CTSI’s Eureka Scholars Reflect on Transformative Experiences from the Translational Science Course
This past Spring, the Miami CTSI sponsored four faculty to attend the Eureka Institute's International Certificate Program in Translational Medicine. With a focus on communication, team building, and one-on-one mentorship, the program is designed to train and mentor early career researchers in translational science.
FL-CEAL Alliance Shares Challenges, Celebrates Success in Combating COVID-19 Misinformation
In September 2020, while the COVID-19 virus claimed hundreds of lives each day in Florida according to data provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a statewide coalition funded by the NIH centered its efforts on underrepresented groups that bear the brunt of the pandemic’s impact.
Panel Discussion Focuses on Strategies for K Awards
Career Development awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), also known as K awards, and similar awards for early-stage investigators, play an important role in the career trajectory of physician scientists and researchers. These awards provide mentorship and training, establish a track record for future grant support, and help to establish faculty as independent investigators.
CTSI Grant Writing Consultations Resume with Longtime Mentor
The Miami Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) is pleased to announce that it is once again offering personalized, one-on-one grant writing consultations to University of Miami faculty researchers.
Pilot Awardee Receives Career Development Grant to Improve Estimates of Glaucoma Progression
With a 5-year, $1 million K23 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Swarup Swaminathan, M.D., Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology at the Miller School of Medicine and Miami CTSI Pilot Awardee, is working on techniques to identify glaucoma in patients sooner.
CTSI Pilot Awardee Expands Existing Research for a Broader Look at Causes of Post-Surgical Delirium
Recovery from surgery can be challenging, even for patients in the best of health. Elizabeth Mahanna Gabrielli, M.D., an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and researcher at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, wants to improve quality of life for patients undergoing surgery by preventing a common side effect, delirium.