About Membership…
Who?
Faculty Members »
Any member of the University of Pennsylvania faculty participating in cardiovascular research and educational programs.
Basic scientists, translational researchers and clinical investigators participating in cardiovascular research. Penn faculty members participating in the clinical cardiovascular programs of the University of Pennsylvania Health System
are welcome to become members of the Penn CVI and are encouraged to participate in Penn CVI
sponsored research and educational programs.
Affiliate Members »
Penn-affiliated collaborators participating in the research and educational programs
of the Penn CVI are eligible for affiliate membership. Medical students, graduate students,
housestaff and postdoctoral fellows participating in research and educational programs are encouraged to join the Penn CVI as affiliate members.
Members must belong to at least one of seven research programs.
Research Programs
What are the Benefits?
1) Participation in the activities of Penn CVI Program Units
2) Participation in Penn CVI-sponsored Educational Programs
3) Your biosketch and research interests listed within the Penn CVI Members page
4) Access to expertise in multidisciplinary grants administration
5) Access to administrative expertise in clinical grants administration and regulatory affairs
6) Subsidized access to Penn CVI Core Laboratories
7) Eligibility to apply for funding as part of the Penn CVI Strategic Funding Initiatives
8) Eligibility to serve as a trainer on the NIH sponsored training program entitled
Training Program in Cardiovascular Biology and Medicine (NIH sponsored investigators only).
9) Cardiovascular Seminars, Grand Rounds and Educational Program notices sent via Penn CVI Members Listserve
10) Invitations to Penn CVI-sponsored events
Program Units
Consistent with the NIH
Roadmap, programs have been developed within the
Penn CVI to promote multi-disciplinary collaborations between basic
and translational scientists and clinical investigators. A cornerstone
of the Penn CVI strategic plan are Penn
CVI Research Programs in key strategic areas spanning a basic science discipline to clinical research
and populations sciences. Each CVI program unit is led by a basic
and/or translational scientist and a clinical investigator. CVI faculty
members are encouraged to attend monthly or bi-monthly meetings held by
each program unit with the overall goal of facilitating cardiovascular
research projects focused in a particular area. Members will receive notification
of Program Unit meetings and as well as the CVI sponsored seminar series.
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Greater Communication
The Penn CVI promotes communication between faculty
members performing cardiovascular research at the University of Pennsylvania
as well as the broader cardiovascular research community across the world. The Penn CVI website has been designed with this goal in
mind.
All Members and Affiliate
Members are listed on the Penn CVI website. Each member receives a biosketch including a description of specific research programs. In addition, each member is listed on the Research Program Unit(s) page(s) of their choice. The entire website
is queriable, including a dedicated CVI Members query, so that members of the Penn community as well as cardiovascular scientists and clinical investigators outside of Penn
can identify Penn faculty members with specific areas of research expertise. The Penn CVI website includes a calendar
of Institute-sponsored activities including a list of relevant seminars across the University of Pennsylvania and Penn Health system.
Administrative Assistance
Another benefit of Penn CVI membership is access to the Penn
CVI Business Office (Grants and Contracts Administration) and assistance with Regulatory Affairs.
The Penn CVI administration includes staff with expertise in all
aspects of research with particular focus on multi-project multidisciplinary
grants and clinical grants administration. The
Penn CVI administrative staff has partnered
with the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and the University
of Pennsylvania Office of Human Research to facilitate
the pre- and post-approval process of clinical grants administration
and to ensure compliance with the OHR.
The administrative staff of the Penn CVI will serve as a resource for how
to submit Institutional Review Board (IRB) and Investigational New Device
(IND) protocols. The Penn CVI administration also partners with the Perelman School of Medicine-sponsored Office
of Corporate Alliances to assist in the contracting process with industrial partners.
Subsidized Access to CVI Core Labs
Penn CVI Members receive subsidized access to Penn
CVI Core Laboratories. To facilitate cardiovascular research,
the Penn CVI has established multiple core laboratories that support
the function of basic, translational and clinical cardiovascular investigation.
Subsidized access to Penn CVI core laboratories and facilities is
determined by the individual Core Laboratory Director based upon programmatic
need and availability.
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Other Benefits
Members of the Penn CVI who receive NIH research funding may participate
as trainers on the NIH-sponsored "Training
Program in Cardiovascular Biology and Medicine."
Members are eligible to apply for pilot funding for
projects that are part of the Penn
CVI Strategic Funding Initiative. At the discretion of the Penn CVI Advisory Board periodically
funds are allocated for pilot funding necessary to establish programs
in areas deemed to be strategically critical to the mission of the Penn CVI.
Members receive regular notification of Penn CVI-sponsored
seminars and other cardiovascular seminars on the Penn campus via a CVI Members Email List. Members
may also suggest speakers for the Penn CVI-sponsored seminar series.
Membership Responsibilities
The primary responsibility of Penn CVI members is to be an active participant in
the activities of the Penn CVI. This means attending Penn CVI sponsored
meetings, seminars and other educational and research activities. Members
of the Penn CVI are also expected to list the Penn CVI as a sponsoring
University of Pennsylvania Institute on manuscripts that have benefited
in whole or part from contributions of the Penn CVI.
Participation
The goal of the Penn Cardiovascular Institute (Penn CVI) is to promote cardiovascular
research and education across departments, centers, Institutes and Schools
at the University of Pennsylvania and across the University of Pennsylvania
Health System. Membership mandates participation in Penn CVI-sponsored
research and educational programs.
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