Thread by @cispt2

Our @NIHDirector says @ncats_nih_gov have been "everywhere you look" on COVID-19 science !!

Part of a @MilkenInstitute Conversation with Dr. Francis Collins, Director, @nih (and Michael Milken)

vimeo.com/486353483

There were three examples that @NIHDirector gave.

First, tackling a battery of assays, screening of all libraries for SARS-COV-2, and sharing data openly through our OpenData Portal

opendata.ncats.nih.gov/covid19

Second, N3C "the boldest effort to get everyone to contribute clinical data so we can learn what is happening with patients affected with COVID19"

ncats.nih.gov/n3c

Third, NCATS runs a CTSA network of ~60 clinical and translational science institutions across country (CTSA) and runs trials such as that ACTIV1 trial of immunomodulators:

nih.gov/research-train…

Here's some info on the NCATS CTSA program:
ncats.nih.gov/ctsa

And don't forget that NCATS is coordinating the randomized controlled trials with convalescent plasma too!

ncats.nih.gov/news/releases/…

And of course NCATS is a critical part of the trans-NIH serosurvey program in collaboration with other ICs !