Another Round of CTSA Pilot Studies Are Awarded

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Published April 26, 2016 This content is archived.

Supported by a combination of funds from the Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) and institutional support, the CTSA has awarded 7 teams of researchers pilot studies to support innovative clinical and translational research projects.

The following institutions and offices provided support for these important pilot grants:

Office of the Vice President for Research
Office of the Vice President for Health Sciences
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Dean, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Dean, School of Dental Medicine
Dean, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Dean, School of Public Health and Health Professions
Dean, School of Nursing

A rigorous two-tired review process identified the meritorious proposals guided by the following criteria:

Scientific merit and innovation
Significance and impact on the field
Potential for securing extramural funding

Based on criteria in the Request for Proposals, reviewers also placed special emphasis on studies that:

addressed healthcare disparities or underrepresented populations in Western New York developed novel methodologies and technologies toward generalizable solutions to translational research problems, and

included a mentoring component by pairing a promising junior investigator with an established funded investigator.

Pilot Studies awardees will present the results of their work at the Clinical and Translational Research Colloquium to be held at the Clinical and Translational Research Center on a date to be announced. The Colloquium offers an excellent opportunity to discuss the new observations in a setting that is conducive to the development of new collaborations among researchers.

The Pilot studies awardees, their affiliations and the titles of their projects are listed here.