Ashlee Lang, MPH, Joins UR CTSI as Director of the Office of Clinical Research

“I’m honored to have been chosen as the next director of the Office of Clinical Research,” Lang said. “Previous leaders of the office have assembled a phenomenal team of research support staff, and I hope to build upon this foundation by increasing our visibility and promoting our scope of services across the entire URMC research community.”

Office of Health Equity Research Welcomes New Youth Advisory Board

University of Rochester researchers can meet with the new Youth Advisory Board to get a youth perspective on their research projects and for help identifying future research needs aimed at improving adolescent health.

Could a Cancer Protein Be at the Heart of Cardiac Scarring and Disease?

Research supported by the UR CTSI suggests that a tumor suppressor protein may play an important role in a heart rhythm disease and in cardiac scarring. 

Fiscella and Yousefi Nooraie Envision a Community-Focused Complementary Pathway for Translational Research

In “Health first, for all: Envisioning a novel complementary pathway for translational research,” Fiscella and Yousefi Nooraie envision a second complementary translational research pathway that works in tandem with the current biomedical-based pathway.

Capellan Selected for GEPA Postdoctoral Appointee Award for Excellence in Equity and Inclusion

Jahaira Capellan, PhD, MS, RN, FNP-BC is this year’s recipient of the GEPA Postdoctoral Appointee Award for Excellence in Equity and Inclusion.