Asian Health Symposium Promotes Benefits of Community-Research Collaboration

Chinatown leaders and Tufts University researchers work together to improve health FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 16, 2015 CONTACT: Amy West, 617-636-6025, awest@tuftsmedicalcenter.org BOSTON (October 16, 2015) – More than 90 community leaders, researchers, clinicians, students, and neighborhood residents gathered in Boston’s Chinatown neighborhood today to talk about working together to improve Asian health. A symposium, Together: Strengthening the Health … Continued

Tufts CTSI and Community Partners to Host Asian Health Symposium October 16

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 13, 2015 CONTACT: Amy West, 617-636-6025, awest@tuftsmedicalcenter.org BOSTON – On October 16 from 8:30AM-3:00PM, Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) and community organizations comprising Addressing Disparities in Asian Populations through Translational Research (ADAPT) will present Together: Strengthening the Health of Chinatown, an Asian Health Symposium. The event will be held at Tufts … Continued

Call for Posters: Translational Research Day 2015

Interested in showcasing your research, finding collaborators, or getting feedback on a work-in-progress? Faculty, fellows, residents, students, staff and community partners affiliated with Tufts CTSI are invited to participate in the poster session at Translational Research Day 2015 on Tuesday, November 10. Posters will be displayed electronically (on LED screens from ePosterBoards) from 9:00AM-2:00PM in … Continued

Tufts CTSI Happenings e-newsletter, August 24, 2015

  In this week’s issue: celebrate healthy and active aging with the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging; watch clinical research seminars for residents on Tufts CTSI’s I LEARN website; apply for the Junior Faculty Research Career Development Forum; get free research help.

Tufts CTSI Happenings e-newsletter, August 10, 2015

  In this week’s issue: sign up to attend a Pilot Studies RFA online info session; apply for the Junior Faculty Research Career Development Forum; enroll in the Fall 2015 Survey of Pharmaceutical Sciences course; save the date for a 9/18 workshop on leadership.    

National Team led by Tufts CTSI Finds Navigators Are Integral to Clinical Research Process

Point-Person Project Fosters Investigator Participation in Industry Studies BOSTON (March 20, 2015) – A study reported in this week’s Science Translational Medicine (PDF) found that qualified investigators are more likely to respond to opportunities for clinical trials if they are contacted by an institution-specific point person, or navigator. Jonathan M. Davis, MD, Tufts Clinical and … Continued

Chinatown Asian Health Symposium Fosters Community Research Collaborations to Improve Health

Tufts CTSI and Community Organizations Gather Stakeholders for Information, Brainstorming, and Networking BOSTON (April 3, 2014) – More than 90 community leaders, neighborhood residents, researchers, clinicians, and students gathered in Boston’s Chinatown neighborhood today to talk about working together to improve Asian health. A symposium, Together: Strengthening the Health of Chinatown, was presented by Tufts Clinical and … Continued

Multidisciplinary Research Team Led by Tufts CTSI Proposes New Model for Clinical Trials

Efficacy-to-Effectiveness (E2E) Design May Improve Treatment Selection Accuracy BOSTON (March 19, 2014) – Experts across academia, industry and government propose a new method for health care providers to get the right treatments to the right patients at the right time. This new approach, A Proposal for Integrated Efficacy-to-Effectiveness (E2E) Clinical Trials, published in Nature Clinical … Continued

Tufts Medical Center Approved for a Funding Award by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

Project Uses Mathematical Models to Identify Patients for Clinical Trials BOSTON (January 27, 2014) – A Tufts Medical Center research team at the Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies (ICRHPS) has been approved for a funding award by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to develop a method for patient-centered enrollment in comparative effectiveness … Continued

The Affordable Care Act: Translational Research Experiment to Improve Health

Science Translational Medicine Editorial Urges Researchers to Support the ACA BOSTON (November 27, 2013) – An editorial by Harry P. Selker, MD, MSPH, William H. Frist, MD, and Stuart Altman, PhD, published in the November 27 issue of Science Translational Medicine says the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) is an example of the role … Continued

Tufts CTSI Receives $24 Million NIH Clinical and Translational Science Award

Prestigious grant provides five years of funding to Tufts University and Tufts Medical Center BOSTON (October 16, 2013) – Tufts University and Tufts Medical Center today announced that the National Institutes of Health has named the Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) a recipient of the 2013 Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA). Tufts CTSI … Continued

Introducing Tufts CTSI Profiles

Web-based Tool Encourages Researchers to Connect and Collaborate BOSTON (February 14, 2013) -Scientists and researchers throughout the Tufts community have a new way to connect online. Today, Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute (Tufts CTSI) and Tufts University launched Profiles, a free, web-based research networking tool designed to promote collaboration. Available at https://profiles.med.tufts.edu, Tufts CTSI … Continued

Tufts CTSI Explores Tissue Engineering Ethics and Legalities

Tissue engineering was the focus of October 11, 2012’s Tufts CTSI regulatory seminar on intellectual property. Scientific, technical, and legal experts from Tufts and Northeastern University gathered for an afternoon of lively discussion on patents, combination products, and the future of engineered human tissues. Stephen F. Amato, PhD, MBA, RAC, Head of Faculty for Global … Continued