The Miami CTSI is releasing two funding opportunity announcements for the latest cycle of our Pilot Awards and (K12) Mentored Research Career Development Award in Clinical & Translational Science.
Family, friends, and colleagues gathered in New Jersey on March 12 to celebrate the extraordinary life of Dr. Ralph L. Sacco, the CTSI’s Director and MPI, who passed away on January 17.
Miami CTSI KL2 and Master's Program graduate Lunthita Duthely Ed.D., MS, has spent more than 25 years at the University of Miami in roles driven by her passion to make a positive impact for women with HIV. With several new research projects underway, the Research Assistant Professor in the departments of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences and Public Health Sciences is pushing forward a path to better treatment adherence for women with HIV in Miami.
The Miami Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) has supported Miller School of Medicine brain and tumor neurosurgeon Michael Ivan, M.D., since early in his career, when a CTSI pilot award helped further his research in glioblastoma (GBM), an aggressive brain cancer that can be difficult to treat.
The CTSI welcomed back our External Advisory Committee members to Miami in January for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic.
The Miami Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) mourns the passing of our Director and MPI Ralph L. Sacco, M.D., M.S., a highly respected and beloved member of the UHealth and University of Miami Miller School of Medicine community, on January 17, from a glioblastoma.
A human research protections training course that launched this month in Haitian Creole called CIRTification is making it easier for members of South Florida’s Haitian community to collaborate with academic researchers on projects directly impacting them.
A recent study published in Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) shows the drug ivermectin is not an effective treatment for mild to moderate COVID-19 symptoms. The study was led by CTSI Associate Director Dushyantha Jayaweera, M.D., and CTSI Co-Director Olveen Carrasquillo, M.D., MPH.
The Miami CTSI joined researchers and leaders of hubs across the national consortium at the 2022 In-Person CTSA Program Annual Meeting held in Washington, D.C., earlier this month. Two of its pilot projects were featured during the poster presentation.
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering Andrew Dykstra, Ph.D., received a pilot award from the CTSI in 2020. He has received two new grants, including one from the National Institutes of Health, that aim to propel his research further in understanding the neural basis of auditory perception and cognition.
