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CTSI welcomes latest Scholar to junior faculty research career development program

CTSI is pleased to welcome Glenn E. Simmons Jr., PhD, Department of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Minnesota Medical School Duluth campus to its Pre-K Discovery Scholars Program beginning July 1.
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CTSI-supported project wins national award to help patients report health outcomes, featured in Star Tribune

A multidisciplinary team of experts, including those from CTSI, developed an application that recently won a national award for its design that delivers standardized questionnaires to patients and sends the resulting data to doctors. The…
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Two CTSI faculty awarded McKnight Presidential Fellowships

David Vock, PhD, who is part of CTSI’s Biostatistical Design and Analysis Center (BDAC), and Rui Zhang, PhD, MS, who is part of CTSI’s Biomedical Informatics Program (
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Two University of Minnesota research projects benefit from CTSI’s CTRS Pilot Funding

CTSI’s Clinical and Translational Research Services (CTRS) group announces its grantees for stage one of its two-stage pilot funding program available to full-time University of Minnesota faculty for the planning and successful…
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CTSI-supported project tackling pediatric dental anxiety featured in Star Tribune

A project that was initially funded through the Pediatric Device Innovation Consortium’s Community Discovery Program for Child Health Innovation, which is managed by CTSI’s Office of Discovery and Translation, was featured in the Business…
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Multi-institute research project to study effects of racism and discrimination on children’s health and development begins

Researchers from the University of Minnesota and Children’s Minnesota are collaborating on a study that explores the effects of racism and discrimination on children’s health and development, thanks to funding from CTSI, Children’s…
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CTSI summer research Scholar recognized for an outstanding poster presentation at national biomedical conference of underrepresented minorities

University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts student and CTSI Pathways to Research Program (PReP) 2018 Scholar, Ahmed Idris, was awarded the most outstanding poster presentation in the Social and Behavioral Sciences and Public Health…
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Inaugural awardees named for CTSI’s new TL1 research career development program

Eleven pre- and post -doctoral trainees from across the University of Minnesota and Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute have been awarded research career development awards through CTSI’s new TL1 Program that provides comprehensive,…
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Four University-community research teams receive pilot funding to address important Minnesota health issues

CTSI has awarded nearly $200,000 to four 18-month collaborative partnerships between University of Minnesota investigators and community organizations.
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Six U of M trainees receive CTSI career development awards

CTSI is pleased to announced six new Scholars to join its Translational Research Development Program, which provides an opportunity for early stage investigators to gain significant experience with clinical and translational research as a…