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Lora Black, Spark Award Recipient

The Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) offers Spark Awards, previously known as vouchers, to researchers who need to jump-start their research. The goal of the Spark Award is to support preliminary work and generate essential data for both new and ongoing projects. The CTSI is proud to highlight how Spark Award recipients are utilizing their funding.

March 31, 2025
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Claire (Jungyoun) Han, Spark Award Recipient

The Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) offers Spark Awards, previously known as vouchers, to researchers who need to jump-start their research. The goal of the Spark Award is to support preliminary work and generate essential data for both new and ongoing projects. The CTSI is proud to highlight how Spark Award recipients are utilizing their funding.

March 24, 2025
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Winn Career Development Award (Winn CDA) Accepting Applications

The Robert A. Winn Excellence in Clinical Trials Award Program (Winn Awards) is a $124.5 million initiative funded by the Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation, Gilead Sciences, Amgen and Genentech and led by a team at the Virginia Commonwealth University's Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center.

March 24, 2025
Katie Shahwan

Katie Shahwan, Spark Award Recipient

The Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) offers Spark Awards, previously known as vouchers, to researchers who need to jump-start their research. The goal of the Spark Award is to support preliminary work and generate essential data for both new and ongoing projects. The CTSI is proud to highlight how Spark Award recipients are utilizing their funding.

March 18, 2025
Jamie Boster

Jamie Boster, Spark Award Recipient

The Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) offers Spark Awards, previously known as vouchers, to researchers who need to jump-start their research. The goal of the Spark Award is to support preliminary work and generate essential data for both new and ongoing projects. The CTSI is proud to highlight how Spark Award recipients are utilizing their funding.

March 12, 2025
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Accessing Federal Data for Research

As the landscape of federal data availability continues to evolve, we recognize the need for investigators and teams to have access to alternative sources of information and data.

March 11, 2025
Chloe Hery

Chloe Hery, Spark Award Recipient

The Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) offers Spark Awards, previously known as vouchers, to researchers who need to jump-start their research. The goal of the Spark Award is to support preliminary work and generate essential data for both new and ongoing projects. The CTSI is excited to highlight how Spark Award recipients are utilizing their funding.

March 10, 2025
Dr. Julie Johnson

Julie Johnson, PharmD, begins three-year appointment to National Academies Drug Discovery and Development and Translation Forum

Julie Johnson, PharmD, director of The Ohio State University Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) has been selected to join a group of government, academia and industry stakeholders working together to identify critical issues in, and inspire action toward improving, the system of drug discovery, development and translation.

March 10, 2025
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Microbiome Informatics Webinar Series

The Microbiome Informatics Webinar Series kicks off Tuesday, February 25, 2025, with Dr. Tom Delmont, a leading expert in microbial ecology and metagenomics. He will be diving into Anvi'o, a powerful open-source platform for microbiome data visualization and analysis.

February 25, 2025