NCATS ALLIANCE INC

What they do

THE NCATS ALLIANCE is A COALITION of PATIENT ADVOCATES, CLINICIANS, ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS, RESEARCHERS, and BIOTECHNOLOGY COMPANIES WORKING to EDUCATE THE PUBLIC and POLICYMAKERS ON THE IMPORTANT SCIENCE ADVANCED BY THE NATIONAL CENTER for ADVANCING TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES (NCATS). THE NCATS ALLIANCE BOARD HOLDS QUARTERLY MEETINGS THAT INCLUDE PRESENTATIONS and UPDATES FROM NCATS SENIOR STAFF ON NEW SCIENTIFIC INITIATIVES and FEDERAL BUDGET and APPROPRIATIONS MATTERS. THE ALLIANCE ALSO HOSTS ANNUAL GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS for ALL MEMBERS, A MAJORITY of WHOM ARE NONPROFIT RARE DISEASE PATIENT ORGANIZATIONS. THESE MEETINGS INCLUDE PRESENTATIONS FROM THE NCATS DIRECTOR and THE SENIOR SCIENTIFIC STAFF. IN 2025, THE NCATS ALLIANCE COHOSTED A CONGRESSIONAL STAFF TOUR of NCATS and MEETINGS WITH NCATS STAFF to EDUCATE CONGRESS ON TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE. THE ALLIANCE ENGAGES IN OUTREACH to INCREASE CONGRESS and THE PUBLICS UNDERSTANDING of THE IMPORTANCE of THE NCATS SCIENTIFIC MISSION. IN