Center for Translational Science Activities

CTSA is developing clinical and translational science as a field of study and offers educational programs for investigators at all stages of their clinical research career.
Building new and promising collaborations around the world is second nature to Virend Somers, M.D., Ph.D. During the last 10 years, he has fostered relationships with investigators from a number of different countries to accelerate discoveries toward better health.
Citing the CTSA grant is a critical performance measure when reporting annual productivity (publications) to the National Institutes of Health.
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CTSA: Accelerating Discoveries Toward Better Health

Mayo Clinic's Center for Translational Science Activities (CTSA) is funded by the National Institute of Health's (NIH) Clinical and Translational Science Award program, grant number UL1TR000135. The CTSA program is led by the NIH's National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS).

Launched in 2006, the program has expanded to approximately 60 academic medical institutions across the country. The Mayo Clinic CTSA is part of the national consortium to improve the way biomedical research is conducted across the country. The consortium members share a common vision to reduce the time it takes for laboratory discoveries to become treatments for patients and engage communities in clinical research efforts. It is also fulfilling the critical need to train a new generation of clinical researchers.

Mayo Clinic's CTSA seeks to speed the translation of research results into therapies, tools and patient care practices that improve community health. The CTSA makes connections, finds best practices, bridges gaps, engages the community and builds on more than a century of Mayo Clinic medical research and education expertise.

The content of this website is solely the responsibility of the Mayo Clinic CTSA and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH.

News

Office of Health Disparities Research announces 2013 pilot awardees

The Office of Health Disparities Research is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2013 round of Pilot Projects, intended to facilitate research that will lead to extramural funding in health disparities research.

New Mayo Clinic CTSA director and principal investigator named

The Mayo Clinic Center for Translational Sciences Activities (CTSA) is pleased to announce Sundeep Khosla, M.D., as the new director of the CTSA and principal investigator of the National Institutes of Health CTSA grant effective June 1, 2013.

Mayo Clinic CTSA and Yale Center for Clinical Investigation collaborate to remove barriers in initiating research

The Mayo Clinic Center for Translational Science Activities and Yale Center for Clinical Investigation partnered on a linked collaborative project to help minimize barriers to the initiation of research and provide timely access to support resources for investigative faculty.

Registration open for MCHS PBRN 2013 conference

The Mayo Clinic Health System Practice-Based Research Network (MCHS PBRN) will host its 2013 conference, "Changing Views of Change: Using Practice-Based Research to Target, Manage, and Measure Change," Oct. 3-4 in Rochester, Minn.

Conference registration is required, but there is no cost to attend.

Meet the 2013 KL2 scholars

The Mayo Clinic CTSA welcomes three new scholars to the 2013 KL2 Mentored Career Development Program. Each scholar will work under the guidance of a senior Mayo investigator conducting multidisciplinary clinical research projects in the three-year program.