Clinical and Translational Science Institute

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The University of Rochester Clinical and Translational Science Institute is a national leader in the expanding field of clinical and translational research. With funding from the National Institutes of Health, the CTSI is assembling the people and resources that will help scientists and physicians at the University of Rochester and across upstate New York collaborate to produce innovative science and technology that improves health. We have one goal: That new preventive interventions, diagnostic procedures and treatments get to patients and communities faster than ever before.

Current Funding Opportunities

Novel Methodologies Funding

A new RFA for investigators interested in developing novel methodologies for translational research has been posted.  Please click here for more details.

Laboratory Support Funding

The Laboratory Support Center will provide support for laboratory costs associated with clinical or translational research projects. Primarily, this support is paid to core laboratories located at the URMC, since they have the services, equipment, and experience available to provide the data needed for many projects. The goal is to provide funds for obtaining pilot or supporting data for extramural proposal submissions. The deadline for submissions is September 28, 2009. Please click here for more details.

American Recovery & Reinvestment Act Information

The CTSI has created a new website packed with information about and links to funding opportunities made available by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. In addition, it is a resource for URMC investigators to share ideas about how to take advantage of these opportunities. The site is available to URMC and River Campus users with a network logon ID or a NET ID.

Visit the Recovery Website

CTSI Events

For a full listing of all CTSI events please click here to view our new interactive calendar.

The Genomics and Translational Medicine Symposium will be held at the University of Rochester on October 22-23, 2009. To register or to get more information, visit http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/oca/GenomicsandTranslationalMedicineSymposium.cfm.

Webcasts

The CTSI has a variety of seminar webcasts available for immediate viewing in the webcast archive. Please click here to access the webcast archive.

 

Breaking News

  • CTSI Executive Committee member and Senior Associate Dean for Basic Research Dr. Ed Puzas explains his vision in this month’s URMC Pulse. Read more>>

  • A manuscript based on a survey that was funded by a CTSI supplemental grant was accepted as a research letter by the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. It will appear as “Physician Perspectives on Incentives to Participate in Practice-Based Research: A Greater Rochester Practice-Based Research Network Study”.

  • URMC has begun construction on its Clinical and Translational Science Building (CTSB), a $76.4 million project that will serve as a central hub for the resources, expertise, and networks necessary to fast-track biomedical research into real-word cures. Click here to read more about this story.

  • The CTSI Office of Regulatory Support is pleased to announce the creation of a new resource to guide investigators through the elements of planning and operating a study: the Customized Action Plan.
  • What's Happening With the CTSI? Read our quarterly Newsletter, the CTSI Collaborator to find out! Click here to view the most recent issue.
  • Use the CTSI Listserv to stay up to date with the most current events! Sign up here.

For the CTSI News Archive please click here.

Successes

  • As part of its 2009 University Commencement activities, the Johns Hopkins University inducted CTSI Principal Investigator Thomas A. Pearson, MD, PhD, Albert D. Kaiser Professor of Community and Preventive Medicine into its society of scholars.  Click here to read more about this honor.
  • Congratulations to Kevin Makino, a CTSI MD/PhD trainee, who received the first University of Rochester AcademyHealth Student Chapter Travel Award for the Annual Research Meeting in Chicago, IL.
  • Adam Simning, a CTSI MD/PhD trainee, was invited to attend the US Army Suicide Reduction and Prevention Research: Strategic Planning Workgroup in Washington, DC, June 2 – 4, 2009. He drafted a summary technical report for the three-day strategic planning workgroup and received $1000 honorarium in support of his dissertation research.
  • Congratulations to Mathews Jacob, a former CTSI Pilot & Collaborative Studies award recipient, who was recently awarded the prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER award.  Click here for more information on this story.