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Pediatric Dental Project

CTSI-supported project tackling pediatric dental anxiety featured in Star Tribune

A project that was initially funded through the Pediatric Device Innovation Consortium’s Community Discovery Program for Child Health Innovation, which is managed by CTSI’s Office of Discovery and Translation, was featured in the Business…
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Multi-institute research project to study effects of racism and discrimination on children’s health and development begins

Researchers from the University of Minnesota and Children’s Minnesota are collaborating on a study that explores the effects of racism and discrimination on children’s health and development, thanks to funding from CTSI, Children’s…
Ahmed Idris

CTSI summer research Scholar recognized for an outstanding poster presentation at national biomedical conference of underrepresented minorities

University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts student and CTSI Pathways to Research Program (PReP) 2018 Scholar, Ahmed Idris, was awarded the most outstanding poster presentation in the Social and Behavioral Sciences and Public Health…
Research Career Development Program

Inaugural awardees named for CTSI’s new TL1 research career development program

Eleven pre- and post -doctoral trainees from across the University of Minnesota and Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute have been awarded research career development awards through CTSI’s new TL1 Program that provides comprehensive,…
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Four University-community research teams receive pilot funding to address important Minnesota health issues

CTSI has awarded nearly $200,000 to four 18-month collaborative partnerships between University of Minnesota investigators and community organizations.
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Six U of M trainees receive CTSI career development awards

CTSI is pleased to announced six new Scholars to join its Translational Research Development Program, which provides an opportunity for early stage investigators to gain significant experience with clinical and translational research as a…
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CTSI Scholar awarded national Young Investigator Award in Integrative Medicine and Health

University of Minnesota Duluth Medical School student and CTSI Advanced Pathways to Research Program (A-PReP) Scholar was recently awarded the Young Investigator Award at the International Congress on Integrative Medicine and Health in…
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CTSI-supported study finds immigration to the United States changes a person’s microbiome

In a study partially funded by CTSI and recently published in the scientific journal Cell, University of Minnesota researchers Dan Knights and Pajau Vangay, and researchers at Somali, Latino, and Hmong Partnership for Health and Wellness (…
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Three Scholars join CTSI’s K-R01 Transition to Independence research career development program

CTSI is pleased to announce the addition of three University of Minnesota Assistant Professors conducting clinical or translational research into its two-year K-R01 Transition to Independence research career development program.
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Five diverse scholars join CTSI’s signature research career development program

CTSI is pleased to welcome five new Scholars into its KL2 Scholar Career Development Program, a three-year NIH Institutional Career Development Award program for University of Minnesota Assistant Professors conducting clinical or…