NCRR Announces Seven New CTSAs
Seven institutions will receive $171 million from the NIH over five years to help researchers turn laboratory discoveries into treatments for patients. Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSAs) will be made to seven more academic health centers, bringing the consortium to 46 member institutions. This national network of medical research institutions, including the ACTSI, is working to accelerate the process that develops laboratory discoveries into treatments for patients, to engage communities in clinical research and to train a new generation of clinical and translational researchers. Launched in 2006, this network now includes awardees in 26 states. When the program is fully implemented, it will support approximately 60 CTSAs across the nation. The institutions receiving new CTSA funding are the Medical University of South Carolina (Charleston), Mount Sinai School of Medicine (New York City), New York University School of Medicine (New York City), University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (Little Rock), University of Florida (Gainesville), University of Illinois at Chicago, and University of Texas Medical Branch (Galveston). View descriptions of the CTSA awardees here. These seven institutions join the University of Cincinnati, announced earlier this year, as the 2009 CTSA recipients. The 2009 CTSA grants expand state representation in the consortium to Arkansas, Florida, and South Carolina.