"The clinical research units ( CRUs ) are one of the main spaces where both translational research and science take place. However, there is a lack of information about both best practices for CRU operations and, ultimately, benchmarks to evaluate CRU performance. The Research Unit Network ( RUN )...
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The Institute for Clinical and Translational Science has received a seven-year, $28 million Clinical and Translational Science Award ( CTSA ) from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The grant is focused on extending the reach...
Do you have a creative solution to address the impact of climate change on human health? Your ideas are needed and may earn up to $10,000 in funding! WHAT: Climate Change and Health Solutions seeks to leverage the entrepreneurial spirit of the University of Iowa community to develop innovations that reduce the health effects of climate change. WHO: This challenge is open to individuals or teams composed of undergraduate and graduate students, staff, and/or faculty. Applicants are invited to submit two-page proposals describing the problem they seek to address and their potential solution. Following an expert review process, up to four proposals will be awarded $10,000 each to put their ideas into action. WHEN: The proposal deadline is Sept. 20, 2023. HOW: Learn more at iowajpec.org/climate-change-and-health-solutions-challenge. Send questions to Prof. Peter Thorne at peter-thorne@uiowa.edu .
The Environmental Health Sciences Research Center ( EHSRC ) at the University of Iowa is pleased to announce funding available up to $10,000 available to facilitate community engaged and translational research related to environmental health. To find out more, please see: CERT Fellowship –...
On the evening of May 1, 2023 HawkIRB automatically started sending information from submitted eResearch applications to the I-CTMS (Iowa Clinical Trials Management System) . These programming integrations will save the research community from duplicating a significant amount of information found...
Congratulations to Dr. Amany Farag, PhD, RN, for leading a team that been awarded a three-year, $1 million grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to implement and evaluate the usability and effectiveness of an electronic student medication record aimed at reducing medication...
The Annual Meeting of the Society for Clinical Trials is a multidisciplinary program with broad participation. The meteting brings together the clinical trials community form academia, the pharmaceutical and device industries, government agencies, medical groups and centers and clinical research...
Congratulations to Deanna, one of two staff across the university to receive this award. For more information on the award and to see other awardees, visit https://research.uiowa.edu/news/2023/03/ovpr-announces-recipients-discov... .
Cathy was recently awarded the David J. Skorton Award for Staff Excellence in Service to the University of Iowa. From https://now.uiowa.edu/2022/10/ui-honors-30-faculty-and-staff-award-winners: Catherine Fairfield is chief study coordinator in the Department of Emergency Medicine. She has been...