SLU School of Medicine Researcher Awarded Grant to Study Pre-Pregnancy Motivational Interviewing Intervention in Women with Substance Use Disorders (Links to an external site)
Category: ICTS News
New NIH Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Policy
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is implementing a new NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy effective for all grants submitted on or after January 25. This new policy is comprehensive and will require most NIH grant submissions to include a two-page data management and sharing (DMS) plan. At Washington University School of Medicine, the Bernard Becker […]
SLU and WashU to Co-Host ICTS Big Data Research Symposium (Links to an external site)
Partnership Development and Sustainability Support Program (PDSS) 2022-2023 Awardees Announced
The Washington University Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences announces five partnerships selected to receive funding through the 2022-2023 Partnership Development and Sustainability Support (PDSS) program. This funding program provides up to $10,000 to new and existing community-academic partnerships for a 10-month period. It enables partners to develop the trust, infrastructure, capacity and skills needed […]
ICTS Pilot Funding Drives Research on Neurodegenerative Diseases
Since the inception of the ICTS in 2007, pilot funding opportunities have provided investigators with support for promising and innovative translational research. Frequently, this pilot funding begets research and novel findings that assist investigators in applying for additional grant mechanisms. In 2019, Guoyan Zhao, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Neuroscience at Washington University […]
SLU Pediatric Gastroenterologist Receives Grant to Improve Stomach Pain for Children with Cystic Fibrosis (Links to an external site)
ST. LOUIS – Dhiren Patel, MD, associate professor of pediatrics at SLU’s School of Medicine and SLUCare pediatric gastroenterologist, was awarded a $50,000 grant by the Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences (ICTS), a Washington University-led research consortium, of which Saint Louis University is a member.
SLU Nurse Awarded Grant to Help African American Patients Manage High Blood Pressure (Links to an external site)
ST. LOUIS – Devita Stallings, PhD, RN to BSN program coordinator and associate professor of nursing at Saint Louis University’s Trudy Busch Valentine School of Nursing, was awarded a $50,000 grant by the Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences (ICTS), a Washington University-led research consortium, of which Saint Louis University is a member.
Immune modulator drugs improved survival for people hospitalized with COVID-19 (Links to an external site)
A large randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial led by the National Institutes of Health shows that treating adults hospitalized with COVID-19 with infliximab or abatacept – drugs widely used to treat certain autoimmune diseases – did not significantly shorten time to recovery but did substantially improve clinical status and reduce deaths.
Spotlight on Jennie H. Kwon, DO, MSCI (Links to an external site)
As an undergraduate double major in English and Biology, Jennie Kwon, DO, MSCI, might have had a hard time predicting her eventual career path. But, during her first semester in medical school, Kwon admitted she was “bit by the proverbial microbiology bug”. “I was truly fascinated by these organisms,” recalls Kwon. “And I knew immediately that […]
Inappropriate antibiotics for nonhospitalized kids cost US at least $74 million (Links to an external site)
Such prescriptions can cause complications including diarrhea, rashes