For such small organs, our kidneys perform some disproportionately large functions in our body. Unfortunately, the rate of kidney disease in the U.S is higher than you might think, requiring treatments ranging from medications to dialysis and, in...
The purpose of the pilot program is to provide modest support that will allow an investigator the opportunity to develop sufficient preliminary data utilizing the GPC’s data infrastructure as a basis for a larger application for independent research support for the investigator and the network....
Friday, April 21 1-4 p.m. We could just tell you what we are capable of…but we’d rather you see for yourself. Yes, we are open. Yes, we can work with anyone. Yes, we are capable of designing and fabricating nearly anything. The UWM Prototyping Center is home to...
September 7-8, 2017 Hyatt Regency Orlando Orlando, Florida The AAMC is accepting applications for the 2017 Grant Writers Coaching Group for NIH Awards designed for faculty who are actively working on a K or R NIH grant proposal. The focus is to increase diversity in medicine...
You’ve heard the saying, ‘we are what we eat.’ But, one doctor says we’re also when we eat. Learn how his research shows when we eat might increase or decrease our risk for developing fatty liver disease. We’ll also discover a recent study focusing on...
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...
It’s one of the largest, most wide-spread public health crises our country and our community has ever faced. The incidence rate of heroin and prescription opioid abuse and related deaths has reached epidemic proportions. ...
A team of doctors need to fix a critically ill patient’s badly damaged esophagus, only to find that it’s beyond repair by standard practice. What they did instead, you’ll have to hear to believe!...
This year was a year filled with interesting news and stories of research and discoveries through translational science and throughout 2016, CTSI Discovery Radio brought you lots of them!...
Many translational research grants are strengthened pilot data that addresses the prevalence of various conditions in medical populations or current patterns and outcomes of care. While gathering primary data is often infeasible, use of existing databases can support such work. One solution to this problem...
