Where will the next generation of drugs come from? A major new initiative is helping industry and academic institutions "break down the barriers" to new drug development. The CTSI Regional Drug Discovery and Repurposing Initiative (DDRI) aims to expedite the development of new drugs and...
This month, we invited our partner organizations to answer two questions: "What is CTSI doing right?" and "What can CTSI do better?" As part of the Institute’s robust regional strategic planning process, CTSI Director, Dr. Reza Shaker, is soliciting new, innovative ideas from all institutional members...
A challenge for most clinical research institutions is accruing enough patients to make study results meaningful, particularly in cases involving rare diseases. The same holds true for the Clinical and Translational Science Institute of Southeast Wisconsin (CTSI) and its partner organizations. Now, that is changing. ...
Collaboration is key to enhancing capacity, reducing costs, and improved quality in patient care and outcomes. So, when the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) announced its Learning Health System Planning Award, the Clinical and Translational Science Institute of Southeast Wisconsin (CTSI) jumped into action. “The...
Recently, the Clinical and Translational Science Institute of Southeast Wisconsin hosted their first Women’s Health Conference in the Memorial Union Ballroom at Marquette University, a CTSI partner organization. This day-long workshop held on Tuesday, December 17th, 2013, addressed preventative science across the lifespan of a...
All month long, MCW Libraries is featuring CTS: Clinical and Translational Science. This journal, sponsored by the Clinical and Translational Science Institute of Southeast WI (CTSI), focuses on the work of translational sciences and research, the goal of which is to expedite the time between...
Are you or will you be writing one or more grant proposals? Do you want to learn how to identify funding opportunities, write a successful NIH grant, or about the NIH review process? Methods in Grant Preparation is a seminar series directed by David Harder, PhD,...
In order to foster translation of novel inventions into practice in the community, the Clinical and Translational Science Institute in collaboration with the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Marquette University, the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Milwaukee School of Engineering and the Biotechnology and Bioengineering...
Joshua Field, MD, MS is featured in an article published in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel titled “New drug could ease pain of sickle cell disease”. The article focuses on Latoyia Webb, one of almost 100 participants in eight cities and one of 20 to 25...
The Models of Disease and Drug Discovery course covers the concepts involved in developing disease models in the laboratory, and using these model systems to identify candidate drugs that will eventually be developed for therapy in the clinic. Topics covered include current stem cell culture...
Fundamentals of Intellectual Property (20250A) addresses the principles of IP and presents best practices for protecting and managing IP rights in an academic research environment....
Purushottam W. “Prakash” Laud, PhD has been named Acting Director of the CTSI Biostatistics Program. Dr. Laud is the Acting Director of the Division of Biostatistics in the MCW Institute for Health and Society and Acting Director of the Biostatistics Shared Resource in the Cancer...
CTSI's Education and Training Program hosted a reception and research symposium to honor the 2011 - 2013 graduating cohort of Clinical Research Scholars and welcome the newly selected scholars. Over 80 people, including current and past scholars, program faculty, and members of the CTSI Board...
The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) is announcing an open opportunity to submit proposals to collaborate with the Therapeutics for Rare and Neglected Diseases (TRND) program. The TRND program performs preclinical and early clinical development of new drugs for rare and neglected tropical diseases,...
Are you or will you be writing one or more grant proposals? Do you want to learn how to identify funding opportunities, write a successful NIH grant, and about the NIH review process? Methods in Grant Preparation is a seminar series directed by David Harder, PhD,...
Sponsored by CTSI and Medical College Physicians (MCP), Integrating Research into the Clinical Practice: Innovations in Healthcare Delivery Initiative Grants focus on discovery and the application of scientific findings into real-world settings to improve quality of care, solve complex health related problems, and improve healthcare...
Through its Education and Training Program, CTSI offers programs that provide the appropriate training to enhance research careers. CTSI congratulates the 14 students who earned their degrees in the Master of Science in Clinical and Translational Science, PhD in Basic and Translational Science and PhD...
Stacy Stolzman, MPT is a PhD student in the Clinical and Translational Rehabilitation Health Sciences Program (CTRH) in the Department of Physical Therapy at Marquette University. She is one of six recipients of the 2013 Promotion of Doctoral Studies (PODS) I Scholarship. The $7,500 PODS...
On June 11, 2013 over 100 research professionals gathered in Kerrigan Auditorium at the Medical College of Wisconsin to attend an ethics conference on pediatric clinical trials. Attendees came from the Medical College of Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Marquette University, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, the...
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an inherited chronic disease that affects the lungs and digestive system of about 30,000 children and adults in the United States. A defective gene and its protein product cause the body to produce unusually thick, sticky mucus that clogs the lungs...
