ICTS makes an impact in investigator’s research journey (Links to an external site)

Life doesn’t move in a straight line and neither does a career in clinical and translational research. Such is the truth for ICTS investigator Lindsay Kuroki, MD, MSCI, associate professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Gynecologic Oncology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. As a research clinician working to improve […]

Summer 2022 Research Training Program

We would like to thank our mentors and partners, such talented and experienced people, that worked determinedly to ensure our summer research training program would be a great faculty-guided two-month clinical research experience for mentees. Most importantly, we hope that students will return back to their home institutions with new scientific knowledge and will continue […]

Dr. Pat Kung selected as a TREC fellow

 We are excited that Dr. Che-Pei (Pat) Kung, TL1 alumni, was selected as a 2022 fellow for TREC (Transdisciplinary Research on Energetics and Cancer), an NIH/NCI-funded program providing training opportunities for early-career scientists to carry out integrative research on energetics and energy balance in cancer.

Announcing the New TL1 Postdoctoral Program for MD or MD/PhD Clinical Fellows! (Links to an external site)

Clinical and translational research opportunity for physician fellows who are engaged in a clinical fellowship at Washington University, University of Missouri, or Saint Louis University. The Translational Sciences Postdoctoral Program (TSPP) is part of the Washington University Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences (ICTS) and is supported by our Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA). […]

Fall Flashback: Washington University ICTS Team Wins Inaugural TL1 Debate, ‘Statin Wars’

TL1 Trainees at Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Michigan that participated in the inaugural debate in November 2021 connected at the ACTS Translational Science 2022 in Chicago. The TL1 Debate was developed in an effort to help trainees practice their presentation skills and make arguments for or against a concept in […]

Congratulations Dr. Barth!

TL1 trainee,Jessica Barth, MS, OTR/L, successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled “Validation, categorization, and prediction of upper limb outcomes after stroke”. Occupational Therapist, PhD in Movement Science and Master of Science in Clinical Investigation with concentration in Dissemination and Implementation with mentor:  Dr. Catherine Lang. In her work Jessica explored the divergence between lab based […]

KL2 Scholars Attend Annual Translational Science Meeting in Chicago

KL2 scholars (top left) Jeffrey Koenitzer, MD, PhD; (top right) James Krings, MD, MSCI; (Bottom) Christopher Ryan King, MD, PhD

KL2 scholars, Jeffrey Koenitzer, MD, PhD; James Krings, MD, MSCI; and Christopher Ryan King, MD, PhD, recently attended the Association for Clinical and Translational Sciences (ACTS) annual Translational Science Meeting in Chicago, IL. This meeting fosters inclusive conversations amongst colleagues, furthers advancements in team science and provides a platform for scholars and trainees to showcase […]

Just Like Me: CRTC shares testimonials from diverse trainees

(left to right) Carla Valenzuela, MD, MSCI (MTPCI Postdoctoral Alumni) and Edwin Baldelomar, PhD (TL1 Postdoctoral Trainee)

The Clinical Research Training Center serves as the education and workforce development arm of the Instituteof Clinical and Translational Sciences (ICTS), the Clinical and Translational ScienceAwards (CTSA) Program at Washington University in St. Louis. The CRTC supports the nextgeneration of interdisciplinary research leaders and provides a wide variety ofopportunities to meet the needs of the […]