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HIV
Prevention Trials Units
Network Leadership Scientific
Management
Network
Committees
CORE
Network Lab
SDMC
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Executive
Committee
EC minutes
The Network’s scientific direction is overseen by an
Executive
Committee (EC) comprised of internationally recognized experts
in the field of HIV prevention research. Under the direction of the
HPTN Principal Investigator (PI) as its chair, with the assistance
of the NIH Consortium, the EC sets the research priorities of the HPTN
and directs its scientific activities. Through its members serving as
liaisons to each Scientific Committee (SC), the EC assures that the
specific areas of prevention science addressed by the individual SCs are
effectively coordinated.
The Executive Committee:
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sets the overall
HPTN research agenda
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reviews SC research
plans, including the review and prioritization of concept plans across
SCs
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based on PM
analysis, makes recommendations to NIAID regarding the distribution of
resources among the different components of the Network
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through the EC
Chair, recommends to NIAID that funds be released for specific protocol
implementation
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approves policies
and procedures of the HPTN, including the governing structure and
membership of standing committees
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establishes key
standing Network committees (Science Review Committee, Study Monitoring
Committee, Study Operations Group, Performance Evaluation Committee, and
Manuscript Review Committee)
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establishes and
oversees a Performance Evaluation Committee to formulate performance
standards and monitors performance of all participating CTUs, Network
governance, and members
The EC, in conjunction
with NIH, determines the overall capacity for the HPTN, as well as the
capacity of individual CTUs. The EC makes
recommendations annually to NIH regarding reallocation of CTUs’ funding
increments based on available resources, scientific priorities, site
capacity (populations and capabilities), and performance. NIH allocates
funding to CTU sites on an annual basis according to past performance
and the study protocols each has been selected to implement. |
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