Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative

Evaluating clinical and translational research (CTR) mentored training programs is challenging because no two programs are alike. Clara Pelfrey, PhD and Kelli Qua, PhD took to the task of comparing bibliometrics between individuals and between programs and have published their results in the Journal...

Joseph A. Kotarba and Clara M. Pelfrey (CTSC Program Evaluation Director) co-organized a webinar version of their Translational Science 2020 (TS20) session. This session was co-sponsored by the ACTS Evaluation Special Interest Group and the American Evaluation Association (AEA) Translational Researc...

Nearly a month ago, we joined a Society for Research Administrators International (SRAI) “virtual happy hour” to discuss with colleagues the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on Institutional Review Board (IRB) operations. We not only wanted to help and offer advice, but also wanted to learn and...

Our CTSA Hub has been awarded an administrative supplement to add a dedicated quality assurance/quality control position that will perform quality reviews of CTSA-related submissions to NCATS, submissions to the eRA Human Subjects System, and management of the overall process. Ellen Divoky is an acc...

Rakesh Shiradkar and his research team received one of seven annual pilot awards supported by the Clinical & Translational Science Collaborative (CTSC). Shiradkar is a research assistant professor in the Center for Computational Imaging and Personalized Diagnostics and Biomedical Engineering. The ...

Dr. Lara Jehi recently co-authored a study in which a tool was developed for healthcare providers to estimate likelihood of a patient having COVID-19. “Without a tool that combines all of those different risk factors for any given patient, it is difficult for a physician to know whether a patient i...

A major goal of creating Clinical Translational Science Award (CTSA) Programs across the United States was to provide standard infrastructure for the effective and efficient conduct of clinical research across Academic Medical Centers (AMCs). This represented opportunities for novel process approach...

A medical device based on technology developed by three faculty members from Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center (UH), Drs. Sanford Markowitz, Amitabh Chak, and Joseph Willis, has won a prestigious 2020 Edison Best New Product Award. EsoCheck , a ...

In a Cleveland Clinic podcast , pulmonologist Raed Dweik, MD, discusses what the health system is doing to prepare for the wave of sick patients, as well as how it’s handling the current demand, prepping dedicated teams, designating space and training healthcare workers on properly using and reservi...

Uriel Kim, an MD-PhD candidate in the CWRU School of Medicine Clinical Translational Science Training Program (CTSTP) and CTSC TL1 Scholar has been named the winner of the highly competitive 2020 "Outstanding Trainee: Predoctoral Scholar Award" by the Association for Clinical and Translational Scien...