Research
-Rutgers Biomedical/Health Sciences"Supervised Consumption Sites and Overdose Prevention in the United States: Possibilities, Prospects, and Challenges" Presented by: Brandon D. L. Marshall, PhD Associate Professor of Epidemiology Brown University In this seminar, Professor Marshall will discuss the state and science of supervised consumption sites - also known as overdose prevention centers - in the United States. Drawing from
December 24, 2021Assistant Professor and iTHRIV Scholar Julia Basso is using electroencephalography to record brain activity while studying the clinical utility of dance for individuals with autism spectrum disorder.
December 08, 2021Cornelia Ann Smith’s severe chronic back pain disappeared almost as soon as the experimental spinal cord stimulator was activated in a procedure at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). “I realized the device was helping me immediately,” the Calico Rock, Ark., resident said. Then, back home, it really began to sink in. “I was sitting on the couch, and I thought, ‘This is amazing
December 08, 2021In 2020 UC Davis School of Medicine's highest award for teaching went to Ted Wun, associate dean for research and director of the UC Davis Clinical and Translational Science Center. The award, C. John Tupper Prize for Excellence in Teaching was created by the founding dean of the School of Medicine to recognize sustained and enduring contributions to education. "Professor Wun has helped shape a
-University Of Southern CaliforniaThis 2-hour interactive workshop "Tips for Collecting High-Quality Qualitative Data" is based on a unique qualitative research support service offered by the Southern California Clinical and Translational Science Institute (SC CTSI) core group called Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design (BERD) and provided by Dr. Rachel Ceasar. Workshop facilitators, including Dr. Ceasar, offer tips for
November 22, 2021A group of evaluation researchers at Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) hubs are conducting retrospective case studies to evaluate the translational research process. Earlier this year, Dr. Clara Pelfrey and the CTSA evaluation researchers petitioned the Journal of Clinical and Translational Science to include retrospective case studies as a manuscript category. The objective of these
The Department of Nutrition Science in the College of Health and Human Sciences (HHS) seeks applicants for a tenured faculty position, at the associate or full professor level, focused on human/clinical nutrition. The successful candidate will also direct the Purdue Clinical Research Center (CRC) for the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI; www.purdue.edu/hhs/nutr/crc). The
-Harvard Medical SchoolMini-Symposium: The Five Senses Pilot Opportunity Please join us to kick off our new pilot grant opportunity on senses and perception at this virtual event featuring four Harvard University investigators working in this exciting research area. In addition to learning about their leading-edge research, our discussion will focus on potential areas for investigation for those considering submitting
October 06, 2021Inflammasomes were discovered in 2002, and almost 20 years later, the number of diseases for which the molecule has treatment implications continues to expand. “It’s amazing how the implications are growing to so many different diseases, whether it’s gout, heart disease, cancer or addiction,” said P. Srirama Rao, Ph.D., VCU’s vice president for research and innovation. “Even more recently, in the
September 29, 2021In the early days of the pandemic, with commercial COVID tests in short supply, Rockefeller’s Robert B. Darnell developed an in-house assay to identify positive cases within the Rockefeller community. It turned out to be easier and safer to administer than the tests available at the time, and it has been used tens of thousands of times over the past nine months to identify and isolate infected
September 23, 2021Researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), the University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC), and the University of Kentucky (UK) are teaming up to develop a Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) research network to support translational science across the criminal justice continuum. Criminal justice settings provide an opportunity to engage difficult-to-reach
September 21, 2021Our summer internship program mentor discusses her longstanding commitment to working with refugee, asylum seeker, and immigrant communities. Altaf Saadi, MD, MSc, is an instructor in neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), where she is also associate director of the MGH Asylum Clinic at the Center for Global Health and principal investigator of the Neurodisparities and Health Justice
September 09, 2021LITTLE ROCK — A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) research team has identified a potential cause of long-lasting symptoms experienced by COVID-19 patients, often referred to as long-haulers. The findings were published in the journal, The Public Library of Science ONE (PLOS ONE). At the heart of the team’s findings is an antibody that shows up weeks after an initial infection and
-University of Arkansas for Medical SciencesThe 2021 TRI Research Regulatory Conference - Virtual Research in a Complicated World, is set for Thursday, Oct. 28, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. (Central Time) Presenters this year include two national speakers: Erin Rothwell, Ph.D., from the University of Utah. She is associate vice president for Research and a professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Utah School of
-University Of North Carolina Chapel HillThe Catalyze Program, established by NHLBI and run by Research Triangle Institute (RTI) International, transforms basic science discoveries into viable therapeutics, devices, and diagnostics. While the actual Catalyze Program is focused on products for heart, lung, blood, and sleep disorders, the information presented in these monthly seminars is foundational knowledge about product development
