On October 2nd almost 100 participants representing over 40 disciplines gathered at the UWM School of Continuing Education for a one-day workshop hosted by the CTSI’s Community Engagement Program. Thomas Concannon, PhD, Health Services Researcher, Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies at Tufts Medical...
The 2013 Spring Methods in Grant Preparation Seminar Series begins January 22nd. This series is directed by David Harder, PhD, Associate Dean for Mentoring. Classes will be held on Tuesdays, January 22 - May 7, 2013 from 5-7pm @ the Medical College of Wisconsin, Room...
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is accepting proposals for its annual Research Growth Initiative (RGI). Proposals for collaborative research are encouraged, provided UWM faculty and scientists are lead investigators. The program funds one-year seed proposals and PIs are expected to seek external funding after the RGI...
The 3rd Annual Milwaukee Regional Research Forum (MRR Forum) and Public Policy Forum Viewpoint Luncheon will be held on Monday, October 29th from 11:00am – 1:30pm at the Crowne Plaza Milwaukee West Hotel. This year’s Viewpoint Luncheon panel discussion topic is Milwaukee’s Information Technology Infrastructure:...
The second Science Café of the 2012 My Genes/My Health series was held on September 11th at the MSOE Center for BioMolecular Modeling. Elizabeth Worthey, PhD led a discussion on DNA sequencing and personalized medicine. Dr. Worthey is an Assistant Professor in the Department of...
The conduct of clinical research in rare diseases is essential. Despite their rarity, many fundamental advances in medicine have come from the study of rare diseases and these have benefited common diseases. In order to assure the future of this research, the training of the next...
Christopher P. Austin, M.D. was named director of NCATS, effective September 23, 2012. Dr. Austin’s new NCATS role was announced by NIH Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., at the inaugural meetings of the NCATS Advisory Council and Cures Acceleration Network (CAN) Review Board. Austin...
Community Engagement in Research (CEnR) and Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) The Community Engagement Key Function of the Clinical and Translational Science Institute will host a one-day workshop on Tuesday, October 2nd from 8:00am to 4:00pm at the UWM School of Continuing Education. The purpose of this workshop...
Syed M. Ahmed, MD, MPH, DrPH, has been named Senior Associate Dean for Community Engagement at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Ahmed serves as Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine and Professor in the Institute for Health and Society, Director of...
Establishing research collaborations between institutions The Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) in partnership with the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW), the MCW Biotechnology and Bioengineering Center (BBC) and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) hosted the UWM Innovation Park Discussion/Reception on Thursday, July 12th at the...
Have you ever wondered what a protein looks like? Do you know that the human body is made up of 25,000 proteins? Do you know that proteins fold to a specific shape and when you have a fever they begin to unfold? Have you ever...
CTSI and the MCW Department of Ophthalmology invite you to attend the Eye Institute's Annual Symposium, Ophthalmology Innovation 2012: Why We Do What We Do – Clinical Trials and the Evidence that Guides Us, on Saturday September 22nd, from 7:30 am to 3:00 p.m. in the...
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If you ask Dr. Ty Carroll what he liked most about his experience leading a Science Café discussion, he will tell you it was the interactive nature of it. The Science Café in which Dr. Carroll participated was about diabetes and kicked off the Health...
On Monday, July 9th CTSI participated in the MCW New Faculty Orientation. During the morning session, Dr. Reza Shaker, Senior Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Science and CTSI Director welcomed incoming faculty and provided a brief description of CTSI and the services offered to...
CTSI, The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the institutions of the Southeast Wisconsin High Performance Cyberinfrastructure invite all local researchers and students to attend a week of free training on the use of cloud computing for scientific research July 30 - August 3, 2012. The course will...
X02 pre-applications due August 14, 2012 Discovering New Therapeutic Uses for Existing Molecules is a collaborative pilot program designed to develop partnerships between pharmaceutical companies and the biomedical research community to advance therapeutic development. This innovative program matches researchers with a selection of molecular compounds from...
In May 2012,the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) launched the Discovering New Therapeutic Uses for Existing Molecules pilot program, which will match scientists with industry molecular compounds. Many of the agents and data needed for efficient drug rescue and repurposing is held by the...
CTSI and its partnering institutions collaborated with Concordia University School of Pharmacy to sponsor the Drug Development Collaborative Workshop- Forming Drug Discovery Partnerships. Over 110 participants from 20 different organizations attended the workshop on May 31st in the Alumni Center at the Medical College of...
CTSI is sponsoring a new elective course in the Master's Program in Clinical and Translational Science. Introduction to Community Engagement: Principles of Community Engagement and Community Engagement in Research is an online course that begins in Fall 2012. Scientific research informs choices about health, policy and...
