Translational Science 2016 National Meeting

The University at Buffalo and the Buffalo Translational Consortium were well represented at Translational Science 2016 in Washington DC April 13 through 15. This is a joint meeting of the:

Association for Clinical and Translational Science (ACTS),
American Federation for Medical Research (AFMR), and
Clinical Research Forum (CRF). 

This meeting is the premier national conference on clinical and translational research and includes keynote talks by national leaders, workshops and interactive sessions in a broad range of timely topics related to clinical and translational research, and scientific presentations by trainees and scholars from across the country.

Both of our CTSA KL2 scholars presented their work at the meeting.

Nikhil Satchidanand PhD, Research Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, presented a poster and was invited to give a talk on his work on developing a mortality index for elderly patients admitted to intensive care units to help in decision making.

Ellen Volpe PhD RN, Assistant Professor of Nursing, presented two posters on her work using an innovative intervention called Narrative Exposure Therapy as potential treatment of adolescents experiencing posttraumatic stress disorder and depression related to intimate partner violence.

Attendees of Translational Science 2016 from UB. Left to right: Mary Sienkiewicz, Erin Bailey, Nikhil Satchidanand, PhD, Timothy Murphy, MD, Ellen Volpe, PhD, RN, Anne Curtis, MD, Michael Cain, MD, Margarita Dubocovich, PhD, Dagobert Soergel, PhD (not pictured).