The Need is Real One could argue that there has never been a more essential time to pursue a research-based career in clinical and translational science. With the onset of the current pandemic in tandem with the rapid release of new medical technologies, a well-trained translational science workforce is necessary for the future of public […]
The Center for Community Health Partnership & Research (CCHPR) at Washington University is offering a scholarship program for staff from local non-profit organizations and governmental agencies to attend Brown School Summer Institute courses at no cost ($450 value). Staff in all levels and roles are encouraged to apply. For course descriptions, click here. Applications must be […]
Humans evolved in a relatively quiet landscape, without natural selection for protection from acoustic trauma. In today’s increasingly loud industrialized world, exposure to noise affects us all, and life is only getting louder. According to findings from the 2011-2012 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), nearly one in four of US adults aged 20-69 years […]
Doug Lindsay describes the battle with his own rare disease. Now, he advocates for others. With over a decade spent trying to understand the rare disease that kept him bedridden for most of his 20s, Doug Lindsay learned to become his own advocate. For years he dedicated himself to investigating his symptoms and seeking help […]
The following update is provided by William Fay, MD, ICTS Governing Council member, Senior Associate Dean for Research at the University of Missouri School of Medicine. There are significant disparities in the health and care of rural inhabitants (who comprise about 20% of US residents) compared to the general population, particularly in vulnerable subgroups, such […]
Congratulations to Washington University TL1 trainees, Ameen Awad, Samuel Cortez, MD, Annahita Fotouhi, and Alexandra Zdonczyk for winning the inaugural TL1 Debate on November 9, 2021, defeating a team from the University of Michigan. The debate, a new event developed from an existing training exercise for TL1 trainees at Washington University in St. Louis, featured […]
In an editorial in the November 5, 2021 issue of Science Magazine, Elvin Geng, MD, MPH, and Enola Proctor, PhD, ICTS Dissemination and Implementation Research Core leaders, suggest that science needs to add another lane, one called implementation research, to ensure the nation’s health discoveries are used to improve population health. Read the full editorial […]
The Washington University Pediatric and Adolescent Research Consortium (WU PAARC), a practice-based research network of community pediatric healthcare providers, has been an integral part of the ICTS since the inception of the CTSA program at Washington University in 2007. As a core of the ICTS and a part of the Integrating Special Populations function, WU […]
ICTS supports week of programming to help investigators more effectively communicate their science to diverse audiences In partnership with the Bernard Becker Medical Library at Washington University School of Medicine and to kick off Health Literacy Month, the ICTS supports #SciComm Week with a series of events to help researchers craft and disseminate stories about […]
ICTS Associate Director Christina Gurnett, MD, PhD was the featured speaker at the July 8th NextGen Precision Health Discovery Series. She spoke about the Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences Precision Health function, including efforts to integrate of genomic and electronic health record data, engage community and research participants through return of research results, and […]