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University of Cincinnati Receives Clinical and Translational Science AwardCTSA Links Visit CTSAweb.org Take Note ON THIS PAGE: SEE ALSO: A national consortium of medical research institutions, funded through Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSAs), is transforming clinical and translational research across the nation. This unique network of organizations is working together to speed laboratory discoveries into treatments for patients, to engage communities in clinical research and to train clinical and translational researchers. The momentum behind the CTSA consortium continues to build as new connections are emerging within, across and beyond the consortium. Launched in 2006, it now includes 39 medical research institutions in 23 states (including the University of Cincinnati added in April
The consortium's Web site, CTSAweb.org University of CincinnatiCincinnati Center for Clinical and Translational Science and Training
Principal Investigator
Co-Principal Investigator Participating Institutions and Community Partners: Collaborative Health Care Institutions
University of Cincinnati
Description (provided by grantee):
Through Research Central, researchers will have easy access to centralized study design, biostatistical, bioinformatics, regulatory and community engagement support. The new Pilot & Collaborative Studies core will expand the pilot funding program at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center to the entire university. Greatly expanded educational offerings, including a new Certificate in Clinical and Translational Research, will be developed, building on the success of the Dean's Scholars in Clinical Research, as well as a master's degree in Clinical and Translational Research program. Through the community engagement program, CCTST will further bi-directional research linkages with the local community, breaking down bureaucratic barriers by creating Institutional Review Boards that can coordinate community-based research. Expanding services, such as nursing/coordinator support and sample processing provided by the existing General Clinical Research Center and the Cincinnati Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, will promote patient-oriented research for populations in the community. New translational technologies, including proteomics, drug discovery, imaging, nanomedicine, gene transfer and stem cell biology, and translational and molecular disease modeling, will be made more accessible to researchers. Photo: Frank McCormack, M.D., director of University of Cincinnati's (UC) pulmonary division, is an expert on the rare lung disorder lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM). Collaborative research at UC and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center has already led to major discoveries about the progression and treatment of LAM. This is just one example of successful translational research. UC's Center for Clinical and Translational Science and Training will support translational research across a broad range of diseases. (Photo by Dan Davenport, University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center Public Relations and Communications) Download Photo (2.5MB JPG) Contact InformationFor CTSA program information, contact:
Anthony R. Hayward, M.D., Ph.D. For CTSA communications information, contact:
Kameha R. Kidd, Ph.D. View the list of NCRR Program Officials and Grant Specialists |
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The Center for Clinical and Translational Science and Training (CCTST) is transforming the research environment among the University of Cincinnati and its affiliated partners in the community and industry. The CCTST will coordinate and plan the overall direction of the university's research infrastructure and training opportunities; serve investigators' needs from project concept to completion; optimize skills and foster career development of both new and experienced investigators; and ensure that community input informs research processes, and that the university's discoveries are translated to the community.