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July 22, 2022Clinical research professionals (CRP) are a vital part of the clinical and translational science workforce. However, there are multiple barriers to recruiting, training, and retaining these vital workers at academic medical centers, compounded by the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in a frustratingly quick turnover rate at these institutions. In September 2020, the Institute of
August 30, 2022CTSA Program hubs offer a wide range of services, from bioinformatics to recruitment support, to help investigators across disciplines design, implement and report their research more rigorously and efficiently. In 2018, Julie T. Elworth, Ph.D., director of evaluation at the University of Washington Institute of Translational Health Sciences (ITHS), realized that more than 75 percent of
May 30, 2023The N3Connect Bulletin aims to inform, connect, and engage members of the N3C community. The bulletin includes updates on community events, news, important announcements, and opportunities for involvement, as well as stories and profiles about N3C community members and their achievements. To join the N3Connect Bulletin mailing list, please visit https://bit.ly/JoinN3Connect
May 24, 2023Only two years ago, the idea of commercializing their future research discoveries was a novel concept for Julia Tobacyk, Ph.D., and Megan Reed, Ph.D. Today they can say they created a startup company as postdoctoral fellows in the Health Sciences Innovation and Entrepreneurship (HSIE) training program, which is the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Research Service Award training core
May 22, 2023Greetings from the CTSA Coordination, Communication, and Operations Support (CCOS) Center! In this transition update, we’ll be introducing our 6th and final team – Technical Development. This team is led by Monikka Ravichandran, MS, a software developer with years of experience in designing, developing, and delivering software to achieve optimal user experiences. Creating and launching our new
May 22, 2023The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) released comprehensive new recommendations to promote user data privacy for both public and private sector entities, focusing on mitigating bias and maximizing efficiency in an equitable way. The “National Strategy to Advance Privacy-Preserving Data Sharing and Analytics1” establishes clear objectives to aid the research, development
May 19, 2023A team of University of Iowa researchers led by College of Nursing Associate Professor Amany Farag, PhD, RN, has been awarded a three-year, $1 million grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to implement and evaluate the usability and effectiveness of an electronic student medication record aimed at reducing medication errors in K-12 schools. The interdisciplinary project
May 19, 2023Penn Staters across the Commonwealth have a new resource to help them carry out their research projects. Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute’s research navigator connects faculty, staff and students with research resources like funding opportunities, using data and informatics for research, recruiting and retaining research participants and engaging the community in research
May 16, 2023"Clinics are just 'one tool in the toolbox'," said Marc Atkins, UIC professor of psychiatry and psychology and director of CCTS's community engagement and collaboration core. Newly appointed Chicago mayor, Brandon Johnson, campaigned on reopening the city's shuttered mental health clinics. However, his new administration not determined how they will approach their goal of creating “a more
May 15, 2023Greetings from the Coordination, Communication, and Operations Support (CCOS) Center! Thus far, we have introduced stakeholders to 4 of our 6 project teams: Communications, Impact Analysis, Team Science, and Logistics. In this transition update, we will introduce and provide updates from our Training and Support Team. The CCOS Training and Support Team brings many years of combined expertise to
May 08, 2023At first, it seems like a perfectly ordinary exercise class. Three times a week, a group of seniors meet for an hour inside a church gym on the Iron Range, the narrow strips of land that trace ore deposits along Lake Superior. It’s hardly where you would expect to find the beating heart of a revolution. But that’s the home base for Ann Bussey, a retired healthcare leader who is changing how
May 04, 2023A Fierce Collaborator, Dr. Margolius’ Laser Focus on Health Priorities for Cleveland Will Help Eliminate Health Disparities This article is a part of our CTSC Translational Science Superheroes series. Dr. David Margolius had a long-term goal of working in public health or policy to help change the built environment. Being the Director of the Cleveland Department of Public Health was serendipitous
May 01, 2023As 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
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April 26, 2023Greetings from CCOS! The CTSA Impact Analysis team is building on the lessons learned from the Common Metrics Initiative to develop an inclusive, iterative, and efficient process to highlight the unique accomplishments of the CTSA. The goal of the CTSA Impact Analysis Strategy is to identify and amplify success stories, communicate these accomplishments to external influencers and/or decision
April 19, 2023HERSHEY, Pa.— One challenge researchers face is in accessing and analyzing big data, modern artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML) methodologies to answer important clinical research questions necessary for larger studies. Up until recently, large sets of data from biomedical and health research, such as electronic health records (EHR), were out of reach as there was no
