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“To have the greatest impact, you have to collaborate. You have to build a multi-disciplinary team that will sustain the research long after you’re gone,” says Dr. Ewan Cobran. Former Georgia CTSA UL1 Diversity Scholar, Ewan Cobran, PhD, Assistant Professor, College of Pharmacy, University of Georgia recently received an NIH K01 award for his research, “Genetic Literacy and Patient-Caregiver

In 2015 Kenneth Remy, MD, MHSc arrived in St. Louis to join the Washington University School of Medicine faculty as an assistant professor of pediatrics and launched his lab studying the intersection of transfusion hematology and immune dysregulation. He was fresh off a National Institutes of Health (NIH) fellowship in Bethesda, Maryland, gaining experience that helped to shape his future career

UC Davis CTSC KL2 Scholar’s work included in National Endowment for the Arts report Ian Koebner’s Art Rx Program was recently profiled in a published report from the National Endowment for the Arts. The report, Arts Strategies for Addressing the Opioid Crisis: Examining the Evidence, centers on arts integration in pain management and the prevention and treatment of substance use disorder

Dr. Seble Kassaye, infectious disease expert at Georgetown University Medical Center and former GHUCCTS KL2 scholar, is the principal investigator for a local convalescent plasma COVID-19 clinical trial. Dr. Kassaye recently appeared on NBC4 Washington to discuss the trial. This trial is led by Johns Hopkins University. MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, MedStar Washington Hospital Center

While the broad architecture and organization of the human brain is universal, researchers supported by the University of Rochester Clinical and Translational Science Institute (UR CTSI) are the first to observe and quantify the differences between how people reimagine common scenarios. These unique neurological signatures could ultimately be used to understand, study, and even improve the

Doctors may soon be able to more accurately diagnose concussions by measuring the number of certain molecules in a person’s saliva, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers. The results of a recent clinical study confirmed that a patient’s spit may be used to aid concussion diagnosis in a non-invasive, non-biased fashion. Researchers analyzed the saliva of more than 500 study

Wright Center KL2 Scholar Elizabeth Wolf, M.D., MPH, published an article in JAMA Pediatrics this month addressing concerns about negative health impacts from common, and often unnecessary, medical tests and procedures for young patients. Wolf, an assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the VCU School of Medicine, studies health care for vulnerable populations, well-child visits and

The University of Wisconsin Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) will participate in the Building Up study developed at the University of Pittsburgh Institute for Clinical Research Education to test the effectiveness of a career development intervention designed for postdoctoral trainees and junior faculty who come from populations underrepresented in health-related sciences on

The Columbia University CTSA KL2 program is honored to be highlighted as one of the top program hubs by the Center for Leading Innovation and Collaboration (CLIC). The CU program has demonstrated significant improvements in the Careers in Clinical & Translational Research Common Metric within the KL2 women’s measure. The CLIC Common Metrics Initiative team collects and reports annual data, and

Jennifer Rosenthal, assistant professor of clinical pediatrics, will begin a four-year K23 Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) to study pediatric interfacility transfers. Pediatric interfacility transfers are frequent but poorly studied events. Dr. Rosenthal’s project, “Telemedicine Consultations

Stephanie Crossen, a pediatric endocrinologist and assistant professor of clinical pediatrics at UC Davis Health, will begin a four-year K23 training award funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). Dr. Crossen will study several ways to leverage telehealth and connected health technology to improve care delivery and outcomes for children and

A team led by Manish Shah, MD, MPH, Professor of Emergency Medicine and Director of the KL2 Career Development Program at the University of Wisconsin Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (UW ICTR), will develop an advanced surveillance system to identify future waves of the COVID-19 pandemic and provide training to front-line providers. With funding from the Wisconsin Partnership

Infectious disease expert Dr. Seble Kassaye, associate professor of medicine at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) and former GHUCCTS KL2 scholar, led a team of researchers to develop an online COVID-19 symptom tracking tool. The tool ensures a person’s confidentiality while being able to actively monitor their symptoms. “Our online system provides a method for efficient, active

Frontiers: University of Kansas Clinical and Translational Science Institute recently selected four new awardees for its KL2 Mentored Career Development Program and three new awardees for its TL1 Trainee Program. As part of the Frontiers Education Core, KL2 awards provide a two-year tailored, mentored research experience to promising clinical and translational research faculty. The new Frontiers

The North Carolina Clinical and Translational Sciences (NC TraCS) Institute is pleased to announce the opening of the application cycle for the following institutional junior faculty (K) career development programs: • Gene Orringer Junior Faculty Career Development (TraCS KL2) Program for early stage clinical and translational researchers • Oncology K12 for clinicians aspiring to an academic

A team of researchers including Dr. Jessica Ericson, Oluwamuyiwa "Winnie" Adebayo, Ph.D., Dr. Catharine Paules and Dr. Patrick Gavigan are evaluating the public’s knowledge and acceptance of health messaging related to COVID-19, such as social distancing and stay-at-home orders. The research team wants to understand better how the public processes, interprets and ultimately responds to this health

The Duke CTSA KL2 program was recently identified as one of the top program hubs by the Center for Leading Innovation and Collaboration (CLIC). The Duke KL2 program was a top performer in the KL2 education program – Underrepresented measure. The CLIC evaluates programs using a Common Metrics Initiative. In alignment with the CLIC’s current goals, the Duke KL2 program set a goal to increase the