Award recipients to present results at 2016 CTSA PilotStudies Colloquium

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In the CTRC research lab of James Jarvis, MD, professor of pediatrics. Photo: Douglas Levere

Published September 27, 2016 This content is archived.

All six recipients of the 2014-15 Translational Pilot Studies Program grants will present results of their research at a colloquium to be held at the University at Buffalo Clinical and Translational Research Center (CTRC) on Thursday, October 13, from 1:30 – 5:00 p.m.

It’s also an opportunity for prospective applicants to learn more about the program and upcoming funding opportunities.

The colloquium will feature 15-minute oral presentations by selected speakers and poster presentations representing either completed studies or “works in progress” by the awardees. Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) PI Timothy F. Murphy, MD, will present an overview of the CTSA program and Director of the Pilot Transitional and Clinical Studies Core Steven J. Fliesler, PhD, will introduce the pilot studies program. Later in the program, Fliesler will also provide potential applicants tips for success in submitting future pilot study letters of intent and full applications.

The first “Pilot Studies and Novel Technologies” Clinical and Translational Research Colloquium was held in 2011. Since the first awards were announced in 2010, the Translational Pilot Studies Program has provided $600,000 in funding for 17 proposals. In addition to advancing the state of scientific knowledge about a wide array of biomedical phenomena, resulting in more than 40 publications, the studies so far have helped to generate an additional $7,967,754 in outside funding to pilot study investigators in the health sciences at UB and its Buffalo Translational Consortium partner institutions.

The 51 applications received in the 2014-15 round underwent a rigorous, two-tiered review process led by six expert review panels and the Pilot Studies Oversight Committee. The awards, totaling approximately $200,000, were made possible by broad-based contributions from the following offices:

  • Office of the Vice President for Health Sciences
  • Office of the Vice President for Research
  • Roswell Park Cancer Institute
  • Dean, 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

The Clinical and Translational Research Colloquium will take place in rooms 5019A and B on the fifth floor of the Clinical and Translational Research Center at 875 Ellicott St. on the downtown Buffalo medical campus.