April 18, 2023Dr. David Crowe’s Vision Was Too Important to Wait According to the National Institutes of Health, three percent of dermatologists are Black and 4.2 percent are Hispanic while Black and Hispanic Americans make up 13.4 and 18.5 percent, respectively, of the U.S. population. The lack of skin image diversity in medical textbooks means that medical students do not learn about how the conditions
April 17, 2023Laura James, M.D., director of the UAMS Translational Research Institute, has been elected to a second term on the national Association for Clinical and Translational Science (ACTS) Board of Directors. She joins 13 other directors at large from National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program institutions across the United States. She was first
April 17, 2023Families that suspect their child may have autism often find themselves waiting months or even more than a year before they can get a diagnosis. Wait times to receive a diagnosis are often worse for rural families, as there are fewer specialists and they can be hours away. And, with autism, time is of the essence: The sooner children and families can be supported, the better the outcome
April 17, 2023Rick Kittles, PhD, Senior Vice President of Research at Morehouse School of Medicine, Laid a Foundation with Words of Science, Wisdom, and Caution This article is a part of our CTSC Event Recap series. The Oxford dictionary defines “ancestry” as one’s family or ethnic descent. Ancestry is the bridge between genetics and society–oftentimes with cultural, religious or political meaning. WIth race as
April 14, 2023Achieving rural health equity is an ambitious goal, but it’s one that CTSI’s Rural Health Program has been actively chasing since its inception less than two years ago. To do this, its program leaders Katy Backes Kozhimannil, PhD, and Carrie Henning-Smith, PhD, are taking a multi-pronged approach. The renowned rural health experts have created training and fellowship programs as well as built the
April 13, 2023Tabia Henry Akintobi, PhD, MPH, Georgia CTSA Community Engagement Director and Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) Associate Dean for Community Engagement, Chair of the Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine, is the co-editor of the newly released book " Black Health in the South," a collection of essays by public health experts that examine the health and wellbeing of Black people
April 13, 2023On March 29, 2023, Georgia Clinical and Translational Science Alliance (Georgia CTSA) received a Golden Helix Award from the Center for Global Health Innovation (CGHI) during its 25th annual award ceremony at the Fox Theater in Atlanta. CGHI, formerly known as Georgia Bio, is the state’s life sciences trade association that brings together diverse Global Health, Health Technology, and Life
April 13, 2023Finding the right patients for clinical trials can be a struggle and require much time and effort. Clinical researchers have wondered whether screening the electronic health record (EHR) could improve the process. Could it provide enough information to determine whether a patient is a good fit for a study? Clinical research tools like i2b2 promise to make such EHR searches easier for clinicians
April 12, 2023Fireside Chats with Leading Ladies Makes its Rounds to the Heights of Local Healthcare Pillars This article is a part of our CTSC Event Recap series. According to a study titled Representation of Women in the Leadership Structure of the US Health Care System, published in JAMA Network Open, 15.3% of health system CEOs were women in 2021. Partnering with our diversity, equity, inclusion, and
April 12, 2023A Work in Progress, the SOP Laid the Groundwork for Equitable Inclusion of Community Representatives in Manuscript Development and Publication This article is a CTSC Special Feature. Community engagement in research–throughout the research process–is pivotal to producing evidence that is built on principles of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility. Oftentimes you’ll hear of opportunities
April 12, 2023Dr. Tarabichi’s Data Obsession Shines in the Clinical Space This article is a part of our Health Disparities Researcher Feature series. Yasir Tarabichi, MD, pulmonary, sleep, and critical care physician at MetroHealth Medical Center, has always been a self-proclaimed “tech and data geek”. Figuring out early in life that his skillset was data-based, Dr. Tarabichi found himself frequently asking,
April 12, 2023Bionutrition, REDCap, BERD, and Administration Take on READI In Unique Ways This article is a CTSC Special Feature. The CTSC Research Equity, Accessibility, Diversity, and Inclusion (READI) team sat down with a few CTSC service leads to understand what services they provide and how it does (or could) intersect with READI. Spoiler alert–each service has already pivoted or is pivoting. Bionutrition
April 12, 2023“Community” Set the Tone on a Nationwide Stage This article is a part of our CTSC Event Recap series. The fourth and final challenge in our inaugural Mission: Health Equity Challenge Series is complete. On March 16, 2023, 145 members of the research community, from colleges and universities, nonprofit organizations, medical schools, and private companies nationwide convened for the CTSC Health
April 12, 2023Women Can’t Make History If They’re Not Surviving Childbirth This article is a part of our CTSC Event Recap series. Women’s History Month is an opportune time to reflect on how far women have come and how far society needs to go to create and cultivate an environment where all women can thrive, and experience as well as receive equity in all aspects of their lives. However, women can’t make