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Dear Members of the Notre Dame and the Indiana University School of Medicine-South Bend research communities:
Thank you for your continued interest in the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (Indiana CTSI). We hope that you are able to take advantage of the Indiana CTSI funding available for your research. Success stories, funding opportunities, and upcoming Indiana CTSI events are listed below.
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Notre Dame Researchers receive Indiana CTSI Awards to tackle maternal health, mosquito-borne diseases
Four faculty members from the University of Notre Dame have received awards from the Indiana CTSI's Reciprocal Innovation Grants Program. The program supports the researchers and their international partners to tackle global health concerns.
The grant recipients are:
- Yenupini Joyce Adams, visiting assistant professor of global health at Notre Dame, received the demonstration grant for her research titled, “Focused-PPC: An integrated postpartum care, education, and support model for women in Ghana.”
- Neil Lobo, research professor of biological sciences at Notre Dame, was awarded a planning grant for his project, “Validation of a scalable and automated mosquito species identification system.”
- Laura Miller-Graff, associate professor of psychology and peace studies at Notre Dame, and external partners Kathryn Howell and Cecilia Martinez-Torteya received a planning grant for “Addressing the global health burden of intimate partner violence: Establishing partnerships for the Pregnant Moms’ Empowerment Program in Mexico.”
- Vania Smith-Oka, associate professor of anthropology at Notre Dame, was awarded a planning grant for her research, “Investigating indications for cesareans: Employing the Robson Classification to address maternal health in Indiana and Mexico.”
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CTSI Postdoctoral Training in Translational Research – Innovation and Entrepreneurship Track
Letter of Intent Deadline: November 8, 2021
Submission Deadline: December 9, 2021
The Indiana CTSI is requesting applications for TL1 Postdoctoral translational research proposals focused on Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Indiana CTSI strongly encourages applications from postdoctoral fellows who have a keen interest in directed training in advancing innovations into commercialization and entrepreneurship.
Submission of a letter of intent is required in order to receive approval for the submission of a full proposal.
For questions, please call Patricia McGuire at (317) 278-2824 or email her at pcmcguir@iu.edu.
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CTSI Postdoctoral Training in Translational Research – Traditional and Community-Public Health Tracks
Letter of Intent Deadline: November 8, 2021
Submission Deadline: December 9, 2021
The Indiana CTSI strongly encourages applications from postdoctoral fellows who have a keen interest in directed training in traditional basic translational science research or community-public health-focused translational science research. These awards are designed to provide promising postdoctoral fellows the opportunity to be mentored in research-intensive, multi-disciplinary settings toward the goal of developing careers in translational research.
For questions, please call Patricia McGuire at (317) 278-2824 or email her at pcmcguir@iu.edu.
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CTSI Predoctoral Training in Translational Research Award (TL1)
Submission Deadline: November 18, 2021
The Indiana CTSI highly encourages applications from predoctoral students who have a keen interest in directed training in translational science research.
These awards are designed to provide promising predoctoral students the opportunity to be mentored in research-intensive, multi-disciplinary settings toward the goal of developing careers in translational research.
For questions, please call Patricia McGuire at (317) 278-2824 or email her at pcmcguir@iu.edu.
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Indiana Traumatic Spinal Cord & Brain Injury Research Fund
Submission Deadline: December 13, 2021
The objective of this program is to foster and encourage research for the prevention, treatment, and cure of spinal cord and traumatic brain injuries, including acute management, medical complications, rehabilitative techniques, and neuronal recovery. Collaborations are encouraged. Salary support for collaborators outside of Indiana will be limited, however.
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Indiana CTSI Annual Meeting
Indiana CTSI held its annual meeting on Friday, September 24, 2021. Information and content from the meeting can be found by clicking the button below. Notre Dame's own Giles Duffield, associate professor of biological sciences was one of the speakers at the meeting.
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Indiana CTSI Retreat at Purdue University
Tuesday, February 22, 2022
All Day
Purdue University will be hosting a retreat for the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute on Tuesday, February 22, 2022. The theme will be, “Preclinical Innovation of Biomedical Translational Research.”
Chris Austin, MD, former director of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, will be the keynote speaker.
More details about the retreat are forthcoming.
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If you have any questions about Indiana CTSI grants, programs, or upcoming events please feel free to reach out to co-navigators Jessica Brookshire or Paul Helquist.
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About the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute
The Indiana CTSI includes Indiana University, Purdue University, and the University of Notre Dame as the major academic partners along with a number of other institutions and entities in the state.
It is funded by a Clinical and Translational Sciences Award from the National Institutes of Health amounting to some $33 million for the current five-year funding period of 2018-2023. This funding is supplemented by additional support from many other institutional and corporate partners.
Funding is provided to researchers by many mechanisms to promote translational and collaborative research among the partner institutions.
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