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The UR CTSI is dedicated to training the next generation of clinical researchers and translational scientists. We manage education programs, courses, and mentorship and networking opportunities for trainees, staff, and faculty.

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  • Academic Program

    Academic Research Track

    The Academic Research Track is a program for first, second and third year medical students who are considering a research experience as part of their education or career.

    Audiences: Medical Students
    Branch: Research Education Branch

    Education and Professional Development Laboratory Research Clinical Research Collaboration and Networking Career Readiness Mentoring

  • Ongoing Learning

    America's Got Regulatory Science Talent

    The annual America’s Got Regulatory Science Talent Student Competition provides an opportunity for students from across the University of Rochester to compete for a chance to present their regulatory science ideas at the FDA.

    Audiences: Medical Students, Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students
    Branch: Office of Regulatory Support, Research Services Branch

    Collaboration and Networking Regulatory Science

  • Degrees and Certifications

    Bachelor in Clinical and Translational Sciences

    The Clinical and Translational Sciences major provides students with in-depth instruction in the fundamental skills, methodology, and principles of clinical and translational research as well as formal laboratory experiences, and ongoing guidance on the process of translational science. The major includes CTSC299 Research Seminar in Translational Sciences, wherein students learn principles of and practical skills for translational science.

    Audiences: Undergraduate Students
    Branch: Research Education Branch

    Education and Professional Development Translational Science

  • Courses and Workshops

    Bioinformatics Learning Module

    This free set of resources on Blackboard is designed to help University of Rochester researchers learn more about the principles and purpose of bioinformatics.

    Audiences: Early Career Faculty, Faculty, Fellows, Graduate Students, Postdocs
    Branch: Research Education Branch

    Biostatistics and Epidemiology Education and Professional Development Data and Information Management Methods and Processes Informatics and Analysis Data Science

  • Courses and Workshops

    Biostatistics Learning Module

    This module contains a variety of videos and website links providing useful resources about statistical analyses in clinical and translational research.

    Audiences: Early Career Faculty, Faculty, Fellows, Graduate Students, Postdocs
    Branch: Research Education Branch

    Biostatistics and Epidemiology Informatics and Analysis Education and Professional Development Data and Information Management Data Science

  • Career Readiness

    Career Development K Award

    The UR CTSI Career Development Award (KL2) provides two years of support for the early career development of multidisciplinary clinical and translational scientists. The program fosters transition of KL2 scholars to an independent career as a clinical and translational investigator, generally by means of an individual K- or R-award.

    Audiences: Early Career Faculty, Postdocs
    Branch: Research Education Branch

    Clinical Research Translational Science Education and Professional Development

  • Courses and Workshops

    Career Engagement, Revitalization, and Transition

    Within academics, challenges with career advancement, continued engagement, and transitions from one stage to another abound. This course is designed to help Associate Professors and Professors in academic medicine gain the skills they need to remain productive and engaged through evidence-based, collaborative learning and reflective practice, and to guide participants in smoothly transitioning from one stage in their career to the next.

    Audiences: Faculty
    Branch: Research Education Branch

    Education and Professional Development Career Readiness Mentoring

  • Courses and Workshops,Ongoing Learning

    Clinical Research Webinars

    The UR CTSI hosts quarterly webinars on clinical research topics, featuring investigators from the University of Rochester Medical Center and outside experts who provide services and resources that support clinical research.

    Audiences: Early Career Faculty, Faculty, Fellows, Medical Students, Residents, Staff
    Branch: Research Services Branch

    Clinical Research

  • Courses and Workshops

    Clinical Trials Learning Module

    Module participants will learn about clinical trials by engaging with a number of provided resources that provide a greater understanding of the key features, issues, overview, and types of trials.

    Audiences: Early Career Faculty, Faculty, Graduate Students, Medical Students, Postdocs, Residents, Staff, Nurses, Fellows
    Branch: Research Education Branch

    Clinical Research Education and Professional Development

  • Courses and Workshops

    Community Engagement in Research and Population Health

    Available to all learners for free, this 20-hour course focuses on the role of community engagement, including community-based participatory research, in the current U.S. health system. This course is hosted by Coursera.

