Clinical and Translational Science Institute

Project Description Narrative:

This project is the second of two staged investments in the expansion of clinical and translational research capabilities at MCW and neighboring institutions. The Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) will serve as a mechanism to support the efforts of area academic institutions, health care providers, and community advocates to advance science and its application to patient care and technology transfer. This will be accomplished by providing resources and advanced technologies that support researchers and collaborators with the administrative, informatics, clinical, and scientific tools necessary to efficiently conduct collaborative, translational studies; educating a diverse population of basic science and physician researchers, health professionals, and students in a manner that promotes integrated basic and clinical team research, as well as assists in recruitment, advancement, and retention of new investigators in clinical and translational science careers; supporting the research of new and established investigators in areas that span the continuum of basic to translational science, including promoting development of new methodologies and commercialization of products; promoting research collaboration and intellectual exchange between diverse professionals that elicit novel approaches to area healthcare priorities, fostering long-term, bi-directional relationships with academic and community partners; and conducting regular monitoring of program milestones and rigorous self-evaluation activities to identify performance challenges and ensure continuous progress.