Published: 09-28-2021 A team of psychology researchers that included two CTSI pilot awardees Lynn Perry, Ph.D., and Daniel Messinger, Ph.D., observed that young children produce the same amount of language whether or not they are wearing masks. Another finding showed that kids produce more complex speech sounds while wearing masks than without them. [...]
Published: 09-28-2021 From left: Thomas Masterson, M.D., Jennifer Munoz Pareja, M.D., Abhishek Prasad, Ph.D., and Swarup Swaminathan, M.D. The Miami CTSI congratulates the recipients of the Pilot Awards for fiscal year 2022, which provide funding and support to early career faculty conducting innovative, translational research. The CTSI Pilot Program awards up [...]
Published: 08-31-2021 A new study led by CTSI KL2 Scholar and Pilot Awardee, Corinna Levine, M.D., M.P.H., reveals Hispanics in South Florida who experience symptoms of chronic rhinosinusitis do so for a longer time before they see a specialist than do non-Hispanics. Read the full story here.
Published: 07-25-2021 With proper business development tools and insights into entrepreneurship, biomedical researchers can improve the potential of their discoveries in the laboratory reaching patients. I-Corps@NCATS, a University of Miami (UM) Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) program, helps entrepreneurial-minded researchers move their new drugs, diagnostics, technologies, and devices forward to the next [...]
Published: 07-07-2021 Establishing a collaborative agreement for a biostatistics collaboration plan for the fiscal year will secure BCCC resources dedicated to your research and can be used any time during the fiscal year. Having a collaboration plan will ensure provision of biostatistics support for existing research, as well as research development. This can [...]
Published: 06-03-2021 Vitamin C, an essential dietary nutrient for humans, has been touted for its immune boosting properties for more than half a century. More recently, research has revealed its greater potential as a treatment for blood cancers. In her ongoing research, Miami Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) Pilot Award recipient and [...]
Published: 02-03-2021 When Marva Louisville heard a colleague say that his wife is currently exploring whether or not exercise affects dementia, Louisville’s ears perked up. Her sister has Alzheimer’s disease, and Louisville is concerned about one day getting the same diagnosis. Louisville, who didn’t have a regular exercise routine, knew this opportunity was [...]
Published: 08-20-2020 Investigators with the Miami Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) have launched a new phase 2 clinical trial to study if convalescent plasma containing SARS-CoV-2 antibodies is effective in treating COVID-19 positive patients who have been hospitalized with acute respiratory symptoms. The trial is part of a collaboration between several Clinical [...]
Published: 08-20-2020 Shari Messinger Cayetano, Ph.D, and J. Sunil Rao, Ph.D., co-directors of the University of Miami Clinical & Translational Science Institute (CTSI) Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design (BERD) program, have spent their careers developing health-related statistical models, applying statistical expertise to clinical and translational research, and drawing important conclusions from data. Now, [...]
