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...
Join us on Thursday, July 12th from 4:00-6:00pm at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Health Research Center Room 1210 for the UWM Innovation Park Discussion/Reception. This event is a great opportunity to establish research collaborations between institutions. We look forward to lively discussions among colleagues....
CTSI announces the 2013 Call for Research Proposals for the Pilot and Collaborative Clinical and Translational Research Grants. The fundamental goal of this RFA is to stimulate clinical and translational research among the institutions that comprise the Clinical and Translational Institute of Southeast Wisconsin. The...
On April 25th the CTSI Translational Research Units (TRUs) presented on infrastructural support for the conduct of clinical and translational research at the Human Research Professionals Monthly Meeting. Carlos De La Peña, MBBS, MBA, MHA, CTSI Admistrator and Tom Aufderheide, MD, Director of the TRUs...
[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text]On Tuesday, May 1st CTSI hosted a reception in honor of our 2012 Pilot Award and Mentored Career Development Award (KL2) recipients. About 100 guests and honorees gathered at MCW in recognition of the hard work and dedication...
The next Human Subject Research Core Education: Boot Camp will be held on Friday, June 8, 2012. Hurry and Register! Class size is limited to 30 attendees. This educational event will provide resources to the human research team member in the coordinator role that will expedite...
The last Science Café of the Health Myths/Health Facts Series is scheduled for Tuesday, June 19th! Dr. Lisa Edwards will facilitate a discussion on positive psychology constructs. Positive psychology is a movement by scientists and practitioners to broaden the way we thing about humans and mental...
i2b2 is a tool for investigators to use to determine if a cohort of patients exists, identify potential research participants and capture study data. It provides a cost-effective, efficient, comprehensive IRB-approved environment to gather and query data for research. It will include data from patient...
Forming Drug Discovery Partnerships This workshop is aimed towards investigators from across the drug development and discovery spectrum who are interested in forming new research collaborations. Some of the discussion topics will include Target ID/Structural Biology, HTS/Assay Development, Medicinal Chemistry and Lead Optimization or Structure-based Drug...
Join CTSI at the next Human Research Professionals Monthly Meeting On Wednesday, April 25th the Human Research Professionals Monthly Meeting will feature the CTSI Translational Research Units (TRUs). Carlos De La Peña, CTSI Administrator, Ed Minter, Manager TRUs and Laura Becker, Interim Director CRI, Manager P-TRU...
CTSI is pleased to announce the 2012 Mentored Career Development Award (KL2) has been given to Venkatesh Sampath, MD, MRCPCh. Dr. Sampath is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology at the Medical College of Wisconsin. His focus of study is “Gene – Environment...
Dr. Reza Shaker has been chosen as a 2012 Distinguished Service Award recipient. This award is the Medical College’s highest faculty honor. It is given to members of the MCW community who have achieved exceptional personal distinction and in turn, have brought prestige to the...
The CTSI Pilot and Collaborative Clinical and Translational Research Grants Program has been designed to advocate, facilitate and foster the continuum of research from bench to bedside, and from bedside to community practice. Support for the Pilot Award Program comes from Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin...
[caption id="attachment_9091" align="alignright" width="242" caption="Carlos De La Peña, CTSI Administrator and Ed Minter, TRU Manager listen as students present their project about Fibrinogen."][/caption] The MCW Cafeteria Lobby was buzzing with activity on the afternoon of Friday, March 9th when over 200 people stopped by to support...
The development of UWM Innovation Park - a graduate-level engineering campus on the Milwaukee County Grounds in Wauwatosa - represents a great opportunity to establish research collaborations between institutions. In September 2011 the first ever UWM Innovation Park Panel Discussion was held at the Medical...
[caption id="attachment_9688" align="alignright" width="242"] Gilbert White, MD, Director, Blood Research Institute welcomes participants.[/caption] CTSI and SeWHiP (Southeast Wisconsin High Performance Cyberinfrastructure) member organizations hosted Data Symposium 2012 on March 1st to explore data-intensive research challenges. Eight experts from U.S. agencies, national laboratories and research institutes discussed...
