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.

  • Translational science is helping researchers overcome bottlenecks and roadblocks to accelerate new healthcare innovations.
  • VP for Health Sciences and Dean of the Jacobs School Allison Brashear, MD, MBA, will discuss her research on June 13.
  • The link between autoimmunity and infection is the focus of the CTSI Distinguished Speaker Seminar on June 7.
  • University at Buffalo faculty share tips for recruiting children and families into research and how to best ensure retention.
  • A panel of experts from the community and UB faculty discussed health literacy at the CTSI Annual Forum on March 15.
  • UB investigators discuss why engaging children in research is so important and outline the most effective recruitment methods.
  • The CTSI Annual Forum on March 15 will include a panel and discussion on health literacy and plain language.
  • The CTSI has awarded seed grant funding to two unique university-community partnerships.
  • The CTSI has announced the agenda for its 2023 Annual Forum, to be held at the CTRC on March 15.
  • To help streamline the grant proposal process and provide answers to frequently asked questions, NIH offers multiple resources.
  • The UB CTSI has awarded 13 new grants to support studies addressing complex and serious public health issues.
  • The 2022 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 will be held on December 15.
  • The CTSI Community of Scholars series presents Michael F. Chiang, MD, Director, National Eye Institute, on December 6.
  • The next Open Research Office session will focus on an increasingly important topic for researchers and research staff: plain language.