 Upstate New York Consortium for Health Care Research and Quality (UNYCHRQ) is a regional research consortium whose members represent the premier medical, biomedical, health services and health policy institutions of Upstate New York. The combined expertise of the members of UNYCHRQ encompasses the entire spectrum of health research and delivery, from basic biomedical research, through clinical trials and implementation of evidence-based medicine, to health services and health policy. By agreeing to a common set of goals, and collaborating to achieve them, UNYCHRQ represents a truly unique effort to transform Upstate New York into a world-renowned regional center for medical and health research.
Ten of the institutions of UNYCHRQ joined together in 2006 to form the Upstate New York Translational Research Network (UNYTRN), a component of the University of Rochester Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI). UNYTRN increases the performance of high-quality clinical and translational research in the upstate New York region and promotes research collaboration by identifying and removing barriers to efficient clinical and translational research, reducing resource duplication, and improving access to technologies, facilities, services, and expertise at member institutions.
In 2006, the institutions of UNYCHRQ brought more than $365 million in NIH-funded research dollars into upstate New York. Working together, the grantees would have ranked tenth our of more then 3400 recipients, outpacing such institutions as Yale, Columbia, and Harvard. As stated by one of our members
“The creation of this consortium will change the face of research in New York and would make Upstate New York competitive with any other region in the country. It will put New York on the research map and serve as a model of collaboration for the nation.”
UNYCHRQ Mission
The mission of UNYCHRQ is to promote research collaborations among members and to expand and strengthen the research base in upstate New York by increasing the amount of federal and other research dollars awarded to its members.
UNYCHRQ Vision
The vision of UNYCHRQ is that upstate New York will be a world-renowned regional center for medical and health research.
Goals
Members of UNYCHRQ include medical schools, hospitals, universities, colleges and private research institutions. In achieving its mission, the members of UNYCHRQ work together to
- identify and remove barriers to the performance of high-quality biomedical and health research
- establish a mechanism for identifying and sharing research resources within the consortium
- enhance the research capacity of member institutions by improving access to research technologies and services
- develop regional education and training programs for clinical and translational investigators, administrators, students and faculty.
- provide infrastructure to support multi-institutional research collaboration, including funding for pilot research collaboratives, and assistance with institutional review boards, regulatory compliance, and multi-site study design and analysis.
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