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.

  • Compliance with ClinicalTrials.gov is routinely emphasized at UB, since failure to comply has major consequences.
  • The CTSI has awarded 13 new grants to support studies addressing complex and serious public health issues.
  • The 2023 BTC Clinical Research Achievement Awards have recognized researchers from the Jacobs School and Roswell Park.
  • The CTSI Translational Pilot Studies Program Clinical and Translational Research Colloquium returns on December 14.
  • Feedback from Community Engagement Studio sessions helps UB researchers plan more impactful studies.
  • UB's new QA/QI self-assessment tool will help researchers determine whether submission to the IRB is necessary.
  • Nominations are due on October 27 for the Buffalo Translational Consortium Clinical Research Achievement Awards.
  • The WNY Long COVID Registry offers support options, provides education, and shares clinical trial opportunities. 
  • UB's new MRI scanner and imaging community were the focus of the Imaging Research Symposium on September 7.
  • The 2023 Igniting Hope Conference, titled "Building a Healthy, Just Community for All," will be held in person at the Jacobs School on September 30.
  • The CTSI’s Open Research Office Zoom sessions featuring expert guest speakers return on September 27 with “Pathways to IRB Review.”
  • Learn what UB researchers need to know about the new Philips MR 7700 MRI scanner — and how it can transform their work.
  • UB experts are helping researchers to understand AI, and the ways in which it can help them solve societally challenging problems.
  • AZA Allsop, MD, PhD, Yale School of Medicine, will present the next CTSI Community of Scholars Seminar on July 21.
  • Recent enhancements to the CTSI’s online library of videos from UB content experts include the addition of category types.