YCCI News and Events

YCCI announces 5th round of YCCI Scholar funding to provide salary and/or research funds to a select number of junior faculty members who are strongly committed to careers in clinical or translational research.  Nominations are requested for junior faculty members who have been on the faculty for less than 5 years. Letter of Intent will be due on November 30, 2009 and the application will be due on January 8, 2010. Click here for the RFA and application.

Yale CTSA Ramps Up Scholar Efforts, Knocks Down Silos

The YCCI has combined centuries-old tradition with the goal of quickly ramping up training for clinical and translational researchers. The result: an academic pipeline of some 75 individuals headed toward careers in patient-oriented research, with close to a dozen young faculty already receiving independent funding. read more...

CTSA Progress Report

In July, NCRR released the first CTSA Progress Report — Advancing Scientific Discoveries Nationwide to Improve Health — which highlights the innovations, collaborations and partnerships that emerged from the CTSA consortium from 2006 through 2008. The report illustrates how the CTSAs are enabling researchers to develop novel approaches that accelerate treatment and prevention strategies for both common and rare disorders. read the full report....

Consortium Welcomes Seven New Members

In July, seven academic health centers received CTSAs, joining the University of Cincinnati as 2009 grantees. Growing to 46 CTSA institutions, the national consortium expanded to Arkansas, Florida and South Carolina. The CTSA network now includes awardees in 26 states. The program eventually will support about 60 CTSAs nationwide. The new institutions and principal investigators are:

• Medical University of South Carolina (Charleston), Kathleen Brady
• Mount Sinai School of Medicine (New York City), Hugh Sampson
• New York University School of Medicine (New York City), Bruce Neil Cronstein
• University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (Little Rock), Curtis Lowery
• University of Florida (Gainesville), Peter Stacpoole
• University of Illinois at Chicago, Theodore Mazzone
• University of Texas Medical Branch (Galveston), Allan Brasier

Learn more about the new awardees here.

 

Newsletters

November 2008

Features: Core Research Facilities Offer Investigators
High-Tech Equipment and Expertise. more...

July 2008

Features: Office of Research Services Expands Resources for Clinical Investigations. more...

March 2008

Features: Education and Training Programs Offer Wide Array of Opportunities · New Campaign Designed to Increase Participation in Yale Clinical Trials. more...

January 2008

Features: FDA Amendment Act Expands Mandatory Registering of Clinical Trials · Expanded Trials Database to Include Results and Adverse Events · New Billing Policy for Clinical Trials. more...

 

Events

Research in Progress. Joint meetings of IMP and CTSA scholars. November 23rd.

Dr. Eric Whitaker Visit.
November 30th Community Forum on Health Equity, and December 1st Dean's Lecture.

CTSA Committee Meetings and Activities

143rd Meeting of the National Advisory Research Resources Council