David Holtzman, MD,has received the August M. Watanabe Prize in Translational Research from the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute.
Holtzman awarded Watanabe Prize in Translational Research (Links to an external site)
Category: ICTS News
ICTS Supports Rare Disease Research and Awareness
Rare diseases by definition afflict a limited amount of people. However, according to the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), the collective impact of rare diseases affect an estimated 30 million people in the United States. As part of the CTSA program, the ICTS is working to engage patients and communities around rare disease. […]
ICTS Publication Snapshot 2017
ICTS member scientific productivity in 2017 1,662 ICTS members (75% of active members) published in 2017, resulting in 4,450 publications.
“How does Henrietta Lacks Apply to Me?”
ICTS Co-Sponsors Discussion on Key Ethical Considerations of Precision Medicine The ICTS Precision Medicine function recently co- sponsored a community presentation and discussion under the context of the New York Times Bestseller, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, to facilitate conversation around key ethical considerations of precision medicine. The event, hosted by the Academy of […]
WU Fellow Attends NCATS Un-Meeting on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Andrew Michelson, MD, WU Pulmonary and Critical Care fellow, was recently awarded a travel stipend to attend the June 1 “Un-Meeting: Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Applications in Translational Science” by the Center for Leading Innovation and Collaboration (CLIC) at the University of Rochester Medical Center. CLIC, which serves as the coordinating center for the […]
Partnership Development & Sustainability Support Funding Program (PDSS)
Background Community-engaged research is a participatory approach to research and evaluation that involves community members and/or patients in an active role throughout all phases of the project, including study development, implementation, and dissemination. Community-engaged research has the potential to generate findings that are highly relevant for the populations uniquely affected by the health conditions under […]
Announcing the 2019-2020 ICTS CTRFP awardees
Washington University Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences (ICTS) awards 26 investigators with grants as part of the 12th annual Clinical and Translational Research Funding Program (CTRFP). The CTRFP is an internal grant funding program of the ICTS. Grant awardees are required to submit projects for funding that promote the translation of scientific discoveries into […]
From Clinical Discovery to Community Impact
2nd Annual ICTS Symposium & Poster Session Tuesday, January 15, 2019 Over 170 students, faculty scholars, staff, and community partners attended the 2nd annual Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences (ICTS) Symposium on January 15th at the Eric P. Newman Education Center on the Washington University Medical School campus. The day-long event featured presentations, breakout […]
Opioid Working Group
The Opioid Working Group met at Washington University on November 15, 2018 for an “UnMeeting” to discuss the HEALing Communities Grant opportunity, a statewide effort that would seek to reduce deaths due to opioid overdose. The purpose of the Opioid Working Group is to facilitate conversations regarding translational research priorities, opportunities, and initiatives that will […]