My time spent as a CTSI Scholar has been highly beneficial in my development as a researcher and more importantly as a person. During my first cycle in CTSI, I conducted research in the ophthalmology field. This was outside my traditional focus in research and...
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement is to support the discovery and development of medications to prevent and treat opioid use disorders (OUD) and overdose. Under the Help to End Addiction Long-term (HEAL) Initiative, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has been allocated funds...
NCATS announced two new Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network (RDCRN) program funding opportunities to support collaborative clinical research on rare diseases. The Center is accepting applications for Rare Diseases Clinical Research Consortia and a Data Management and Coordinating Center (DMCC); both funding opportunities have a deadline of October 9, 2018. The...
Merle Orr, MD, Assistant Professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation, and his community partner, Shalina Ali, Co-executive Director of TRUE Skool, have received funding for their proposal, “Developing a culturally adapted intervention to increase physical activity among young African-American men with spinal cord injury due...
On August 3, 2018 the CTSI held its closing ceremony and poster presentation for the CTSI 500 Stars Summer Internship Program. In attendance were family, friends, preceptors, and students alike. Congratulations to our 107 Stars for completing this year’s Summer Internship Program. The CTSI 500 Stars...
Research Match (RM) is an online tool bringing together researchers with volunteers trying to find research studies and clinical trials. Volunteers sign-up online with RM and then watch for e-mails informing them of potential research studies. If the volunteer is interested, the study team is...
Andrea Moosreiner has been a registered dietitian with the CTSI Adult Translational Research Unit for the past 8 years. She holds a graduate degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin in Public Health and understands that eating right is different for everyone. Her nutrition knowledge is rooted...
Ryan Spellecy, PhD is an Associate Professor of Bioethics and Medical Humanities in the Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities, in the Institute for Health Equity at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Spellecy leads CTSI's Clinical Research Scholars program, a program designed to support and...
Ayman Isahaku participated in CTSI's 500 Stars Initiative, a ten-year, comprehensive, multi-institutional, and community-focused, education and workforce diversity plan, with the overarching objective of replenishing, while increasing diversity in the translational science workforce. Ayman shared his experiences from participating in our 500 Stars Summer Internship program. CTSI...
Come and learn about the Real-Time IRB review process from investigators, study staff, and IRB members who have had their research reviewed via this innovative mechanism. Presenters will discuss the Real-Time IRB review process, studies that are best suited for this type of review, and...
At CTSI we recently submitted our Annual Progress Report (APR) to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and NCATS. While the APR is always an undertaking for our staff, faculty and programs, it provides an opportunity to reflect on our goals and progress to-date, areas...
Leslie Bojar, BBA is the CTSI Business Operations Coordinator. Her role is crucial in the stability of our department. She manages coordination of financial and business processes including: pre-award, post-award, purchasing, budgeting, and receivables within the CTSI. Leslie also acts as liaison with Human Resources...
Dr. Zeno Franco, assistant professor in the Department of Family & Community Medicine was recently named a 2017 Health Care Hero by Milwaukee Business News along with 4 other MCW faculty. The Health Care Heros awards are presented annually by BizTimes Milwaukee to honor the positive...
As a CTSI TL1 scholar, I have been provided with the time and resources to focus on my development as a clinical/translational science researcher. The multi-theoretical training provided by this program has exposed me to innovative techniques that will extend my research program in directions...
I am currently a fourth-year clinical psychology doctoral student at Marquette University and a student mentee in the CTSI Scientific Teams Advancing Research Translations (START) TL1 Mentored Translational Research Training Program. Being a student mentee in the TL1 program has been invaluable, given my desire to...
We are in the process of restructuring the Adult Translational Research Unit (A-TRU) staffing and services to more robustly support investigator needs and would like feedback from the investigator and coordinator community. If you are an investigator or coordinator that uses or plans on using the Adult...
Are you an early career investigator looking for protected time to conduct research? Our Mentored Career Development program is now accepting applications. Full-time junior faculty from the Medical College of Wisconsin are eligible to apply to conduct mentored interdisciplinary research. Only faculty with full-time or full...
The CTSI of Southeast Wisconsin congratulates Tammy Lyn Kindel, MD, PhD, recipient of the 2017 NIH Mentored Career Development Award. The award provides training opportunities for junior faculty working in clinical and translational research to become independent investigators. Dr. Kindel is an assistant professor of surgery...
Meredith Adams, MD, MS, assistant professor of anesthesiology and CTSI Clinical Research Scholar, has been awarded a four-year, $737,492 Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Development Award (K08) from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering. The goal of the award, titled, “Identifying opioid response phenotypes...