July 28, 2021Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute released the latest episode of its Engage Podcast featuring research into diseases of despair in Pennsylvania communities. Daniel George, associate professor of humanities and public health sciences, discusses the results of a research study that conducted focus groups in Pennsylvania communities affected by diseases of despair. Princeton-
July 27, 2021Financial instability, lack of infrastructure, a deteriorating sense of community and family fragmentation are key contributors to diseases of despair in Pennsylvania communities, according to Penn State College of Medicine and Highmark Health researchers. The researchers conducted four focus groups in Pennsylvania communities identified as having high rates of despair-related illnesses. Diseases
July 20, 2021Our summer intern discusses her research evaluating healthcare spending & clinical outcomes among disadvantaged populations. Where do you go to school, and what are you studying? I’m an MD-PhD student at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. I’m currently in the graduate phase of my training and am studying epidemiology. Who is your mentor and what is your project? I’m excited to be working with
-Harvard Medical SchoolInterns from our annual summer internship program present their research projects. This year’s ceremony will be broken into two sessions. Session one will take place from 10:30am-12:20pm, and session two will take place from 1:00-3:00pm.-
July 19, 2021The federal Health Resources and Services Administration awarded Penn State College of Medicine $2.2 million over the next five years to establish a primary care research fellowship. This fellowship program will train investigators to address various physical and mental health challenges – including the opioid and mental health crises – that affect communities in central Pennsylvania and beyond
- Clinical and Translational Science
The mission of translational science is to bring predictivity and efficiency to the development and dissemination of interventions that improve human health. Ten years ago this year, the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences was founded to embody, conduct, and support this new discipline.
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July 06, 2021Some regions of the human genome where the DNA can fold into unusual three-dimensional structures called G-quadruplexes (G4s) show signs that they are preserved by natural selection. When G4s are located in the regulatory sequences that control how genes are expressed or in other functional, but non-protein-coding, regions of the genome, they are maintained by selection, are more common, and their
June 28, 2021As it turns out, they will. A team of researchers that has been evaluating the Washington University Institute for Clinical and Translational Sciences (ICTS) since 2010 has released new findings. They suggest that CTSA member researchers who engaged with dedicated ICTS infrastructure and resources increased their research productivity; members who took advantage of ICTS services were more likely
June 28, 2021Britney Wardecker, Ph.D., an assistant professor of nursing at Penn State College of Nursing, researches healthy aging in the LGBTQ community. There are more than 50 million Americans who are aged 65 and older. According to the US Census Bureau, that number is expected to be nearly 84 million by 2050. Keeping older Americans healthy and maintaining their everyday lives will remain an important-
June 28, 2021Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute released the latest episode of its Engage Podcast discussing research into e-cigarettes. Andrea Hobkirk, Ph.D., an assistant professor of psychiatry and behavior health, discusses her work into how the brain responds to flavored e-cigarettes compared to unflavored. Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute invested in Hobkirk’s
June 24, 2021Many Chinese immigrant caregivers endure the fatigue and overwork known by caregivers everywhere. But they struggle with added burdens—language barriers, self-neglecting behavior, and social isolation—that heighten risks to their physical and mental health. That’s why USC researchers recruited Mandarin-speaking immigrant caregivers to co-design and pilot-test a mobile application as part of a self
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June 23, 2021Flavoring can change how the brain responds to e-cigarette aerosols that contain nicotine, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers. Andrea Hobkirk and her team used functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to understand how the brain’s reward areas react to e-cigarette aerosol with and without flavor. “There are nearly 12 million e-cigarette users in the United States,” Hobkirk
June 11, 2021The University of Wisconsin Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (UW ICTR) has developed comprehensive Dissemination and Implementation (D&I) resources to support the translational research process. A recent publication in the Journal of Clinical and Translational Science describes the essential role of stakeholder engagement in the evolution of the UW ICTR Community and Collaboration
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June 02, 2021
The iTHRIV Research Data Commons is a new solution that provides health researchers and data stewards with a single interface to manage, share and use research data throughout its lifecycle, from initial design and approval through data collection and analysis, and ultimately publication. The product facilitates access while enhancing compliance, making it a win for both research teams and
May 28, 2021A leader in Informatics and creator of Harvard Catalyst Profiles discusses his innovative work to make COVID-19 research data available to the world. Griffin Weber, MD, PhD is the co-faculty lead for Harvard Catalyst’s Informatics team. He’s an associate professor of medicine and biomedical informatics at Harvard Medical School and at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), where he directs