    Audiences: Community, Early Career Faculty, Faculty, Fellows, Graduate Students, Medical Students, Postdocs, Residents, Staff
    Branch: Research Education Branch

    Health Equity Community Engagement Population Health

  • Courses and Workshops

    Community Engagement Learning Module

    This module provides an overview on community engagement in research.

    Audiences: Community, Early Career Faculty, Faculty, Fellows, Postdocs, Staff
    Branch: Research Education Branch

    Community-Based Participatory Research Community Health Improvement Education and Professional Development Health Equity Population Health Public Health

  • Courses and Workshops

    Community-Based Participatory Research Training

    Community-Based Participatory Research is a collaborative approach to research that involves community members or recipients of interventions during all phases of the research process and recognizes the unique strengths that each member of the research team brings.

    Audiences: Community, Faculty, Fellows, Graduate Students, Medical Students, Early Career Faculty, Postdocs, Residents
    Branch: Population Health Branch

    Community-Based Participatory Research Education and Professional Development Community Engagement Community Health Improvement Health Equity

  • Academic Program

    Deaf Scientist Training

    The UR CTSI, in partnership with RIT, is dedicated to helping Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing students and trainees successfully launch a career in academic research or teaching.

    Audiences: Graduate Students, Postdocs, Undergraduate Students
    Branch: Research Education Branch

    Education and Professional Development Collaboration and Networking Career Readiness Mentoring Accessibility

  • Courses and Workshops

    Disparities in Access in Health Care and Research

    This free course, sponsored by the UR CTSI and Center for Community Health & Prevention, explores how historic and current harms have shaped the relationship between doctors/researchers and patients/research participants who are Black, Indigenous, and People of Color.

    Audiences: Community, Early Career Faculty, Faculty, Fellows, Graduate Students, Medical Students, Postdocs, Residents, Staff
    Branch: Population Health Branch

    Education and Professional Development Community Engagement Health Equity

  • Courses and Workshops

    Dissemination and Implementation Science Learning Module

    This module provides six modules and additional resources to educate users about the purpose, theory, and implementation of dissemination and implementation research.

    Audiences: Early Career Faculty, Faculty, Fellows, Postdocs
    Branch: Research Education Branch

    Dissemination and Implementation Education and Professional Development

  • Ongoing Learning

    Dissemination and Implementation Webinar

    The rapidly growing field of dissemination and implementation science examines the process by which scientific evidence is implemented in clinical settings and communities. The UR CTSI’s Dissemination and Implementation function regularly hosts seminars to help researchers gain knowledge and skill in the design and evaluation of evidence-based interventions. 

    Audiences: Early Career Faculty, Faculty, Fellows, Graduate Students, Medical Students, Postdocs, Residents, Staff
    Branch: Population Health Branch

    Dissemination and Implementation Health Equity

  • Courses and Workshops

    Early Stage Faculty Bootcamp

    This free, three-day course helps senior instructors and assistant professors identify the skills they need for more successful career advancement. CME credits are provided.

    Audiences: Early Career Faculty
    Branch: Research Education Branch

    Education and Professional Development Career Readiness Mentoring

  • Courses and Workshops

    Epidemiology and Research Design Learning Module

    This module contains a variety of videos and website links providing useful resources about the clinical research process and epidemiological principles.

    Audiences: Early Career Faculty, Faculty, Postdocs, Fellows, Graduate Students, Staff
    Branch: Research Education Branch

    Education and Professional Development Laboratory Research Clinical Research Methods and Processes

  • Ongoing Learning

    Grant Writing Skills

    Grant writing is both a skill and an art. We have compiled courses, how-to guides and tip sheets from URMC, NIH and beyond to help you write winning grants.

    Audiences: Early Career Faculty, Faculty, Fellows, Graduate Students, Medical Students, Postdocs, Residents
    Branch: Research Education Branch

    Education and Professional Development

  • Courses and Workshops,Ongoing Learning

    Grantsmanship Learning Module

    This Blackboard module contains a variety of videos and other useful resources to help you navigate the NIH grant submission process.

    Audiences: Early Career Faculty, Graduate Students, Postdocs
    Branch: Research Education Branch

    Education and Professional Development Career Readiness

  • Ongoing Learning

    Health Equity Education

    The UR CTSI’s Health Equity Education Initiative helps program leaders and educators of all student levels incorporate health equity into their curricula and build equitable clinical and research learning environments. As part of the URMC Equity and Anti-Racism Action Plan, the initiative provides resources, guidance, tools, and consistency for educators across all URMC departments and schools. This page is hosted by the Edward G. Miner Library.

