CRTC Alumni Receive Funding for Research Projects from the American Cancer Society

Gomez (left), Slade

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. […]

CRTC Scholars and Alumni Receive 2025 ASCI Awards

Pictured from left to right, top row first: Agarwal, Paley, Ferraro, Day, Petersen

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 […]

National Institutes for Health Awards PRIDE Grant (Links to an external site)

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 postdoc scholar, Ronald Fowle-Grider, PhD makes strides in fructose-related cancer research

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 […]

Leadership Announcement – Director of MSCI

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 […]

Leadership Announcement – Director of CTSA TWD and CRTC (Links to an external site)

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.

CRTC awarded $1.6MM PRIDE R25 grant from the NIH

The Clinical Research Training Center (CRTC) at WashU Medicine has been awarded a prestigious NIH PRIDE R25 grant valued at $1.6 million. This grant is designed to bolster educational initiatives aimed at engaging postbaccalaureate students in biomedical and behavioral research, with a particular focus on diabetes, endocrinology, and metabolic (DEM) diseases. The four-year Postbaccalaureate Research Program in […]