Evaluation Director, CTSC
Case Western Reserve University
Shaker Heights, Ohio, United States
Dr. Pelfrey is an Associate Professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine serving as Director of Program Evaluation for the Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative (CTSC) in Cleveland, Ohio. She holds a Ph.D. in Medical Microbiology and Immunology from the Ohio State University. Her experience includes 19 years in translational research studying the immunology of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) as a PI, funded by both NIH and the National MS Society. She is co-inventor on a patent and has been involved in clinical trials on MS. This has provided her with a thorough understanding of clinical and translational research. She served as a Scientific Review Officer for the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program and the Institute for Educational Sciences, where she ran peer review panels for biomedical and educational research and prepared scientific summary statements to communicate with principal investigators. Dr. Pelfrey's other experience includes serving as Program Officer for the Cleveland Clinic pilot grant program and teaching in the graduate and medical schools at CWRU. Dr. Pelfrey served as the Chair of the Translational Research Evaluation Topical Interest Group (TRE TIG) within the American Evaluation Association in 2016-17 and again in 2019-20. She was active in two working groups within the Methods & Process DTF: Institutional Readiness for Team Science and the CTSA Bibliometrics group. Since 2016 she has been an active member of, and currently leads, the Retrospective Translational Science (TS) Case Study Workgroup. This group has published a detailed protocol for conducting successful TS case studies and in 2021, published the first TS Case Study in the JCTS. Dr. Pelfrey currently sits on six External Advisory Committees for various CTSA hubs.
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Telling the story of potential Impacts in clinical and translational science
Thursday, October 12, 2023
3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
Demonstrating translational science benefits to society
Thursday, October 12, 2023
3:45 PM – 4:45 PM ET
Telling the story: Overcoming challenges in translational research evaluation
Friday, October 13, 2023
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
Friday, October 13, 2023
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET