New Course to Train Translational Scientists in Ethical Awareness and Competency

Funding from the National Institutes of Health was recently approved for “Capacity Building in Bioethics for Scientists across the Translational Spectrum,” a project to develop a course that builds capacity in emerging translational researchers as they work to generate knowledge and interventions for the benefit of their field, their patients, and their communities.

National Relaunch of Recruitment Innovation Center Supported by UR CTSI

The Recruitment Innovation Center (RIC), a collaborative group of researchers involved in recruitment and retention of research participants, will formally relaunch this fall.

Office of Research IT Seeks to Support and Accelerate Research with Technology Solutions

The Office of Research IT leverages technology solutions to support all researchers across the Medical Campus.

Immune Modulators Have Mixed Results on COVID Pneumonia

In December of 2020, URMC researchers joined the large, national ACTIV-1 clinical trial testing whether immune modulator drugs can speed recovery for patients hospitalized with COVID. Though results are mixed, the trial provides many insights for future trials and pandemics. 

Meet Your Next Collaborator: Introducing the Health Equity Research Core Investigator Group

This new group brings researchers together from across the University who are working in the health equity space. Together, they will help develop and execute the Office of Health Equity Research's agenda, focusing on five community-identified research priority areas.