Mayo Clinic Center for Clinical and Translational Science

Mission Statement

Mayo Clinic Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCaTS) enables high-quality, team-based multidisciplinary research that accelerates clinical trial innovation, facilitates digital health transformation, and partners with our stakeholders and communities to improve patient care and health for all people 

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Programs

UL1 Award

KL2 Award

TL1 Award

Funded Years
2012 - 2015, 2017 - 2022
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  • UL1

    UL1 Director
    Vesna
    Garovic
    MD, PhD
    UL1 Administrator
    Laura
    Meiners
    Operations Administrator

    Education

    KL2 Director
    Nilufer
    Ertekin-Taner
    Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic CCaTS KL2 PI and Director
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    Nathan
    Staff
    Professor of Neurology, KL2 Associate Director
    KL2 Administrator
    Carmen
    Silvano
    TL1 Director
    Anthony
    Windebank
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    Felicity
    Enders
    Professor of Biostatistics
    TL1 Administrator
    Carmen
    Silvano

    Communications

    Communications Representative
    Caitlin
    Doran
    Communications Specialist

    Enterprise Committees

    Integration Across Lifespan Voting Member
    Filippo
    Vairo
    Informatics Voting Member
    Hongfang
    Liu
    Collaboration and Engagement Voting Member
    Heather
    Billings
    Administrative Lead, Team Science Education and Training
    DEIA Voting Member
    Felicity
    Enders
    Professor of Biostatistics

    Common Metrics

    Primary CM Contact
    Laura
    Meiners
    Operations Administrator

Consortium News

Clinical notes in medical records are rich sources of data about human health. But tapping them for medical research can be challenging because these data come from various sources—and they all look different. "There's no standardization in how data is organized and classified across medical records systems," says Sunyang Fu, Ph.D., a Mayo Clinic biomedical informatics researcher. Even the

Clinicians and researchers around the world are combining artificial intelligence, known as AI, with health care to help identify patients at greater risk of cardiovascular diseases, such as stroke and heart failure. However, as use of these AI-enhanced tools grows, researchers at Mayo Clinic are asking, "Do these tools work reliably for people of color?" and "Are they accessible in community

Mayo Clinic anesthesiologist David O. Warner, M.D. recently received the prestigious 2022 Excellence in Research Award from the American Society of Anesthesiologists. This award recognizes his long, distinguished career in research and his ability to innovate and adapt his methods to advance medical science and meet the unmet needs of patients. Dr. Warner’s research has examined many topics over

Educational Content

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Fundamentals of Clinical and Translational Science (FunCaTS) is a combination of 13 online modules strategically packaged together to enable medical professionals and allied health staff to expand their knowledge of the components of clinical and translational research. These components provide the fundamental knowledge to promote understanding of the process of bringing discoveries to the bedside

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Are you ready to take a deeper dive into the world of clinical and translational science? Essentials of Clinical and Translational Science (ECaTS) provides medical professionals with foundational knowledge of research terminology, research methods and processes, clinical epidemiology, and biomedical statistics. Upon completion, learners understand basic terminology and methodological concepts in

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Are you ready to take a deeper dive into the world of clinical and translational science? Essentials of Clinical and Translational Science (ECaTS) provides medical professionals with foundational knowledge of research terminology, research methods and processes, clinical epidemiology, and biomedical statistics. Upon completion, learners understand basic terminology and methodological concepts in

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The CTSA Visiting Scholar program consists of giving the virtual CTSA Grand Rounds lecture, which is open to the entire CTSA Consortium, and virtual meetings between KL2 Scholars and faculty at the host institution and their KL2 peers. There are two main goals of this program. The first is to offer the opportunity to serve as a visiting professor and help make connections with faculty that will

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The CTSA Visiting Scholar program consists of giving the virtual CTSA Grand Rounds lecture, which is open to the entire CTSA Consortium, and virtual meetings between KL2 Scholars and faculty at the host institution and their KL2 peers. There are two main goals of this program. The first is to offer the opportunity to serve as a visiting professor and help make connections with faculty that will

