ICTS Highlights Impacts Made from COVID-19 Biorepository
In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, it became immediately clear to the worldwide scientific and research communities that a dire need was evolving to discover effective treatments for a rapidly increasing number of infected patients. But before the St. Louis region had even seen its first case of COVID-19, WashU researchers were already […]
NIH Awards $1.6 Million PRIDE R25 Grant to WashU Clinical Research Training Center (CRTC) to Advance URiM Postbaccalaureate Engagement in NIDDK Research (Links to an external site)
The Clinical Research Training Center (CRTC) at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has been awarded a prestigious NIH PRIDE R25 grant valued at $1.6 million. This grant is designed to bolster educational initiatives aimed at engaging postbaccalaureate students from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds in biomedical and behavioral research, with a particular focus […]
Program for Underrepresented in Medicine for Equity and Diversity (PROUD-MED) 2024 Cohort
The ICTS congratulates and proudly announces the selected 2024 Scholars for PROUD-MED, the Program for Underrepresented in Medicine for Equity and Diversity. PROUD-MED is a new initiative supported by the ICTS and WashU Medicine to enhance underrepresented in medicine (URiM) faculty development by providing mentored clinical research training, dedicated Research Development Program (RDP) resources, senior faculty support, and group mentorship as a […]
Call for Proposals! Center seeks projects aimed at reducing cancer disparities (Links to an external site)
The Center for Community Health Partnership and Research is joining forces with universitypartners the Institute for Clinical and Translational Sciences (ICTS) and Siteman Cancer Center to call for projects that connect community and academic partners in service of lowering cancer disparities and providing equitable cancer care. Selected projects will be presented at the September 26 […]
Gurnett, Ssewamala to receive faculty achievement awards (Links to an external site)
Professors honored for research, service, teaching, community contributions
Zainab Mahmoud, MD, MSc funds her K23
Congratulations to PROUD-MED Scholar Zainab Mahmoud, MD, MSc (Internal Medicine, Cardiology) on the funding of her K23 “Improving Maternal Cardiovascular Outcomes Through the Implementation of a Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Bundle in Nigeria”, 1K23HL173684-01. The award, funded through the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, seeks to mitigate postpartum blood pressure in Nigeria–which “has the […]