CTSI Translational Spotlight.

Welcome to Translational Spotlight, a UB CTSI newsletter. Our mission is to keep leadership, faculty, trainees and community partners of the Buffalo Translational Consortium informed about developments in clinical research in Western New York and across the national CTSA network.

  • The CTSI has developed a downloadable table that summarizes registration and reporting requirements.
  • “Building an Environmentally Just Community” will be held at the Jacobs School on Saturday, September 21.
  • Researchers have found that consulting with the CTSI early in the grant application process leads to stronger applications.
  • TriNetX, an end-user query tool, provides access to data from more than 1 million patients' electronic health records.
  • The Community-Based Experience and Service program in Ghana is the focus of the July 23 CTSI Community of Scholars Seminar.
  • The CTSI is committed to ensuring that researchers have the resources, knowledge, and tools necessary to reduce health disparities.
  • Translational virology research is the focus of the June 26 CTSI Distinguished Speaker Seminar featuring Sten Vermund, MD, PhD.
  • The BTC brings together leading academic, healthcare, and research institutions with key community partners.
  • To recruit participants nationally, investigators turn to a nonprofit program featuring people interested in research studies.
  • A recurring theme during the CTSI Annual Forum was the impact of collaboration on efforts to advance and accelerate research.
  • Ensuring equity and diversity in genomic studies is the focus of an April 23 UB CTSI Community of Scholars Seminar. 
  • ClinicalTrials.gov users at UB are encouraged to explore the modernized versions of the website and the PRS.
  • The forum will feature presentations on therapeutic opportunities for stroke patients and award-winning studies.
  • Projects focused on youth literacy and on supporting CPR training in Buffalo churches have received CTSI seed grants.
  • The UB Clinical and Translational Science Institute will hold its 2024 Annual Forum at the CTRC on Wednesday, March 20.