Dr. Thomas A. Pearson, director of the CTSI Translational Workforce Development Program, was awarded the 2019 American Heart Association Council on Epidemiology and Prevention Mentoring Award, and was featured in this story by the AHA.
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Call for Papers: Rural Health
The Journal of Clinical and Translational Science will focus on Clinical and Translational Science to Improve Rural Health.
The Year in Review: UF CTSI Accomplishments
The CTSI’s 2018 accomplishments were recapped in the March 7, 2019 “Reflecting on Our Achievements, Part 2” message from David R. Nelson, M.D.
SECIM is now accepting metabolite standards
The Southeast Center for Integrated Metabolomics now provides metabolomic profiling.
New hepatitis C therapy effective, costs less for patients and payers, UF researchers find
Patients who take new oral direct-acting antivirals for hepatitis C have lower risk for developing liver cancer and other health conditions, cost less to insure in the short term, and end up spending less money on their own health care costs overall, a study by University of Florida researchers has found.
Seminar April 26: Study Budget Development
Part of the UF CTSI Clinical Research Professionals Advisory Council Seminar Series for research coordinators focused on career development and sharing resources.
REDCap upgrade March 7 adds new features…
On the evening of Thursday, March 7, the CTS-IT will upgrade REDCap from version 8.8.2 to 8.11.12. You can expect a downtime for REDCap from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. while we complete the upgrade. The new version of REDCap scheduled for release on March 7, 2019, has some new features and several improvements to…
TL1 Trainee Rachel Damiani co-authors news story on the secrets of fascia in the Washington Post
TL1 Trainee Rachel Damiani, a PhD candidate in Mass Communications, and UF College of Journalism and Communications professor Ted Spiker explored the science of fascia in this recent Washington Post story.
UF CTSI Loan Repayment Grant Writing Workshops featured by CLIC
The NIH Loan Repayment Programs (LRPs) repay up to $35,000 annually of a researcher’s qualified educational debt in return for a commitment to engage in NIH mission-relevant research, and aim to help recruit and retain highly qualified health professionals into biomedical or biobehavioral research careers.
Discount stores’ tobacco sales tied to more women smoking while pregnant, study by CTSI-affiliated faculty finds
Tobacco sales at two national dollar-store chains may have negatively impacted the smoking rate among pregnant women in the Southeast United States.