The BU CTSI is seeking a Co-Director for the Institutional Career Development (KL2) and Workforce Development Programs. The BU CTSI’s KL2 and Workforce Development programs aim to build a system that provides continuous comprehensive mentoring and career development support for clinical research staff, and scholars from postdoctoral training through early faculty years and to anticipate […]
News Roundup October 19, 2021 CLIC Updates Twitter Highlight CLIC Education CTSA News Coordinating Center News Updates from the CLIC CTSA Program Connects Scientists and Communities October is Health Literacy Month, a “time to recognize the importance of making health information easy to understand and the healthcare system […]
THE SPOTLIGHT | WHAT’S NEW | GET INVOLVED | CONSORTIUM CORNER Mike’s Blog October, 2021 Lingering Effects of SARS-CoV-2 Infection By: Audie Atienza, Ph.D., NCATS Program Officer; Sanae ElShourbagy Ferreira, Ph.D., NCATS Health Specialist; and Michael G. Kurilla, M.D., Ph.D., NCATS Director of the Division of Clinical Innovation While SARS-CoV-2 has demonstrated remarkable tenacity in terms of successfully navigating pharmaceutical as […]
THE SPOTLIGHT | WHAT’S NEW | GET INVOLVED | CONSORTIUM CORNER Mike’s Blog August 2021 Situational Awareness A publication in Science Translational Medicine from last month, ‘ Undiagnosed SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity during the first 6 months of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States’ is noteworthy for several highlights. Beyond the science of the article itself, the fact that this work represents the efforts of […]
An Open-Label Clinical Trial Evaluating the Immunogenicity of the 9vHPV Vaccination Regimen Over 6 months Among Women Aged 16 to 45 years old, An Exploratory Immunogenicity Study ClinicalTrials.gov number: NCT04206813 Protocol Version Number: 6 Protocol Version Date: 2/16/2021 Funding Mechanism Sponsor: Merck grant MISP #59402 Principal Investigator: Dr. Natalie Pierre Joseph Phone: (781) 879-4841 E-mail: […]
FY 2021 Notice of Funding Opportunity The Office of Minority Health (OMH) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services administers grant programs to support projects that implement innovative models to improve minority health and reduce health disparities. OMH has released the following notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for which applications are now being […]
Register for Next Week’s Webinar on Intersectionality and Structural Inequality During Public Health Crises Join ORWH on June 24, 2021, for “Analysis and Action: Applications of Intersectionality in COVID-19,” the second webinar in the “Diverse Voices: COVID-19, Intersectionality, and the Health of Women” speaker series. Speaking are authors of two American Journal of Public […]
News Roundup June 1, 2021 CLIC Updates Twitter Highlight CLIC Education CTSA News Coordinating Center News News from around the CTSA Program Consortium SCTR-supported COVID-19 biorepository yields new insights into IgG antibody responses in patients with and without symptoms People who successfully fight off COVID-19 without showing symptoms […]
Volume 10 │ Issue 05│June 03, 2021 DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE In her inaugural message as acting director, Joni L. Rutter, Ph.D., discusses NCATS’ efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic and how to apply lessons learned to build on NCATS’ translational science mission. Read More WHAT’S HAPPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS & OPPORTUNITIES MEET NCATS STAFF Anna L. Ramsey-Ewing, Ph.D. is the […]
The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) is announcing today that its Point-of-Care Technology Research Network (POCTRN) is soliciting proposals to further advance SARS-CoV-2 testing technologies in order to fill specific unmet national needs. Unmet needs include but are not limited to point-of-care/over-the-counter tests with the performance of lab-based tests, tests for multiple […]