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CTSA, News, Research / 18.06.2018

Growing Gene & Cell Therapy Cooperative Seeks Applications for Clinical Trial Support

The GGACT cooperative, a collaboration between Boston Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, and the University of California Los Angeles, was established to support investigators in rapidly translating complex gene and cell therapies to early phase, investigator-initiated clinical trials by providing expertise in protocol...

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Discovery Radio / 15.06.2018

Discovery Radio – Episode #50 – Injury Prevention & Control Science: Treating Injury as Disease

When someone is injured, it puts that person at significant risk for disability or even death. In fact, each year, injury is among the leading causes of death in the U.S. So, what can be done to try to reduceinjuries and their potentially devastating...

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News / 11.06.2018

NIH Releases Strategic Plan for Data Science

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) released its first ever Strategic Plan for Data Science to capitalize on the opportunities presented by advances in data science. The plan describes NIH’s overarching goals, strategic objectives, and implementation tactics for promoting the modernization of the NIH-funded biomedical...

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News / 01.06.2018

CTSI KL2 Scholar Named Chair, Department of Physical Therapy at Marquette University

One of CTSI’s primary aims is to support and grow the careers and research of early-stage investigators across our 8 partner institutions by providing them with mentoring, funding for research, access to local, regional, and national networks and collaborators, and with education and training in...

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News, News & Events, Science Cafés / 30.05.2018

Science Café – Healthy Eating for People on the Go

Saturday, June 2 @ 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. Join the CTSI and the Tabernacle Community Baptist Church for a discussion led by Andrea Moosreiner, MPH, RD, CD, Bio-Nutrition Program Manager, MCW, CTSI Adult Translational Research Unit. You are invited to an educational experience on approaches to Healthy...

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News / 21.05.2018

NIH, Northwestern Scientists Develop Potential New Approach to Stop Cancer Metastasis

This new approach potentially could be effective as a therapy after cancer surgery. On May 16, 2018, NCATS announced new findings from a collaborative study indicating that an identified compound, named metarrestin, can block the spread of pancreatic and other cancers in various animal models. The...

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Discovery Radio / 18.05.2018

Discovery Radio – Episode #49 – Blood Research: Diagnosing HIT

A commonly prescribed blood thinner can cause a serious, even fatal condition known as HIT. On today’s show, we’ll hear from a local researcher who’s working diligently on new treatments and tools for diagnosing HIT. And later, we’ll hear about a new public awareness campaign...

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Funding, Resources / 16.05.2018

NIH Lasker Clinical Research Scholars Program

The NIH announces this year's Lasker Clinical Research Scholars Program. This is a competitive opportunity for early-stage physician-scientists to conduct independent clinical and translational research as tenure-track investigators at the NIH and in academia. It was established in 2011 to create career research opportunities for...

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Funding, News, Research / 03.05.2018

CTSI offers Traditional Pilot Awards including new special emphasis category of opioid-related research

The Clinical & Translational Science Institute of Southeast Wisconsin (CTSI) is pleased to announce our Request for Applications for 2019 Traditional Pilot Awards as part of the Pilot Translational & Clinical Studies Program. The total available funding CTSI is offering for the 2019 Traditional Pilot Award...

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CTSA, Forums, Workshops & Conferences, News, News & Events / 01.05.2018

ACTS Translational Science 2018

CTSI leaders and scholars recently returned from attending the Association for Clinical and Translational Science 2018 Conference in Washington D.C. where they networked with colleagues, researchers, scholars, industry leaders, and NCATS program officers and attended exciting and innovative sessions on topics related to Clinical and...

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Forums, Workshops & Conferences, News & Events / 01.05.2018

Nucleating Workshop

Opioid Overdose Prevention Research Request for Participation Sponsored by: The Clinical & Translational Science Institute of Southeast Wisconsin (CTSI) Hosted by: Milwaukee Community Opioid Prevention Effort (COPE), the Neuroscience Research Center, and the Comprehensive Injury Center at the Medical College of Wisconsin, The Clinical & Translational Science Institute of Southeast...

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News, Resources / 24.04.2018

Marquette University Exercise TRU

The Marquette University Exercise Translational Research Unit (MU EXSC-TRU) is intended to assist with clinical health and athletic performance research. Both research participants and translational investigators will benefit from this well-organized Core that can be a one-stop location for a wide variety of services. The...

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Discovery Radio / 20.04.2018

Discovery Radio – Episode #48 – Autism Spectrum Disorder: Social Isolation of Teens & Young Adults

Autism is a neurological disorder that can dramatically affect a person’s ability to communicate and interact with others. It’s a life-long condition, even though many associate it with young children. On today’s show, we’ll look at some of those challenges among teens and young adult...

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News / 19.04.2018

A-TRU seeking Medical Director and Associate Medical Director

The Clinical & Translational Science Institute of Southeast Wisconsin (CTSI) is seeking applications for a Medical Director (20%) and an Associate Medical Director (10%) of its Adult-Translational Research Unit (A-TRU). The responsibilities for these individuals include the following: Committed day-to-day on-site supervision of the A-TRU Ability to manage a...

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News / 09.04.2018

CTSI Announces the 2018 Pilot Awardees

The CTSI community has come together once again to work in partnership in interdisciplinary research teams to advance research discoveries that lead to improved health. The CTSI Pilot Translational and Clinical Studies Program advocates, facilitates and fosters the continuum of research from bench to bedside...

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Funding, News, News & Events, Research / 02.04.2018

CTSI Now Accepting Applications for Pilot Start-up Awards

The Clinical & Translational Science Institute of Southeast Wisconsin (CTSI) is now accepting applications for the Start-up Award within the Pilot Translational & Clinical Studies Program to support pilot preparatory work. Start-up projects are small, short-term feasibility studies for the purpose of developing a strong, highly...

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News / 23.03.2018

New consolidated Request for Service form for CTSI services

As of today, CTSI has consolidated a number of CTSI Service Request forms into one central form. This change is intended to make it easier and less confusing for customers looking to request CTSI services. The following service cores now have one single request form: ...

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Discovery Radio, News / 16.03.2018

Discovery Radio – Episode #47 – Cancer Clinical Trial Breakthrough: Dual-Targeted CAR-T Cell Therapy

It's a new cancer treatment that genetically alters a person's immune system, training healthy cells to target and kill deadly cancer cells. On today show, hear from the team of doctors who worked collaboratively in translating basic science research into successful clinical application. And later,...

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News / 12.03.2018

2018 NIH/NCATS-Lilly Fellowship Program Project Proposal

NCATS and Eli Lilly are accepting applications for the third round of its externship program. This 6 month externship aims to increase the skill sets of translational science trainees in drug development and to learn from another sector in the translational research ecosystem. NCATS continues...

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Forums, Workshops & Conferences, News / 28.02.2018

2018 Saunders-Watkins Leadership Workshop

Seeking applications for the 2018 Saunders-Watkins Leadership Workshop in Health Disparities and Implementation Research for Early-Stage Investigators Workshop Overview NHLBI/CTRIS is hosting a leadership workshop for early career investigators (both clinical and research) pursuing implementation research focused on heart, lung, blood, and sleep (HLBS) disease topics....

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