| ICTS Digest | November 2025
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Drs. Kolmar (left) and Panuganti
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Celebrating the Precision Health Innovation 2025 Awardees! |
The ICTS Precision Health function is pleased to announce its Precision Health Innovation 2025 Awardees! The purpose of the awards is to assist ICTS investigators in advancing initial discovery pilots by funding early-stage work, including pilot data collection and analysis, in preparation for submission of future external funding.
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Center for Community Health Partnership & Research (CCHPR) Seeks Applications for Partnership Development & Sustainability Support (PDSS) Funding Program |
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The Partnership Development & Sustainability Support Funding Program (PDSS) provides ICTS investigators and their community partner(s) with up to $10,000 to develop the trust, infrastructure, capacity, and skills needed to support future collaborative grant opportunities. The PDSS is open to new partnerships in development, as well as existing partnerships. The PDSS funding program is currently open and accepting applications through December 8, 2025.
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Observe the ICTS Winter NIH Mock Study Section (MSS)! |
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The MSS aims to increase the likelihood of grant funding success by providing comprehensive feedback to applicants on their complete grant application prior to submission. Observers are encouraged to attend to gain insight into how reviewers evaluate applications. Those interested in observing the upcoming Spring MSS can contact ictsrdp@wustl.edu. The virtual session will be held on Wednesday, December 3, 2025 from 8:00am – 4:00pm.
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ICTS-funded Study Helps New Mothers Get Treatment and Improves Cure Rates for Hepatitis C |
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The study on the "Meds to Beds" program, led by Laura Marks, MD, PhD, senior author and assistant professor in the WUSM Division of Infectious Diseases, found that new mothers who saw an infectious disease specialist and received medication for hepatitis C during their hospital stay were twice as likely to be cured compared with mothers who got a referral to an outpatient follow-up appointment.
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WashU Medicine Launches New Biostore! |
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The WashU Medicine BioStore provides centralized, automated, and secure frozen biosample storage and management for clinical and basic research at WashU Medicine. Designed for efficient, high-density storage, the system ensures biosamples remain protected, accessible, and integrated with genomic, proteomic, metabolomic, and other research workflows. The BioStore is integrated into a broader research infrastructure at WashU Medicine, collaborating closely with the McDonnell Genome Institute (MGI) and the Center for Translational Bioinformatics (CTBI).
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WashU Medicine to host Rare Disease Day Symposium - February 26, 2026 |
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In the United States, a disease is considered “rare” if it affects fewer than 200,000 individuals. More than 7,000 rare diseases exist, and around 30 million Americans live with rare diseases. The majority of these diseases are genetic. This event will bring together those working on rare diseases to collaborate, share experiences, work through obstacles and discuss the future of rare diseases, and inspire young scientists and clinicians to choose a path in rare diseases. Abstract submissions for a short talk or poster are open now through December 8th, 2025.
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As a Clinical and Translational Science Award Hub, we are eligible for limited competitions, including U01, R21, U24, and other grant mechanisms.
View all funding opportunities
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Research Education & Training |
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Clinical Research Training Center (CRTC) Seeks Applications for T1L Predoctoral Clinical Research Program
The TL1 Predoctoral Program provides career development for medical and allied healthcare students through didactic coursework, mentored training, work-in-progress research discussions, journal clubs, and conferences. Scholars in the program learn to design and conduct clinical research, analyze data, consider relevant ethical and legal issues, write manuscripts and grants, develop and present scientific posters, and compete for research funding. Apply for the program by December 31, 2025.
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| MU Clinical Research Study Coordinator Bootcamp: December 4-5, 2025
The Clinical Research Study Coordinator Bootcamp is a two-day training designed to for research coordinators and staff. The program includes lectures, interactive activities, and breakout group exercises. By the end of the course, trainees will be able to define the responsibilities of a clinical research coordinator, understand the principles of good clinical practice, best practices for study start-up, conduct, and closeout, and resources available to assist with clinical trials at the institutional level.
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Register Now for the 8th Reproducibility Rounds Webinar - How Reproducible is Health Sciences Research?
This webinar will discuss the methods, results, and implications of a series of scoping and systematic reviews that synthesized evidence on the reproducibility of health science research. Specific aims of the projects included describing and categorizing methods and metrics used to quantify reproducibility, synthesizing estimates of the prevalence of reproducible research, and characterizing factors associated with reproducibility. The webinar is hosted by the Stanford CTSA Program on Research Rigor & Reproducibility (SPORR).
Register to attend
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Our address is:
Washington University Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences
660 South Euclid Avenue, MSC 8066-22-03
St. Louis, MO 63110-1093
Phone: (314) 362-9829
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*Cite the NIH CTSA Grant Number UL1TR002345 when your research was supported by ICTS/CTSA funds or services*
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