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Sjӧgren's syndrome (SS), the second most common rheumatic disease contributing nine times the cost of a healthy person, has hallmark features of oral and ocular dryness due to salivary and lacrimal gland inflammation. Minor salivary glands, central to the pathogenesis and diagnosis of SS, contain mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs). In other conditions MSCs are responsible for tissue repair and

Opportunities

The Program Evaluation and Continuous Improvement Manager performs a full range of professional duties including leading and managing multiple and diverse assignments, with a primary focus on conducting quality improvement and program evaluation activities, managing and maintaining the systems and processes, and directing/leading staff to support these activities within the MCCCC Cancer Research

Manages operations for the Center for Clinical and Translational Science. Serves as a key member of the leadership team with a primary focus on administrative leadership, management of allied health staff, program budget development and oversight, grants management, operational and strategic planning, and implementation of policies and systems. Partners closely with physician/scientist leadership

Charge The Director of Continuous Quality Improvement and Program Evaluation for the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (MCCMS) provides strategic and operational direction to implement a comprehensive, integrated and sustainable quality improvement and evaluation system across the College. This system should provide each school within MCCMS with ready access to the synthesis of key data

Poster Sessions

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Rochester Healthy Community Partnership (RHCP) started in 2004. Mayo Clinic and Hawthorne Education Center (an adult education center) formed a community academic partnership. This partnership matured by formalizing operating norms, adapting community based participatory research (CBPR) principles, adding dedicated partners from multiple sectors, conducting community health assessments, and

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Objectives: To assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on clinical research and the use of electronic approaches to mitigate this impact. Methods: We compared the utilization of electronic consenting, remote visits, and remote monitoring by study monitors in all research studies conducted at Mayo Clinic sites (Arizona, Florida, and Minnesota) before and during the COVID-19 pandemic (ie, between

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The Mayo Clinic COVID-19 Task Force was established to enable, coordinate, and catalog research studies and practice demands of COVID-19. The task force manages research across the whole translational spectrum, aligning competing and duplicative studies to steward research resources and coordinates Institutional Review Board, Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCaTS) Office of Clinical

Publications

Prioritizing studies of COVID-19 and lessons learned

Introduction: COVID-19 altered research in Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) hubs in an unprecedented manner, leading to adjustments for COVID-19 research. Methods: CTSA members volunteered to conduct a review on the impact of CTSA network on COVID-19 pandemic with the assistance from

Managing the risks and benefits of clinical research in response to a pandemic

Introduction: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) created major disruptions at academic centers and healthcare systems globally. Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) fund hubs supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences provideinfrastructure and leadership

Clinical Research During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Virtual Visits and Digital Approaches

Clinical trials are a fundamental tool in evaluating the safety and efficacy of new drugs, medical devices, and health system interventions. Clinical trial visits generally involve eligibility assessment, enrollment, intervention administration, data collection, and follow-up, with many of these

Research and Operational Tools

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The Rochester Epidemiology Project (REP) is a collaboration between health care providers in Minnesota and Wisconsin.

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Clinical trials bridge the gap between research and patient care and help a medical discovery become a therapy. The clinical trial journey is long and complicated, with many steps along the way, and it can be challenging to describe this process to patients and research volunteers, or to colleagues who are unfamiliar with clinical research.

