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). […]
Alexandra Zdonczyk, a TL1 trainee that participated in the inaugural debate in November shared her experience in the video aimed at demonstrating the benefits and skills developed. (Links to an external site)
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 […]
“The ICTS TL1 Program: Training the Future Clinical and Translational Workforce” (Links to an external site)
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KL2 Scholars Attend Annual Translational Science Meeting in Chicago
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
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 […]
Washington University Team Wins Inaugural TL1 Debate, ‘Statin Wars’ (Links to an external site)
Congratulations to Washington University TL1 trainees, Ameen Awad, Samuel Cortez, MD, Annahita Fotouhi, and Alexandra Zdonczyk for winning the inaugural TL1 Debate on November 9, 2021, defeating a team from the University of Michigan.
Too many research papers just languish on the shelf. These St. Louis scientists want to put them in action (Links to an external site)
You have a gene. It’s called “cholinergic receptor nicotinic alpha 5 subunit,” or CHRNA5 for short. It does important things inside your body. Certain sections of it, for example, dictate how your brain processes nicotine. That’s true for everybody. You may, however, have variants in and near this gene that put you at risk: They […]
Keleman selected as 2021 TL1 trainee (Links to an external site)
PhD student Audrey Keleman, MSOT, was selected as a 2021 TL1 Translational Sciences Postdoctoral Program (TSPP) trainee.