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In 2014, Umut Gurkan, associate professor at the Case School of Engineering, received a Clinical & Translational Science Collaborative (CTSC) Annual Pilot to develop HemeChip, an accurate, low-cost, point-of-care diagnostic, specialized for low-income countries, to diagnose sickle cell disease.…

All faculty members are eligible to apply to ACES+ Opportunity Grants, which provide small amounts of supplemental support for current or proposed projects and activities where funding is difficult to obtain through other sources. Examples of funding support include: Seed funding for unusual…

A group of evaluation researchers at Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) hubs are conducting retrospective case studies to evaluate the translational research process. Earlier this year, Dr. Clara Pelfrey and the CTSA evaluation researchers petitioned the Journal of Clinical and…

CTSC Team Publishes First Ever Retrospective Case Study Publication in JCTS "Investing in innovation for underserved populations saves lives." October 19, 2021 -- In 2014, Dr. Umut Gurkan, associate professor in the ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ School of Engineering, received a CTSC Annual…

Do you need a Letter of Support from the CTSC for your grant application? The CTSC would be happy to provide a letter. Our new Letter of Support instructions webpage provides guidelines and shows you how to request a LOS in SPARCRequest.

In light of the pandemic’s global impact, ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ (CWRU) placed the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic at the forefront of its research focus. This initiative, led by research faculty, was organized and facilitated by the critical work of faculty at CWRU and across our…

ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ has signed an institutional Data Use Agreement (DUA) with the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS). Through this master agreement, CWRU faculty members (who receive their compensation directly from CWRU) are eligible to submit Data Use…

The NCATS National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C) maintains one of the largest collections of clinical data related to COVID-19 symptoms and patient outcomes in the United States. Having access to a centralized enclave of this magnitude allows research teams to study, probe and answer clinically…

We are all witnessing the immense impact that the COVID-19 situation is having on research activities across our institutions.  The CTSC is particularly interested in how this pandemic is affecting clinical research professionals (CRPs) across the spectrum.  We surveyed our CTSC-affiliated CRPs…

In response to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, over 250 ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ faculty teamed up to form the COVID Research Taskforce, with the goal of attacking the pandemic from many sides and addressing a wide range of COVID-related questions. The Taskforce, with support from the CTSC of…