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Assessing public perceptions of research at the 2024 MN State Fair and beyond
CTSI has had a presence at the Minnesota State Fair since 2012. This year, several CTSI colleagues will conduct a survey on public perceptions of health research.
Raising research awareness at the 2023 Minnesota State Fair
From food on a stick to showcasing the state’s agriculture, the Great Minnesota Get-Together is many things. For the University of Minnesota, it’s an opportunity to get fairgoers involved in some of the amazing studies being undertaken by…
Megan Hoffman to direct CTSI’s research training and participant engagement efforts
Megan Hoffman, MA, has been named Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) Program Director of Research Training and Participant Engagement.
In this new role, Megan will provide leadership for two major CTSI programs focusing…
StudyFinder enhancements to help Minnesotans find UMN research opportunities
Minnesotans now have an easier way to find clinical trials and other health research studies at the University of Minnesota, thanks to enhancements to StudyFinder.
Feasibility review process wins SOCRA award
A University of Minnesota feasibility review support service recently received special recognition from the Society of Clinical Research Associates (SOCRA) at the 2020 SOCRA Conference.
How we're supporting researchers during the COVID-19 pandemic
Research is the path forward in this global pandemic, and CTSI, like organizations around the world, is committed to accelerating these discoveries. Here are a few ways we’re supporting the promising research coming from the…
Video: CTSI leadership shares the vision and benefits of the CRSC to clinical researchers
The Office of Academic Clinical Affairs recently visited with Bruce Blazar, MD, Director of CTSI and Daniel Weisdorf, MD, Deputy Director of CTSI to learn more about how investigators mentor junior faculty to effectively conduct clinical…
Immigrant Microbiome Project brings community together
Researchers from the University of Minnesota and community are expanding upon work done during the Immigrant Microbiome Project that was partially funded by CTSI in 2015. The project identified changes in gut microbiomes in Southeast Asia…
CTSI recognizes the work of clinical research professionals, researchers through Clinical Trials Day
The first documented clinical trial took place May 20, 1747 aboard the HMS Salisbury, a 50-gun ship in charge of patrolling the English Channel. Scottish physician and the ship’s appointed surgeon, James Lind, tested a theory about why…
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…