Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative

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…

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…

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…

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…

Shanina Knighton, PhD, RN , CTSC KL2 Scholar and nurse scientist and instructor at Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, talks about the relative value of face masks against the coronavirus and emphasizes good hygiene, especially hand washing, as the the most effective protection against the…

Request for Applications 2020 The Community and Collaboration (C&C) component of the Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative (CTSC) is pleased to announce a funding opportunity intended to support, promote and highlight interdisciplinary teams - which include translational partners -…

Lara Jehi, MD, has been appointed the inaugural Chief Research Information Officer at  Cleveland Clinic and will become Cleveland Clinic’s co-lead for Informatics in the Clinical & Translational Science Collaborative. In this newly created position,  Dr. Jehi  will establish and oversee a robust…

Glen Taksler, PhD, received a 5-year, $3M grant from National Institute on Aging for “Testing the Effectiveness of Individualized Disease Prevention for Middle-Aged Adults.” The goal of the study is to help middle-aged adults make informed decisions about healthcare services, integrating a…

A new collaborative study led by Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals has found that commonly used clinical indicators of immune status and inflammation can predict mortality in the general population. Published in JAMA Network Open, the study showed that lymphopenia (a condition…