Category: ICTS News

NCATS Translational Science Education and Training Challenge Winners (Links to an external site)

NCATS Translational Science Award

The field of translational science aims to transform the process of turning biomedical research discoveries into health solutions, to deliver more health solutions, to all people, more quickly. Translational science identifies longstanding challenges that slow or stop translational research progress and generates innovations that overcome these challenges. These include scientific and operational innovations that make […]

Translational Science Benefits Model collection helps disseminate powerful tool (Links to an external site)

A collection of articles on the Translational Science Benefits Model — a tool for demonstrating the impact of research — has been published in Frontiers in Public Health, curated by WashU Public Health’s Doug Luke. The model has been widely used, including in a study by SPH secondary faculty member Jacquelyn Benson that showed that connecting family caregivers with trained former caregivers can reduce stress, ease isolation, and improve well-being. (Credit: Getty Images)

A peer-reviewed, expert-curated collection of articles on the Translational Science Benefits Model has been published by the journal Frontiers in Public Health. The model — which was developed by researchers at WashU Public Health’s Center for Public Health Systems Science (CPHSS) in collaboration with colleagues at Becker Medical Library and the WashU Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences — […]

WashU Investigator credits ICTS resources and funding on her path to $2.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Christine O’Brien, PhD, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, was recently granted $2.8 million from the NIH to develop a wearable device to track blood loss to prevent postpartum hemorrhage – the leading cause of maternal death worldwide. The goal is to design a wearable device that tracks blood […]

Precision Health Innovation 2025 Awardees

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The Washington University Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences (ICTS) Precision Health function is pleased to announce its Precision Health Innovation Precision Health Innovation 2025 Awardees. The purpose of the awards is to advance initial discovery pilots for Precision Health ICTS investigators. This year’s awarded partnerships are: Amanda Kolmar, MD, WashU Medicine: Department of Pediatrics – Critical […]

Innovative approach helps new mothers get hepatitis C treatment (Links to an external site)

https://internalmedicine.wustl.edu/62367-2/

Hepatitis C, a bloodborne virus that damages the liver, can cause cirrhosis, liver cancer, liver failure and death if left untreated. Despite the availability of highly effective treatments, the prevalence of hepatitis C infection remains high, particularly among women of childbearing age, who account for more than one-fifth of chronic hepatitis C infections globally. Within […]

ICTS Extends its Gratitude and Bids Farewell to Longtime Associate Director

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Effective September 1, 2025, Christina Gurnett, MD, PhD, will begin her tenure as Head of the Division of Pediatric Neurology at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Gurnett, the A. Ernest & Jane G. Stein Professor of Neurology, began her journey at Washington University and St. Louis Children’s Hospital in […]

Anne Mobley Butler, PhD, MS, reveals antibiotics in first trimester may raise risk of birth defects (Links to an external site)

Anne Mobley Butler, PhD, MS

Anne Mobley Butler, PhD, MS, Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at WashU Medicine, was senior author of a study published in JAMA Network Open about the incidence of serious perinatal outcomes when treated for a urinary tract infection (UTI) during pregnancy . Co-authors include Michael Durkin, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine in […]

WashU Program Cultivates the Next Generation of Clinical Research Professionals (Links to an external site)

1st cohort of Clinical Research Professional Apprentices. From left to right: Johnson, Hanks, Berendzen, Martin-Giacalone

In a world where clinical research drives life-changing advancements in healthcare, it is critical to have a team of well-informed, skilled, and dedicated professionals to carry out clinical trials. The Clinical Research Professional Apprenticeship was developed at the WashU Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences (ICTS), advancing the institute’s strong commitment to building a workforce […]

ICTS-supported facility accelerates translation of promising research into improving outcomes for cancer and other related diseases

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Housed within the Siteman Cancer Center, the Biologic Therapy Core Facility (BTCF) partners with physicians and scientists to manufacture, characterize, and release complex, clinical-grade cell and gene therapy products, imaging agents, and other biologics to support early-phase clinical trials. The BTCF also supports cellular (e.g. hematopoietic stem cell selections) and tissue therapies (e.g. parathyroid cryopreservation) […]