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 Multi-state consortium to spark translational medicine collaborations
A new multi-state consortium has launched to spark translational medicine collaborations across academic research centers (incl. Ohio State) and the biopharmaceutical industry.
The program, called the Strategic Pharma-Academic Research Consortium for Translational Medicine (SPARC) includes inaugural members made up of four academic medical centers supported by the NIH Clinical and Translational Science Awards, as well as two major pharmaceutical companies, Eli Lilly and Co. and Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Inc.
Read more | Get more information about the 2014 SPARC RFA.
 Moms2B program helps new and expectant moms get children off on the right foot
Pat Gabbe, MD, started the Moms2B program to help women at high risk for infant mortality learn tools that will enable them to make more healthful choices and deliver healthy, full-term infants.
The initial funding came from an Ohio State grant for a research project, titled "The OSU International Poverty Collaborative," which was supported by the CCTS Clinical Research Center. | Read more
Volunteering for Research: Tommy's Story
Tommy Tipton shares his story to help explain how important clinical research studies have been to the development of the health care knowledge, procedures and treatments available today. | Learn how research saved his life
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GRANTS & FUNDING
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2014 Davis Bremer awardees announced
The CCTS and OSU College of Medicine presented three distinguished scientists with the 2014 Richard P. and Marie R. Bremer Medical Research Fund and William H. Davis Endowment for Basic Medical Research pilot awards.
These awards are given to physician scientists at The Ohio State University working on innovative projects impacting human health with high potential of receiving extramural funding. | View the 2014 awardees
2014 L-Pilot awardees announced
The CCTS has awarded 12 innovative, interdisciplinary research teams with pilot grants through the new Longitudinal mechanism (L-Pilot) program.
The L-Pilot program aims to incentivize long-term development of promising projects toward major success stories (i.e., extramural programmatic funding, commercialization). Teams were selected based on their potential to transform health care or translational science through innovative, patient-based clinical and translational research. | Read more
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| EDUCATION & TRAINING |
 COM/OHS Research Staff Training Assessment On Boarding Checklist
Upon beginning a new clinical research position within the College of Medicine, Human Resources has outlined suggested training requirements for new and transfer staff based on job title.
Completing these tasks and trainings will provide staff with an introductory foundation. | Learn more |
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COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH
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 ATRN launches new website
The Appalachian Translational Research Network (ATRN) has launched a brand new website providing information about news, resources and services offered by its six institutional partners.
The ATRN is committed to addressing the health challenges and disparities in Appalachia through collaborative research in the community. | AppalachianResearch.org
'Sodabriety' study published in the Journal of School Health
Laureen Smith, PhD, RN, and Christopher Holloman, PhD, conducted a school-based intervention study through the ATRN to impact sugar-sweetened beverage consumption in rural Appalachian high schools . | Read more
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| FACULTY SPOTLIGHT |
 CCTS KL2 Scholar Receives Engagement Impact Grant
CCTS KL2 scholar Alison Norris, MD, PhD, just received an Engagement Impact Grant from the OSU Office of Outreach and Engagement. The project parallels her KL2 project research focused on reproductive health in Africans. Through qualitative research, Norris will assess barriers to reproductive healthcare utilization among Somali women in Columbus to develop evidence-based, culturally-acceptable interventions to improve care. | Read more
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TOOLKIT RESOURCES
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Research Study Participant Satisfaction Survey
The survey was developed as a means to assess and to improve the research experience of participants for a single study, studies conducted within a Division or Department, or potentially across the entire enterprise. | Read more
Research in IHIS
The College of Medicine provides consultation and access to IHIS for research to investigators. Key areas include discrete documentation, protocol adherence, subject recruitment, and subject tracking.
IRB 'Study Team Lookup' tool
The Office of Responsible Research Practices recently launched its 'Study Team Lookup' tool. This new tool allows users to build a list of study personnel and verify each team member's CITI and COI completion statuses. | Read more
Pharmacoanalytical shared resource
PhASR is a decentralized facility in the College of Pharmacy that supports pre-clinical and clinical drug development by providing high quality, cost-effective and reliable bioanalytical method development, quantitative sample analysis, and pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic/pharmacogenetic experimental design and data analysis. | Learn more
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NIH Weekly Funding Notice
NIH announcements are published in a funding notice at the end of the work week. Links to announcements are included in the notice. | Latest NIH Funding notice
National Sleep Research Resource Launched to Promote Data Sharing
ACTS Newsletter
The Association for Clinical and Translational Science (ACTS) publishes a newsletter every month filled with new information, translational news and grant opportunities. | Latest ACTS newsletter
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