Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative
February 01, 2021
Case Western Reserve University has signed an institutional Data Use Agreement (DUA) with the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS). Through this master agreement, CWRU faculty members (who receive their compensation directly from CWRU) are eligible to submit Data Use…
January 15, 2021
The NCATS National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C) maintains one of the largest collections of clinical data related to COVID-19 symptoms and patient outcomes in the United States. Having access to a centralized enclave of this magnitude allows research teams to study, probe and answer clinically…
August 17, 2020
We are all witnessing the immense impact that the COVID-19 situation is having on research activities across our institutions. The CTSC is particularly interested in how this pandemic is affecting clinical research professionals (CRPs) across the spectrum. We surveyed our CTSC-affiliated CRPs…
July 29, 2020
In response to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, over 250 Case Western Reserve University faculty teamed up to form the COVID Research Taskforce, with the goal of attacking the pandemic from many sides and addressing a wide range of COVID-related questions. The Taskforce, with support from the CTSC of…
July 29, 2020
From trying to understand lung immunity in COVID-19 patients to recognizing the impact the pandemic has had on mental health, researchers at Case Western Reserve University and affiliated health care systems have joined forces to expand and improve research on the virus in the community and beyond.…
July 24, 2020
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…
July 08, 2020
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…
July 06, 2020
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…
July 01, 2020
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…
June 26, 2020
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.…