Planning for your first R01 application can be daunting. Even for seasoned investigators, it takes time and requires sufficient preparation. Early-stage investigators can find needed support by utilizing resources from the ICTS throughout their grant submission process. Recently funded by the National Institute on Aging with the National Institutes of Health (NIH), ICTS members, Sarah […]
High levels of social distancing would lower the COVID-19 infection, hospitalization and death rates over the next six months across all counties in Missouri, finds a new study from Washington University in St. Louis.
The community-academic partnership between Saint Louis University researcher Pamela Xaverius, PhD, MBA, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Saint Louis University College for Public Health and Social Justice and Rose Anderson-Rice, Deputy Director with Generate Health, is utilizing ICTS funding to meet the needs of mothers and families living in government housing during the current COVID-19 pandemic. […]
Medical professionals dramatically shift focus to help patients infected with coronavirus.
Using induced pluripotent stem cells produced from the skin of a patient with a rare, genetic form of insulin-dependent diabetes called Wolfram syndrome, researchers transformed the human stem cells into insulin-producing cells and used the gene-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 to correct a genetic defect that had caused the syndrome. They then implanted the cells into lab mice […]
Infectious diseases physicians at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed an expanded access program to give blood plasma from COVID-19 survivors to critically ill patients at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.
The Brown School’s Jason Purnell will lead a response team of over 40 St. Louis area nonprofits, social service agencies and governments to deal with the coronavirus pandemic.
Washington University Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences (ICTS) awards 24 investigators with grants as part of the 13th annual Clinical and Translational Research Funding Program (CTRFP). The CTRFP is the largest internal grant funding program of the ICTS. Grant awardees are required to submit projects for funding that promote the translation of scientific discoveries […]
The Washington University Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences and Washington University’s Institute for Public Health announce six partnerships selected to receive funding through the new Partnership Development and Sustainability Support (PDSS) program. This funding program provides up to $10,000 to community-academic partnerships for a 12-month period. It enables partners to develop the trust, infrastructure, […]
For the ICTS, Valentine’s Day was all about the love of informatics. On February 14, the ICTS hosted their third annual Symposium and Poster Session held at the Eric P. Newman Education Center on the campus of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The day-long event featured presentations, breakout discussions, and a poster […]