CTSI Translational Spotlight.

Welcome to Translational Spotlight, a UB CTSI newsletter. Our mission is to keep leadership, faculty, trainees and community partners of the Buffalo Translational Consortium informed about developments in clinical research in Western New York and across the national CTSA network.

  • The 2023 Igniting Hope Conference, titled "Building a Healthy, Just Community for All," will be held in person at the Jacobs School on September 30.
  • The CTSI’s Open Research Office Zoom sessions featuring expert guest speakers return on September 27 with “Pathways to IRB Review.”
  • Learn what UB researchers need to know about the new Philips MR 7700 MRI scanner — and how it can transform their work.
  • UB experts are helping researchers to understand AI, and the ways in which it can help them solve societally challenging problems.
  • AZA Allsop, MD, PhD, Yale School of Medicine, will present the next CTSI Community of Scholars Seminar on July 21.
  • Recent enhancements to the CTSI’s online library of videos from UB content experts include the addition of category types.
  • Translational science is helping researchers overcome bottlenecks and roadblocks to accelerate new healthcare innovations.
  • VP for Health Sciences and Dean of the Jacobs School Allison Brashear, MD, MBA, will discuss her research on June 13.
  • The link between autoimmunity and infection is the focus of the CTSI Distinguished Speaker Seminar on June 7.
  • Â鶹´«Ã½o faculty share tips for recruiting children and families into research and how to best ensure retention.
  • A panel of experts from the community and UB faculty discussed health literacy at the CTSI Annual Forum on March 15.
  • UB investigators discuss why engaging children in research is so important and outline the most effective recruitment methods.
  • The CTSI Annual Forum on March 15 will include a panel and discussion on health literacy and plain language.
  • The CTSI has awarded seed grant funding to two unique university-community partnerships.
  • The CTSI has announced the agenda for its 2023 Annual Forum, to be held at the CTRC on March 15.