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CTSI News

Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program

The Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program is accepting applications for postdoctoral research awards to support physicians and dentists from historically disadvantaged backgrounds. The deadline for applications is March 15, 2012. For more information, click here.

UR Receives Match Maestro Award from Research Match

The University of Rochester has become the first recipient of the new Match Maestro Award from ResearchMatch, recognizing excellence in volunteer-researcher matching. Read the official announcement here.

REDCap Now Available!

REDCap, the Research Electronic Data Capture system, is a secure, web-based application for building and managing online surveys and research databases. Get started by clicking here to access the REDCap development server

Limited Submission Awards

McDonnell Foundation Brain Cancer Research Grants The James S. McDonnell Foundation is accepting applications for brain cancer research grants. Interested faculty must submit applications by March 5, 2012. Read more.

McDonnell Foundation Complex Systems Scholar Awards

The James S. McDonnell Foundation is accepting applications for Complex Systems Scholar Awards. Interested faculty must submit applications by March 5, 2012. Read more.

Click here for more news and limited submission awards opportunities

Featured Service/Program

The newly-launced Academic Career Mentoring Service provides personalized assistance with finding a mentor, K-award applications, career planning, and more. Recorded mentoring workshop sessions are available online. Read more about the program and request services here.

CTSI Personalities

Daniela Geba, MD, CTSI PhD in gebaTranslational Biomedical Science Student, is leading a pilot project which compares the efficacy of different screening strategies in Type 2 Diabetes. Click here to learn more about Dr. Geba and her exciting research.

Featured Center

The Clinical Research Center is a center that provides an optimal setting for medical investigators to conduct safe, controlled, inpatient and outpatient studies of both children and adults. Read more about the Clinical Research Center and its services here.

 

NIH Funding Acknowledgement ** Important ** All publications resulting from the utilization of CTSI resources are required to credit the CTSI grant by including the NIH FUNDING ACKNOWLEDGEMENT and must comply with the NIH Public Access Policy.

 

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CTSI Stories

“The Rochester Genome,” Tom Pearsondesigned by artist Mark Chen and now being installed in the lobby of the Saunders Research Building, celebrates the Rochester approach to science and medicine: the Biopsychosocial Model. Read more in the current edition of CTSI Stories.

Weekly Update

Read more about upcoming Weekly Updateevents in clinical and translational science.