UR CTSI Helps Make Connection that Spurs $10M Grant to Study Concussion

A URMC concussion researcher credits the UR CTSI and the Trial Innovation Network with helping him connect with researchers across the country and be a part of this new grant to study prolonged concussion symptoms in 11- to 18-year-olds.

UR CTSI Funds Investigation of Novel Drug Targeting Cancer Microenvironment

A team of researchers at the Wilmot Cancer Institute hopes to lay the foundation for a novel cancer therapy that would target the cancer microenvironment with funding from a UR CTSI Incubator Award.

UR CTSI Seeking Founding Director for Office for Health Equity Research

As part of URMC’s Equity and Anti-Racism Action Plan, the UR CTSI is establishing a new Office for Health Equity Research and launching a search for a founding director.

Digital Health Seedling: Using Wearable Tech to Speed ALS Diagnosis and Study Autism Stressors

Digital health technologies are changing the way we study health and treat diseases. The first two projects awarded a Digital Health Seedling from the UR CTSI are studying how wearable sensors might help detect ALS earlier and help us understand and avoid stress among children with autism and their parents.

UR CTSI’s Office of Clinical Research Welcomes Nicole Mason as New Director

Mason brings a lot of experience to her new role as director of the Office of Clinical Research, but her first priority when she starts on August 1 will be to conduct a listening tour among institutional leaders and research teams.