September 2020

Six Feet Saves COVID-19 Campaign Receives Local Community Award

The UR CTSI and Center for Community Health & Prevention (CCHP) played pivotal roles in developing the "Six Feet Saves" campaign, which emphasized the importance of social distancing to slow the spread of COVID-19. The campaign was awarded the W. B. Potter Founders Award by Causewave Community Partners.

2020 Pilot Awards: Predicting Alzheimer’s, Heart Failure, Understanding Intellectual Disabilities

In July, three new pilot awardees began their UR CTSI-funded projects. Over the next year, the awardees will dissect the cellular and molecular causes of intellectual disabilities and develop new ways to predict Alzheimer's disease in seniors and heart failure in patients who need left ventricular assist devices (LVAD).