    Audiences: Fellows, Graduate Students, Postdocs, Medical Students
    Branch: Research Education Branch

    Health Equity

  • Job Training

    Human Subject Research Coordinator Training

    The UR CTSI Human Subject Research Coordinator Training Program is a fully paid six-month program that includes an eight-week intensive training period followed by real-world experience.

    Audiences: Community, Undergraduate Students, Staff
    Branch: Research Services Branch, Clinical Research Center

    Clinical Research Education and Professional Development Workforce Development Career Readiness

  • Courses and Workshops

    I-Corps@NCATS Short Course

    The UR CTSI and Ain Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation are hosting an I-Corps@NCATS Regional Short Course, designed to provide biomedical scientists, clinician scientists, and engineers with a new approach to accelerating the translation of their discoveries from the lab to clinical practice.

    Audiences: Early Career Faculty, Faculty, Fellows, Postdocs
    Branch: Research Education Branch

    Translational Science Clinical Research Education and Professional Development Regulatory Science Digital Health

  • Courses and Workshops

    Introduction to Biomedical Informatics

    An introduction to biomedical informatics, as applied in research and in clinical practice. This course will provide a study of the nature of biomedical information and its capture, collection, storage, and use.

    Audiences: Graduate Students, Medical Students
    Branch: Informatics and Analytics Branch

    Education and Professional Development Informatics and Analysis Data and Information Management Regulatory Science

  • Courses and Workshops,Ongoing Learning

    Introduction to Translational Science Course

    This 30-week course provides resources to help you define clinical and translational science, understand the fundamental research methodologies involved in clinical and translational research, describe the principles of team science, and improve your written communication skills.

    Audiences: Early Career Faculty, Fellows, Graduate Students, Medical Students, Postdocs, Residents, Staff, Undergraduate Students
    Branch: Research Education Branch

    Translational Science Community Engagement Clinical Research Dissemination and Implementation Regulatory Support

  • Ongoing Learning

    Knowledge, Empathy, and Equity Framework for Health Equity Education

    This curriculum framework helps educators infuse health equity into existing curricula. Based on national health equity standards for health education, the framework and tools are applicable to medical, nursing, and graduate students. Education program leaders can also take the Knowledge, Empathy, and Equity (KEE) Curriculum self-assessment to evaluate their health equity curricula against national standards and competencies. If you would like a self-assessment, contact initiative director Theresa Green, PhD, MBA. This page is hosted by the Edward G. Miner Library.

    Audiences: Faculty
    Branch: Research Education Branch

    Health Equity Education and Professional Development

  • Courses and Workshops,Ongoing Learning

    Leadership and Management Learning Module

    This Blackboard module contains a variety of videos and other useful resources to help you start your own lab and develop academic leadership and management skills.

    Audiences: Early Career Faculty, Faculty
    Branch: Research Education Branch

    Education and Professional Development Mentoring

  • Courses and Workshops

    Multi-Site Studies in Clinical Research Course

    This free, self-paced Blackboard course is designed to help University of Rochester principle investigators plan and prepare funding proposals to the National Institutes of Health to support multi-site clinical studies. 

    Audiences: Faculty, Early Career Faculty
    Branch: Research Services Branch

    Clinical Research Collaboration and Networking Education and Professional Development

  • Ongoing Learning

    Public Health Grand Rounds

    This seminar series, sponsored in part by the UR CTSI, highlights community-based initiatives to reduce health inequities, improve access to care, and tackle some of our toughest health challenges. Continuous education credits are offered for medicine, nursing, and social work. This page is hosted by the Center for Community Health & Prevention.

    Audiences: Community, Early Career Faculty, Faculty, Fellows, Graduate Students, Medical Students, Nurses, Postdocs, Residents, Staff
    Branch: Research Education Branch

    Health Equity Population Health Public Health

  • Academic Program

    Research Centers in Minority Institutions Scholarly Exchange

    The UR CTSI collaborates with the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Summer Scholars Program to offer research training to students who are underrepresented in the biomedical and health sciences. 

