Education

2021 CTSI Mentored Career Development Program: Innovative Team-based Transdisciplinary Approach to Research Education and Training

The overall goal of the Mentored Career Development Program: Innovative Team-based Transdisciplinary Approach to Research Education and Training is to provide training opportunities for junior faculty working in clinical and translational research to become independent investigators who are capable of developing and executing collaborative research...

03 August, 2021

CTSI Offering Virtual Clinical Trialist Training 101

The Clinical & Translational Science Institute of Southeast Wisconsin (CTSI) is pleased to announce the new Clinical Trialist Training 101 Seminar Series addressing foundational level clinical research development and management. This program offers a weekly six-part presentation online via Zoom and attendees can earn up...

13 July, 2021

CTSI Offering Intensive Course in Manuscript Writing

The Clinical & Translational Science Institute of Southeast Wisconsin (CTSI) is offering a virtual intensive course in manuscript writing, beginning September 13, 2021. The purpose of this course is to promote the dissemination of research findings through training on best practices in manuscript writing, with interdisciplinary...

24 June, 2021

Meet the 2020-2021 Cohort of the START TL1 Mentored Research Training Program

The overall goal of the START TL1 Program award is to increase the number of well-trained clinician-scientists who can lead the design and oversight of future clinical investigations critical to transforming the translational process so that new treatments and cures for disease can be delivered...

19 March, 2021

Medical Student Summer Research Participants Win Big during the Virtual Poster Session

The 153 second-year medical students who participated in this year’s Summer Academic program for Medical Students (SAMS)/Medical Student Summer Research Training Program (MSSRP) displayed their project accomplishments during the 2020 Medical Student Research Virtual Poster Session. ...

18 March, 2021

Applications now being accepted for Master’s and Certificate Programs in Clinical & Translational Science

CTSI is accepting applications for our Master’s and Certificate Programs in Clinical and Translational Science. Both programs will begin in Fall 2021. Both program curriculums were recently updated to align with advances in the field of Clinical and Translational Science (C&TS) and include 4 emphasis tracks....

18 March, 2021

Type 1 error, effect size, sample size, and power in hypothesis testing problems

The Clinical & Translational Science Institute of Southwest Wisconsin’s CTSI Academy continues its CTSI Spotlight Seminar Series with a four-part Biostatistical Presentation. The seminars will take place the 2nd Friday of each month....

12 January, 2021

CTSI & SCTR Jointly Offer Online Course in Team Science Starting January 4th

The online course will be offered from January 4 - April 30, 2021. The cost is $250.00 and includes a completion certificate. For a limited time and number of applicants, the CTSI is offering mini-grants to cover the cost of this class. Apply by January...

02 December, 2020

CTSI Academy Spotlight Seminar Series Continues December 11, 2020

The Clinical & Translational Science Institute of Southwest Wisconsin’s CTSI Academy continues its CTSI Spotlight Seminar Series with a four-part Biostatistical Presentation. The seminars will take place the 2nd Friday of each month. The third seminar of the four-part series, Designing Clinical Trials, will be held...

02 December, 2020

Methods in Grant Preparation – Registration Open

Register by December 18th. 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? The purpose and goal of Methods in Grant...

13 November, 2020

Complete a manuscript in 10 weeks with CTSI’s Manuscript Writing Intensive Course

Application Deadline: December 6, 2020. The purpose of this course is to promote the dissemination of research findings through training on best practices in manuscript writing and interdisciplinary and inter-institutional collaboration in that process. This course aims to reduce participants’ anxieties, speed up progress, elevate quality,...

02 November, 2020

2021 START (TL1) Mentored Research Training Program RFA

The MCW Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) is seeking applicants for the Scientific Teams Advancing Research Translations (START) TL1 Mentored Clinical Research Training Program. The START TL1 award supports trainees seeking a practical introduction to clinical and translational research. The TL1 award provides full-time...

01 November, 2020

CTSI Announces the 2021 RFA for the Clinical Research Scholars Program

Junior faculty, who are committed to academic careers and to clinical research, are encouraged to apply. Applications due by May 31, 2021. The program begins on September 14, 2021....

01 November, 2020

Summer Academic programs for Medical Students (SAMS) Application Period Open

Explore careers in cutting edge biomedical research and academic medicine. Gain research tools applicable to clinical practice. Add prestige to your medical school CV. Develop mentoring associations with faculty preceptors. The MCW Medical Student and Summer Research Programs has re-launched and renamed as the “Summer...

29 October, 2020

CTSI Academy Spotlight Seminar Series Continues October 9, 2020

The second seminar of the four-part series, Using Excel for Statistics,  will be held on Friday, October 9, featuring a virtual presentation via WebEx by Aniko Szabo, PhD, Professor, Division of Biostatistics, Institute for Health & Equity, MCW....

24 September, 2020

CTSI Academy Spotlight Seminars Begin September 11, 2020

The Clinical & Translational Science Institute of Southeast Wisconsin’s CTSI Academy will kick off the CTSI Spotlight Seminar Series with a four-part Biostatistical presentation. The seminars will take place the 2nd Friday of each month....

18 August, 2020

2020 KL2 Mentored Career Development Program Award RFA Now Available

The Clinical & Translational Science Institute of Southeast Wisconsin (CTSI) is pleased to announce our Request for Applications for the 2020 KL2 Mentored Career Development Program Award. These awards will be supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and are open to full-time junior faculty...

15 June, 2020

American Society of Human Genetics Now Accepting Applications for the Human Genetics Scholars Initiative

To apply for this two-year, intensive program, applicants must submit an abstract to the ASHG 2020 Annual Meeting by the June 11 deadline, as well as a NIH Biosketch, personal statement, and two letters of recommendation. The program is open to U.S. late-stage graduate students,...

11 May, 2020

Anna Palatnik, MD, Clinical Research Scholars Program Scholar

As a CTSI scholar, I had a great experience participating in Clinical Research Scholars Program. The program introduced me to the available research resources on MCW campus and beyond, helped me develop skills in grant writing, and enabled new multidisciplinary collaborations yielding several publications and...

17 March, 2020

Alexander Gardner, START TL1 Scholar

I am a third-year doctoral student at the Medical College of Wisconsin and a member of the Scientific Teams Advancing Research Translations (START) TL1 Mentored Clinical Research Training Program.  The TL1 program has allowed me to focus solely on research, develop my skills as a...

17 March, 2020