Clinical & Translational Science Institute / Collaboration

Collaboration

The UR CTSI provides research teams with various opportunities to partner with other clinical or translational researchers—both near and far—as well as physicians, research staff and the community. We help you make connections that can move your research forward.

Community Engagement

Engaging the community at all stages of research is a UR CTSI guiding principle. In partnership with the Center for Community Health & Prevention, the UR CTSI offers consultations to help researchers collaborate with the community.

Engage with the community

UNYTE Translational Network

The UR CTSI helps translational researchers collaborate and share resources through the UNYTE Translational Research Network, which includes 20 biomedical research institutions across Upstate New York and Pennsylvania.

Learn about UNYTE

CLIC: CTSA Program Coordination

The Center for Leading Innovation and Collaboration, housed at the UR CTSI, helps coordinate translational research efforts across the country and uniquely positions URMC to collaborate with other top biomedical research institutions.

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Spotlight

UR CTSI Funding Leads to New Grant for Childhood Tooth Decay Prevention App

URMC researchers are developing a smartphone app that can detect and prevent severe tooth decay in underserved kids. The idea for new app came directly from the impacted communities via a previous Community-Based Participatory Research study that was funded by the UR CTSI.

Empire Discovery Institute

University of Rochester, University at Buffalo and Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center have joined together to form a powerful new drug discovery partnership that aims to convert the institutions’ scientific breakthroughs into viable pharmaceuticals for commercialization and strengthen the region as a hub for life sciences research and development.

The Empire Discovery Institute (EDI) is a not-for-profit drug discovery and development collaborative between three premiere Upstate New York academic, research, and clinical institutions—the University of Rochester, the University at Buffalo, and the Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. Its mission is to advance drug discovery throughout New York State.

The Empire Discovery Institute (EDI) represents a transformative approach to drug discovery and development. It sources innovative, commercially attractive drug discovery programs from its three collaborating academic centers (the University of Rochester, University at Buffalo and Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center to address critical, unmet needs for patients. This new enterprise has been established with an initial grant and investment commitment of $35.4M over the next five years from the New York State Life Science Initiative.