    Audiences: Undergraduate Students
    Branch: Research Education Branch

    Education and Professional Development Collaboration and Networking Mentoring

  • Ongoing Learning

    Research Methods Forum

    The Research Methods Forum provides an interactive setting for investigators to present new and developing research ideas to multidisciplinary experts in clinical research methods and potential collaborators, who will provide recommendations.

    Audiences: Early Career Faculty, Faculty, Fellows, Postdocs
    Branch: Research Education Branch

    Education and Professional Development Clinical Research Methods and Processes Collaboration and Networking Mentoring

  • Courses and Workshops,Ongoing Learning

    Rigor and Reproducibility Learning Module

    This Blackboard module will help you design and develop protocols for rigorous and reproducible clinical and translational research studies.

    Audiences: Early Career Faculty, Faculty, Graduate Students, Postdocs, Undergraduate Students
    Branch: Research Education Branch

    Education and Professional Development Biostatistics and Epidemiology

  • Courses and Workshops

    Rochester Early-Stage Investigator Network (RESIN)

    The Rochester Early-Stage Investigator Network (RESIN) works across departments and centers to optimize and support training for early-stage investigators from across the translational spectrum. 

    Audiences: Early Career Faculty
    Branch: Research Education Branch

    Education and Professional Development Translational Science Dissemination and Implementation

  • Ongoing Learning

    SCORE: Study Coordinators Organization for Research & Education

    Study Coordinators Organization for Research and Education (SCORE) provides support and regular networking opportunities to clinical research coordinators and staff working in an academic setting.

    Audiences: Staff
    Branch: Research Services Branch

    Clinical Research Collaboration and Networking Mentoring

  • Degrees and Certifications

    Translational Biomedical Science PhD Program

    Earn a PhD in Translational Biomedical Science through a unique, interdisciplinary program.

    Audiences: Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students
    Branch: Research Education Branch

    Education and Professional Development Translational Science

  • Ongoing Learning

    UR CTSI Research Education Hub

    Find a host of learning modules related to design and conduct of clinical and population health studies, developed and curated by the UR CTSI, on Blackboard.

    Audiences: Early Career Faculty, Faculty, Graduate Students, Fellows, Postdocs, Residents, Staff
    Branch: Research Education Branch, Translational Science Branch

    Education and Professional Development Clinical Research Population Health

  • Ongoing Learning

    UR CTSI Seminar Series

    The UR CTSI Seminar Series featured guest speakers from the University of Rochester Medical Center and from around the Clinical and Translational Science Awards Program to highlight their research and innovative methods. 

    Audiences: Graduate Students, Early Career Faculty, Faculty, Fellows, Medical Students, Postdocs, Residents, Staff
    Branch: Research Education Branch

    Translational Science

  • Ongoing Learning

    UR Medicine Health Equity Leader Fellowship

    A new Health Equity-focused concentration for the UR Medicine Leader Fellowship Quality Improvement track is offered to members of clinical departments who have completed the first stage of health equity education assessment and improvement as part of a cohort group. The cohorts work together to apply the Knowledge, Empathy, & Equity Curriculum Framework to their program. Fellows will guide their departments to further implementation. Contact initiative director Theresa Green, PhD, MBA, to learn more. This page is hosted on the URMC intranet and required a login.

    Audiences: Fellows, Graduate Students, Medical Students, Postdocs, Residents
    Branch: Research Education Branch

    Health Equity

  • Courses and Workshops

    URBEST Regulatory Affairs, Compliance, and Review Education Tracks

    The URBEST program seeks to prepare graduate students and postdoctoral trainees for careers outside of academia by providing access to training pathways for careers outside of academic research, including regulatory affairs, compliance, and review.

    Audiences: Graduate Students, Postdocs
    Branch: Research Education Branch, Office of Regulatory Support

    Regulatory Science

  • Ongoing Learning

    Working Toward Health Equity

    This 18-minute video featuring a diverse cast of community leaders introduces learners to fundamental concepts of social determinants of health and health disparities and includes a comprehensive picture of the Rochester community. To access the video in MyPath with a 10-question quiz, log in and search for “Working Towards Health Equity.

    Audiences: Fellows, Graduate Students, Medical Students, Postdocs, Residents
    Branch: Research Education Branch

    Health Equity

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