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New Standards and Open Access Can Help Natural Language Processing March 10, 2023 Consortium News
Can AI-enhanced Heart Screening Address Health Disparities? February 13, 2023 Consortium News
Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center Program Evaluation and Continuous Improvement Manager - Remote December 21, 2022 Opportunity
Mayo Clinic Leader Recognized for Career Excellence in Research December 14, 2022 Consortium News
Research Operations Manager - CCaTS Mayo Clinic October 19, 2022 Opportunity
Rochester Healthy Community Partnership: A Sustainable Community Based Participatory Research Partnership with Immigrant and Refugees in Rochester, Minnesota October 10, 2022 Poster
Mayo Clinic leader recognized for Innovation in Informatics Award October 06, 2022 Consortium News
Religious practices, spirituality associated with higher levels of heart health among African Americans August 25, 2022 Consortium News
Mayo Clinic announces renewal of its $48 million Clinical and Translational Science Award August 25, 2022 Consortium News
Uniting a love of math and Medicine August 17, 2022 Consortium News
Mobile app for improving heart health among African Americans shows promise, Mayo study finds July 18, 2022 Consortium News
Explainer: What happens in medical research before clinical trials begin? May 19, 2022 Consortium News
Weight loss programs tailored to the needs of Somali and Latino immigrants show success, a Mayo Clinic study finds. Participants lost weight during COVID while many other Americans gained weight. April 22, 2022 Consortium News
Serving my community with an open heart March 25, 2022 Consortium News
CTSA Visiting Scholar Program - Heather Wachtel, MD, MS March 01, 2022 Event
Community support can make you healthier--and can help you lose weight, too February 25, 2022 Consortium News
Community leaders and Mayo Clinic researchers develop playbook for COVID-19 health equity, future pandemics February 17, 2022 Consortium News
CTSA Visiting Scholar Program - Marcia Friedman, MD February 09, 2022 Event
‘Walleye Tank: Ice Fishing Edition’ competition names biomedical innovation champions January 31, 2022 Consortium News
Commentary highlights reasons for lack of diversity in cancer research November 18, 2021 Consortium News
Mayo retrospective study finds that cancer drug also lowers blood glucose November 09, 2021 Consortium News
Mayo Clinic duo 'nails it' November 09, 2021 Consortium News
Increased Utilization of Virtual Visits and Electronic Approaches in Clinical Research During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Therafter November 05, 2021 Poster
New research center to address effects of racism on heart health October 20, 2021 Consortium News
Mayo researchers who have made it their goal to 'achieve a world without viral hepatitis’ October 01, 2021 Consortium News
Mayo Clinic med student startup, Nanodropper, wins MN Cup top prize September 21, 2021 Consortium News
Mayo Scientists, Teachers Partner to Bring Science Experiences to Students September 14, 2021 Consortium News
Mayo's Dr. Fischer wants to improve the health of children everywhere August 24, 2021 Consortium News
Clinical trials from a community perspective: "Authenticity is priceless" August 13, 2021 Consortium News
Keeping translational science on the fast track to curb COVID-19 pneumonia July 20, 2021 Consortium News
Mayo graduate charts a career blending science with patient care July 14, 2021 Consortium News
How clinical trials work: COVID-19 and beyond June 22, 2021 Consortium News
Giving youth a voice in pediatric health research May 19, 2021 Consortium News
Study finds virtual community platform beneficial for engagement in health research April 27, 2021 Consortium News
Balancing Damage and Protection, Neutrophils May Lead to Cell Aging, Mayo study says April 07, 2021 Consortium News
Four women who 'make health equity research run' at Mayo Clinic March 16, 2021 Consortium News
Community-based care key to COVID-19 rapid response in underserved communities March 09, 2021 Consortium News
CTSA Visiting Scholars Program - What salivary gland mesenchymal stromal cells teach us about the pathogenesis and treatment of Sjӧgren's Syndrome February 26, 2021 Event
CTSA Visiting Scholars Program - Circadian Rhythms and Cardiovascular Risk February 26, 2021 Event
Rare esophageal cancer hits younger patients especially hard, Mayo study finds January 26, 2021 Consortium News
Fundamentals of Clinical and Translational Science (FunCaTS) January 10, 2021 Educational Content
Essentials of Clinical and Translational Science (ECaTS) January 10, 2021 Educational Content
How Mayo research is addressing COVID-19 health disparities in Black communities December 15, 2020 Consortium News
Mayo Clinic launches COVID-19 Vaccine Registry November 24, 2020 Consortium News
New research shows markers in donor kidneys that could reduce risks November 17, 2020 Consortium News
Mayo Clinic COVID-19 Task Force October 29, 2020 Poster
Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on Immunocompromised Persons: N3C ImmunoSuppressed/Compromised Clinical Domain Team October 29, 2020 Poster
Health disparities curricula an “opportunity to be seized upon” in resident training September 15, 2020 Consortium News
Mayo Clinic student-led startup lands Air Force contract August 31, 2020 Consortium News
Minority communities attend Mayo Clinic COVID-19 virtual town halls in Arizona August 03, 2020 Consortium News