Announcing New Pipeline-to-Pilot Awardees

UNYTE and CBPR Pipeline-to-Pilot awards will foster research to detect heart implant defects, understand how vitamin D is transferred from mother to baby, and examine whether helping faith communities take stock of systemic causes of mental health issues will help combat them. Both awards are now accepting applications for funding.  

Past CTSI Pilot Awardee Lands in PLOS ONE’s Top 25%

A UR CTSI-funded bladder cancer study is among the 25 percent most cited studies published in PLOS ONE in 2016. The study offers a biomarker and drug target candidate for bladder cancer, the fifth most common cancer.

Moxley, a Pioneer in Muscular Dystrophy Research and Care, to Step Down

URMC Department of Neurology founding father Richard (Dick) Moxley III, M.D., is retiring after a career spanning more than four decades.  Moxley has been an important member of the CTSI community, as former director of the Clinical Research Center and co-director of the Pilot Studies Program.

CTSI Faculty Pilot Project Identifies New Hearing Test for Autism Risk

Research partially supported by a CTSI Faculty Pilot award may offer a new way to screen very young children for Autism. The study shows that children with Autism may have inner ear deficiencies that impact their ability to recognize speech.

Announcing the Winners of a New Collaborative Genomics Pilot Award Program

The University of Rochester Medical Center and the State University of New York at the University of Buffalo (SUNY UB) are teaming up on a large genomics project and have implemented a Collaborative Genomics Pilot Award Program. The inaugural pilot award recipients will use genomic approaches to better understand pancreas cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.