6/8/21

UB's CTSI community newsletter explores how to become a better informed research participant and shares updates on the COVID-19 vaccine.

Vaccine infographic available for download in 15 languages

6/2/21

In order to help explain how a vaccine works, the CTSI and community partners created downloadable, multi-language infographics.

How UB's COVID-19 modeling workgroup helped save lives

2/17/21

When COVID-19 hit, local leaders tasked Peter Winkelstein, MD, with leading modeling efforts to project the path of the pandemic.

Pilot Studies Program awards 13 new grants for 2021-22

2/17/21

The CTSI Translational Pilot Studies Program supports innovative translational research projects in Western New York.

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Clinical and Translational Research Support

Community partnership

COVID-19 Funding Opportunities and Research Updates

Funding Opportunities for Researchers
To aid researchers, we have compiled information on current COVID-19 funding opportunities and due dates, sorted by sponsor. The information will be continually updated as new funding opportunities develop and due dates pass. Read the list here.

Coordinating and Streamlining Research at WNY Hospitals and at UB
For COVID-19 research information and leads for studies, email the UB Clinical Research Office. To propose a COVID-19 research study, use this link to provide summary information. A CRO/CTSI committee will assess scientific merit and get back to you within 72 hours.

Community Partners

How you can participate in clinical research

There are many ways members of the public can participate in research, from focus groups to patient advocacy groups to volunteering in a clinical study. Participants report feeling more satisfied with their health care and can potentially gain access to new treatments available only to research volunteers.

NEWS

Vaccine infographic available for download in 15 languages
6/2/21
A downloadable infographic about COVID-19 vaccines, available in 15 languages, has been created by the CTSI and community partners.
K Scholar alumnus receives NIH grant for COPD study
6/2/21
CTSI K Scholar Alumnus David M. Jacobs, PharmD, PhD, has received an award from the NHLBI to develop a real-time readmission risk-prediction algorithm to lower hospital readmission rates for patients with COPD.