CCaTS: Accelerating discoveries toward better health
Mayo Clinic Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCaTS) is a central hub for institutional advancement of research and education at Mayo Clinic. The center provides tools and expert consultation to support every aspect of medical research, including basic discovery science, clinical and community-engaged research, and late-stage application and commercialization.
CCaTS is led by Sundeep Khosla, M.D., principal investigator and director of CCaTS and dean for clinical and translational science at Mayo Clinic. David O. Warner, M.D., is co-principal investigator and associate director of CCaTS, and is also principal investigator of the KL2 mentored career development grant. Anthony J. Windebank, M.D., is principal investigator of the TL1 predoctoral training grant.
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Online training demystifies research and catalyzes productivity
Mayo Clinic is using online research training to hone and develop its own talent. "With the right training," says Dr. Warner, "any staff member or student has the potential to contribute to Mayo Clinic's research mission. The more people we have engaged in research and the more diverse their backgrounds and experiences, the better when it comes to helping our patients."
Read more on Mayo's Advancing the Science blog.
MPR News Update: LaPrincess C. Brewer, M.D., M.P.H., is building a culture of health for the underserved
Dr. Brewer is a preventive cardiologist whose research focuses on creating strategies to reduce heart disease health disparities in minority populations and underserved communities. She uses a community-based, participatory research approach where community members are involved in all phases of the research and guide the program, which has included health education sessions promoting cardiovascular health, fitness and cooking classes, and mobile technology.
Read more on MPR News.
Leading the charge in regenerative medicine
Regenerative medicine therapies aim to rebuild and restore health to patients with chronic conditions and degenerative diseases. Despite advances in the field, much of the science is still in early research phases, meaning that many treatments haven't been proved safe and effective as standard-of-care therapies yet.
"It is our responsibility to make sure that we get safe and ethical products to our patients," says Zubin Master, Ph.D., an associate consultant in the Biomedical Ethics Research Program at Mayo Clinic. "Our early experience in this process will pay off when more of these therapies become available through legal and approved pathways, and we translate them into the clinical practice for a number of specialties."
Read more on Mayo's Advancing the Science blog.
Students swap backpacks for lab coats at Celebration of Research
High school students in the Rochester, Minnesota, area met Mayo Clinic researchers and toured their labs at the 18th biennial Celebration of Research. The daylong conference introduced the students to biomedical science and research careers, including many in clinical and translational science.
Read more on Mayo's Advancing the Science blog.
Coping with the work of being a patient
There's no getting around it: Being a patient is hard work, and it gets even harder for patients with multiple chronic conditions. Patients face multiple, ongoing tasks such as taking medications, making appointments and implementing dietary changes. But beyond that, there's the mental, physical and emotional labor required to make sense of the tasks that have been assigned.
Mayo Clinic health sciences researcher Kasey R. Boehmer, Ph.D., M.P.H., explains how this work can affect patients' well-being, and how a strategy called capacity coaching can help.
Read more on Mayo's Advancing the Science blog.
CCaTS revamps clinical epidemiology curriculum
CCaTS recently introduced important updates to its epidemiology graduate curriculum. These changes are designed to better meet the needs of the next generation of clinical and translational scientists.
"Our plan is to offer more intensive training and more applied coursework," says Alexandra J. Greenberg-Worisek, associate director for CCaTS' graduate curriculum. "This knowledge will help position our learners as leaders in health care and research and will help them more effectively translate their research into patient care." Scholars can find detailed information regarding the changes in an email sent at the beginning of April, or by contacting their Education Specialist.