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CTSI KL2 Scholar Carmen Rodriguez receives $1 million grant to continue research

Carmen Rodriguez, Ph.D., A.R.N.P., has received a $1 million grant from the Phase 2 Small Business Innovation Research program of the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Deafness and Communication Disorders to support the development of “GatorVoice,” a device to help suddenly speechless hospital patients communicate…

Teaching tips to interest kids in science

Thanks to all the UF and CTSI-affiliated faculty and staff who share their expertise and open their labs for the Florida high school teachers participating in the UF Center for Precollegiate Education and Training‘s Biomedical Explorations: Bench to Bedside program. Video by…

New Resource Offers Guidance for Engaging Communities in Research

The NIH National Center for Research Resources introduces the second edition of Principles of Community Engagement. This edition was developed as a partnership among the National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Health Resources and Services Administration, other federal agencies, academic institutions, community organizations…

UF CTSI receives $1.25 million to advance clinical research and personalized medicine

By Claire Baralt The University of Florida Clinical and Translational Science Institute has received three grants totaling $1.25 million from the National Institutes of Health to support research that will expand opportunities to conduct community-based clinical research in Florida, offer personalized medicine to patients and improve clinical…

Dr. Michael Clare-Salzler Named Chair, Department of Pathology

I am pleased to announce that Michael J. Clare-Salzler, M.D., a professor and the Stetson Chair in Experimental Pathology, has been named chair of the Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine. Dr. Clare-Salzler has been a faculty member of the department for 17 years and has…

Go Viral to Improve Health: IOM-NAE Health Data Collegiate Challenge

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) and the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) have posted a challenge “Go Viral to Improve Health: IOM-NAE Health Data Collegiate Challenge” to spur undergraduate and graduate students to transform health data into effective, innovative new apps to engage people in various communities to promote action…