The Clinical Research Training Center TL1 trainees recently attended the Association for Clinical and Translational Science (ACTS) 2025 conference in Washington, DC from April 14 to April 17. The conference offered four days of scientific sessions and networking with other trainees and leaders in the clinical and translational science community.
The Clinical Research Training Center is now enrolling graduate students for the Bench Fundamentals for Translational Research course. Taught by Leonard Maggi, Jr., PhD, MSCI, Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology, this three-credit course is designed to introduce fellows-in-training and future physician scientists to the core principles of scientific investigation.
For James Krings, MD, MSCI, Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care, settling in at WashU for his career in scientific research seems always to have been written in the stars. Originally from St. Louis, MO, Krings returned home after attending medical school at Stanford University and completing his residency at Northwestern […]
Two Clinical Research Training Center (CRTC) alumni received an Institutional Research Grant from the American Cancer Society, funded at Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital (BJH) and WashU Medicine. These awards support independent, self-directed investigators early in their careers and enable them to conduct research in areas of special interest to the American Cancer Society. […]
Congratulations to the five Clinical Research Training Center (CRTC) scholars and alumni that recently received recognition from the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) for their remarkable achievements in clinical investigation. DDFRCS alumni Anubha Agarwal, MD, MSc and Michael Paley, MD, PhD, along with K12 Oncology alum Francesca Ferraro, MD, PhD, received the ASCI Council […]
Ana Maria Arbeláez, MD; Rita Brookheart, PhD; and Dominic Reeds, MD, WashU Medicine clinician–researchers and directors, were recently the recipients of one of three National Institutes for Health Grants. This grant offers funding for the Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program in Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases (PRIDE) Program.
Former TL1 postdoctoral scholar Ronald Fowle-Grider, PhD cites support of the program in ground breaking research “Dietary fructose enhances tumour growth indirectly via interorgan lipid transfer”. His findings were recognized by WashU’s The Source, which featured an overview of the discoveries. The full research publication is available in the journal Nature. Dr. Fowle-Grider participated in […]
Amy McQueen, PhD, has been named as the Director of the Master of Science in Clinical Investigation (MSCI) Degree Program. As MSCI Director, Dr. McQueen will oversee the largest master’s degree program at WashU Medicine. The MSCI student body represents over 15 different departments and 45 divisions within WashU Medicine. The MSCI combines didactic coursework […]
Nancy Sweitzer, MD, PhD, Named as Director of Clinical and Translational Science Award Translational Workforce Development (CTSA TWD) and Clinical Research Training Center (CRTC) at WashU Medicine. As Director of the Clinical Research Training Center, Dr. Sweitzer will oversee the training and education core of WashU’s CTSA.
KL2 alum Lauren Roland, MD, MSCI investigated the development of fungal sinusitis in the body with the potential for treatment and prevention options, improved life expectancy and quality of life in the immunocompromised, and lowered medical and treatment costs.