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 the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis 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 from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds in biomedical and behavioral research, with a particular focus […]

Congratulations to the 2023 CRTC Award Winners!

Award winners include: Mentor of the Year to Patty Cavazos-Rehg, PhD. Course Instructors of the Year: Jessica Mozersky, PhD and Brian Gage, MD, MSc. Outstanding Citizenship Awards to: James Krings, MD, James Rudloff, MD and Samuel Cortez, MD. Thank you for your dedication to always strive for excellence in clinical research education!

Sleeping pill reduces levels of Alzheimer’s proteins (Links to an external site)

Photo of KL2 alum, Dr. Brendan Lucey.

KL2 alum, Brendan Lucey, MD is the senior author of a recent small, proof-of-concept study published in the Annals of Neurology (April 20). Lucey and a team of researchers at Washington University School of Medicine found that two doses of an FDA-approved sleeping pill reduced levels of Alzheimer’s proteins. The study hints at the potential […]

Congratulations, graduates!

Listing of the 2023 MSCI and TL1 graduates

The CRTC proudly congratulates all of the Master of Science in Clinical Investigation (MSCI) and TL1 Program 2023 graduates! Well done!

How to know when snoring is a sign of sleep apnea (Links to an external site)

Brendan Lucey, MD and KL2 alum

KL2 alum, Brendan Lucey, MD and associate professor of neurology and director of Washington University’s Sleep Medicine Center, sat down with St. Louis Magazine to discuss obstructive sleep apnea. Although snoring might sound innocent enough, Lucey discusses how loud snoring and sleep apnea carry a range of serious health risks and how to address those.