Academy hosted a pilot program to educate early career investigators
about how best to present translational research and technology development
ideas to industry and other non-governmental funding sources.
• This initiative will host two meetings annually, one in the spring for educational
purposes and the second in the fall as a “shark tank” event that will lead to
potential funding.
Academy Advocacy in Action:
NIH Funding to Diagnostic Radiology Departments Grows by 5% in 2015
Our membership now includes:
The Academy’s Newest Members :
• Albert Einstein College of Medicine
• University of Arizona
• Action to Cure Kidney Cancer
• Curemetrix
• Canon, Virtual Imaging, Inc.
• CureHHT
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CurePSP
• Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
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99 patient advocacy organizations
50 academic radiology departments
28 imaging societies
13 industry partners
Our new Senior Director of
Legislative Affairs and Advocacy,
Maria Spencer
• The International Alliance for Pediatric Stroke
• The World Pediatric Stroke Association
• The Worldwide Syringomyelia & Chiari Task Force Inc.
Contact Maria at
[email protected] or
on Twitter at @CIBRPubPolicy
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