In a CCTS-supported project, obstetrician/gynecologist Erin Clark, M.D., has turned prenatal care on its ear by offering remote, telemedicine-based care to expecting mothers. Having choices that suit the needs of...
Foundations in Personalized Health Care is a survey course designed to introduce students to the many facets of personalized health care, from ethical, legal and social issues to persoalized risk...
The annual meeting for the Association for Clinical and Translational Science (ACTS) offers a venue for sharing your research with an audience of peers and discovering new opportunities for collaboration...
Each year University of Utah Health Sciences features young investigators whose innovative research is making an impact. On Dec 8, three KL2 and VPCAT scholars were highlighted at this years’...
CCTS Program in Personalized Health brought leading scientists, doctors, lawyers, and ethicists together to discuss the law, ethics, and science of precision medicine at Frontiers in Precision Medicine II: Cancer...
The Utah Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS), in collaboration with the University of Utah Program in Personalized Health (PPH), invites all Deans, Department Chairs, and Division Chiefs to...
The ECHO Act to increase access to quality health care for rural Americans passed unanimously in the U.S. Senate today. Project Expanding Capacity for Health Outcomes (ECHO) is a telehealth...
University of Utah math professor and co-author on the CCTS-supported BIG-LoVE study, which is investigating how rhinovirus spreads, discussed what we know about the cause of the common cold on...
Research and grant funding are the quintessential Catch-22. At an academic institution, it’s difficult to compete for research funding without a track record in research. But busy clinicians have trouble...
An electrifying new play by Deborah Zoe Laufer, "Informed Consent" is a powerful examination of medical ethics and the sometimes-murky lines between privacy and research. In partnership with the Department...
In March 2015, the Utah Department of Health launched the CCTS-supported Utah Parkinson Disease Registry and issued a rule that required health care providers report cases of Parkinson disease and...
Jeremiah Alt, M.D., Ph.D., a CCTS KL2 scholar and physician-scientist of Native American heritage talks about his perspectives on health care and research.
A factor found in umbilical cord blood could become the basis for developing a new therapy to fight harmful inflammation, University of Utah School of Medicine researchers report. When given...
Applications are now open to pre- and post-doctoral trainees for appointment to the Microbial Pathogenesis T32. Applications are due September 23, 2016.
CCTS Workforce Development Foundation for Discovery announces two new co-directors: Anthea Letsou, Ph.D., and Julie Shakib, D.O., M.P.H. Workforce development is designed to enhance the development of future faculty members...
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disorders (NIDDK) has awarded Dr. John Phillips of the Division of Hematology a five-year, $4 million U54 grant to establish the...
In order to assure the future of rare disease research, the training of the next generation of investigators in this field is important. New investigators, trainees, junior faculty and others...
Join us on December 1 and 2, 2016 for the Precision Medicine Symposium. Keynote speaker will be Dr. Christopher Austin, Director, National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS)
Systematic reviews - a survey of published results to answer a specific research question - may not be as easy to carry out as you think. Melissa Rethlefsen and Mellanye...
VPCAT and KL2 scholar Adam Spivak, MD, assistant professor in the Department of Medicine, has been selected to receive a Clinical Scientist Development Award (CSDA) from the Doris Duke Charitable...
