What will be accomplished during the first-year planning period?
The center PIs from each Consortium will form the Steering Committees and Coordinating Committee. The CDC Steering Committee will plan large experiments, assess needs for cores and propose cores, and develop standardized analysis platforms. The PCGC Steering Committee will develop protocols and related materials, determine how to coordinate patient recruitment, and identify needed core labs. The Coordinating Committee will assure communication between the two steering committees during the planning process, and throughout the project period. The ACC will organize committee conference calls and meetings and the annual meeting, construct Consortia websites, and design the necessary written materials to support the Consortia. NHLBI staff will be involved as both administrative and scientific collaborators in the Consortia, through the cooperative agreement mechanism.
