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HIV
Prevention Trials Units
Network Leadership Scientific
Management
Network
Committees
CORE
Network Lab
SDMC
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HPTN Committees
The Manuscript Review Committee
(MRC) ensures
that manuscripts that contain data or statistically related content
from HPTN studies are developed, reviewed and endorsed, according to an
HPTN Operating Policy, by the HPTN prior to submission for
publication. The MRC is responsible for a timely review (within 10 days
of submission to the MRC) that provides written comments on the
manuscript and specific rationale for any revisions requested. Reviews
are conducted via conference calls on an as-needed basis upon manuscript
submission. Conference calls are organized by the MRC Chair. The MRC
Chair and SDMC Statistician also review, and/or delegate for review,
abstracts prior to submission for presentation at conferences.
The Performance
Evaluation Committee (PEC)
is responsible for overseeing a continuous,
comprehensive evaluation of the HPTN.
The PEC designs and directs
implementation and reporting of the internal evaluation of the HPTN.
This includes assessing performance of the CTUs
as well as key organizations and entities that are also part of the HPTN
(e.g., CORE, SDMC,
Network Laboratory and protocol teams).
The goal of the evaluation is to provide data to assist in leadership
decisions about changes necessary to improve HPTN functioning. In
regard to the CTUs, the primary purpose of the evaluation is to provide
data to determine if the sites are contributing effectively to the
protocols that they have undertaken and to elicit corrective action if
necessary so that all sites are functioning at peak performance level.
The
Policies and Procedures Group (PPG),
with membership from the CORE,
SDMC, and the
Network Laboratory, develops and maintains the HPTN Manual of
Operations (MOP)
and HPTN
Operating Policies.
The
Endpoint Adjudication
Committee provides guidance to
HPTN protocol teams with regard to determination of HIV endpoints. The
committee's decisions are considered final for purposes of primary
analyses of HIV endpoints.
The
Domestic Prevention Working Group
oversees the network's domestic prevention research portfolio, develops
relevant bridging studies, and enhances collaboration with other
research groups and with public health agencies. |
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