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As a junior faculty researcher at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), Nakita Lovelady, Ph.D., discovered that TRI Research Day 2023 was an inspiring experience, starting with breakfast. Lovelady and about a dozen of her peers met the morning of April 4 at Heifer International headquarters with Duane A. Mitchell M.D., Ph.D., an esteemed clinical researcher from the University of

HERSHEY, Pa. — Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) provides a unique opportunity for clinicians and scientists to move research discoveries into practical use. Not only does the Institute improve the health of its neighbors by integrating new findings into health care, it also promotes collaboration within research by providing opportunities for junior researchers to

Thomas Frazier, PhD, KL2 Scholar John Carroll’s Dr. Thomas Frazier Receives 2022 Human Cognitive and Behavioral Science SFARI Grant Vanessa Ho, MD, MPH & Jeffrey Claridge, MD, KL2 Scholars Functional Status is Key to Long-term Survival in Emergency General Surgery Conditions Christopher Hubert, PhD, KL2 Scholar – Recently received a R01 grant Shania Knighton, PhD, RN, CIC, KL2 Scholar – Recently

by Jessica Cooke Bailey, PhD, MA, Assistant Professor, Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Faculty, Cleveland Institute for Computational Biology This article is a Health Disparities Researcher Self Portrait authored by a CTSC-supported, health disparities researcher. Early Career Early in my academic career, I primarily

Nathan Berger, MD, 2021 & 2016 Core Utilization Pilot Primary Investigator, 2011 Core Utilization Pilot Co-Investigator Local high schooler published 9 times in medical journals Serah Choi, MD, PhD, 2021 Core Utilization Pilot Primary Investigator Case CCC Oncologists Make a Splash at ASTRO Agata Exner, PhD, 2018 Core Utilization Pilot Primary Investigator, 2016 Annual Pilot Co-Investigator

Check out the latest from our CTSC Scholars below and in our December 2022 newsletter. Jarrod Dalton, PhD, KL2 Scholar - named Director of the Center for Populations Health Research Center studies factors that affect the risk profiles, utilization, care and outcomes of diverse patient populations. William Dupps Jr., MD, PhD, KL2 Scholar received a four-year, $2.4 million grant from the National

HERSHEY, Pa. — One of the greatest challenges faced by scientists and health care practitioners might be the translation of research findings from the lab to their implementation in real-world settings. In other words, the academic and research community is constantly innovating, finding new, evidence-based interventions to help improve people’s health and well-being. However, there is a gap

Fungi in the soil cause a significant number of serious lung infections in 48 out of 50 states and the District of Columbia, including many areas long thought to be free of deadly environmental fungi, according to a study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) research team in Northwest Arkansas will study a potential way to improve health outcomes of pregnant Marshallese women using group-based care and health care navigators. Led by former UAMS Translational Research Institute KL2 Scholar Britni Ayers, Ph.D., the study of maternal health care involving small groups of women, known as

A routine monthly meeting, a comment and a question were the genesis for three publications this year by two TRI KL2 Mentored Research Career Development Program scholars. Maryam Garza, Ph.D., MPH, MMCi, and Tremaine Williams, Ed.D., who became KL2 scholars in 2021, are co-authors on papers in BMC Medical Research Methodology; Journal of Multimorbidity and Comorbidity; and Journal of the American

Please join the CTSC in congratulating our scholars, who continue to work hard in their respective fields. Preparing a multidisciplinary group of clinical research scholars to be future leaders of the nation's clinical research enterprise is a key component of the National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS) and the CTSA consortium. To read more about our KL2 and TL1 scholars

In 2019, Dr. Nichole Nidey, PhD, MS, assistant professor in Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, was awarded a partnership development grant to start the EMPOWER (empowering mothers, providers and others to weigh in as experts in research) project. The EMPOWER project is a collaborative project that includes patients who have had a lived experience of substance use during

Dr. LaQuita Jones, CCTST KL2 Scholar graduate and assistant professor at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, is featured as St. Baldrick's Scholar during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Video can be viewed here: https://twitter.com/StBaldricks/status/1570884378653491200 About Dr. Jones's Research: Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a difficult to treat cancer that is associated with

Jennifer L. Vincenzo, Ph.D., MPH, PT, recently became the first University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researcher to receive the national Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award in Aging, which comes with $1 million over five years. The award will support Vincenzo’s work implementing a falls prevention strategy as a standard of care for all older adults attending

Penn State researchers with varied research interests, including identifying mental health risk factors, improving quality of life for aging adults and combatting chronic disease in vulnerable populations, have embarked upon a training program in clinical and translational sciences. The Mentored Career Development KL2 Program is a two- to three-year opportunity offered by Penn State Clinical and

CTSI KL2 scholar Carolyn Bramante, MD, MPH, led the nation’s first study on whether metformin, fluvoxamine, and ivermectin, or their combinations could serve as possible treatments to prevent ER visits or hospitalization, as well as Long-COVID. Yesterday, the New England Journal of Medicine published the results of the clinical trial. “Our trial suggests that metformin may reduce the likelihood of

Please join us in congratulating our KL2 and TL1 scholars, who have been very hard at work this year. KL2 Scholar News: William Dupps, MD: Received a $2.4 million grant from NIH NEI to develop tools for optical mapping of unique corneal biomechanical properties, and to predict a patient’s surgical outcome or risk of corneal disease development and progression. Douglas Gunzler, PhD, MA: Recently

The latest poster session at the University of Minnesota CTSA had a twist. Called the Un-Poster Session, it allowed researchers’ family and friends to get in on the event by taking over the presentation. Unlike traditional poster sessions, children or partners of current and former scholars in the UMN Clinical and Translational Science Institute's professional development programs got to present

An NCATS-supported Science Café project has been reimagining how to engage immigrant and refugee communities on health issues. Over the past few years, the University of Minnesota CTSA partnered with Minneapolis’ Karen, Somali, and Spanish language communities to hold 18 Science Cafés on health topics ranging from vaccinations and exercise to navigating the healthcare system. While Science Cafés

As an undergraduate double major in English and Biology, Jennie Kwon, DO, MSCI, might have had a hard time predicting her eventual career path. But, during her first semester in medical school, Kwon admitted she was “bit by the proverbial microbiology bug”. “I was truly fascinated by these organisms,” recalls Kwon. “And I knew immediately that a career in infectious diseases was for me.” That

University of Cincinnati assistant professor and CCTST K Scholar, Dr. Arun Jose, was selected for the 2022 PHenomenal Impact Fund for Global PH Research Award, for his project on the gut microbiome and circulating metabolome in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Dr. Jose specializes in PAH, with a particular interest in the intestinal microbiome and pulmonary vascular disease due to liver

The University of Rochester Clinical and Translational Science Institute (UR CTSI) has awarded four new KL2 Career Development Awards to early-career clinical and translational scientists across the University of Rochester Medical Center. Awardees will soon begin two years of mentored research with KL2 support that is designed to help them obtain further K- or R- awards to advance their careers