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CTSI grantee and CTSI team member secure PCORI funding
Three Minnesotans -- including two with CTSI connections -- were among the 47 new projects funded through the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute's (PCORI) Pipeline to Proposal Awards program.
The program awards funding to build…
Dr. Constantin Aliferis appointed as CTSI's Chief Research Informatics Officer
Constantin Aliferis, MD, MS, PhD, FACMI, will provide leadership for CTSI's Biomedical Informatics core and the Institute for Health Informatics, assuming responsibilities from Dean Connie Delaney, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI, who served in these…
Dr. Milton Eder to direct CTSI's Populations and Community Engagement function
Milton "Mickey" Eder, PhD, a Family Medicine and Community Health research faculty member, has been named the CTSI Associate Director for Populations and Community Engagement (PCE).
He succeeds Bernard Harlow, PhD, who will be departing…
Eight U of M Trainees Join CTSI Career Development Program
The Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) announced eight new scholars will join its Translational Research Development Program (TRDP).
The program gives postdoctoral and predoctoral trainees an opportunity to gain…
Translational Product Development Fund Awardees Announced
Five research projects were awarded through the Translational Product Development Fund (TPDF) program, a joint initiative between CTSI and the Mayo Clinic Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCaTS), in conjunction with the…
Dr. Call receives president's award for community-engaged scholarship
CTSI team member and School of Public Health Professor Kathleen Call, PhD, has received the University of Minnesota President's Community-Engaged Faculty Scholar Award.
The award annually recognizes one faculty or P&A individual for…
CTSI makes scheduling system easier to access and more user-friendly
CTSI has made it easier for research teams to access and use the Clinical Translational Research Portal's (CTR Portal) scheduling system by adding the following new capabilities:
Taking a team approach to research: CTSI Scholar Veronika Bachanova’s translational path
For years, Veronika Bachanova, MD, PhD, has treated patients suffering from blood cancers using all the latest tools available. But, like a lot of clinicians, she needs a bigger toolbox. With her patient-centered expertise to draw from,…
CTSI Names 2014 Mentor of the Year and Outstanding Junior Mentor
Last evening at the CTSI Poster Session and Reception, CTSI recognized Kelvin O. Lim, MD, with the third annual Mentor of the Year Award, as well as Alicia Allen, PhD, with the Outstanding Junior Mentor Award, a new award that recognizes…
New grant program releases RFA to support research projects with commercial potential
Investigators from the University of Minnesota and the Mayo Clinic have a new opportunity to advance their research, thanks to the launch of a collaborative grant program that is now accepting applications.
CTSI and the Mayo Clinic Center…