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Many members of our CCTST community recently attended the Translational Science 2026 meeting in Milwaukee, which brings together teams from Clinical and Translational Science Award hubs across the United States. This year’s meeting focused on building trustworthy translational science through rigor, reproducibility, and real-world impact. CCTST faculty and staff were prominently featured throughout the conference, contributing posters as well as highly regarded presentations

ACTS Fellows CCTST Co-Director, Jareen Meinzen-Derr, PhD, MPH, has been named a 2026 Fellow of the Association for Clinical and Translational Science (ACTS), a prestigious honor recognizing leaders who have made significant contributions to the field. Dr. Meinzen-Derr plays a pivotal role in advancing collaborative, high-impact research. She is among just 36 individuals selected through the program’s highly competitive inaugural application process - an achievement that under

Team Science 101, created by the CCTST Collaboration and Team Science program (CaTS), has officially launched and can be accessed through UC Skills. Team Science 101 is an introductory course focused on foundational team science principles. Through a series of brief, self-paced video modules designed to be completed in 30 minutes or less, learners explore the skills, mindsets, and practices that support high-functioning teams. By the end of the course, learners are equipped t

Victoria Straughn - UC RPAC Member Victoria Straughn is a member of the UC Research Participant Advisory Council (UC RPAC) and was asked to share her experience and thoughts about her research journey, the importance of research and joining the UC RPAC. In her professional life, Victoria is a Clinical Research Coordinator, and she has personal experience participating in research. We value Victoria’s practical feedback during UC RPAC meetings, her love of research, and her w

Nutrition Research Day will be held on Wednesday, April 22, 2026 from 8:00am to 10:00am at Cincinnati Children's in room S1.203-204. The goal of this event is to promote awareness of nutrition research and quality improvement projects happening at UC, Cincinnati Children's, and other institutions, and foster collaboration. Posters from faculty, staff, and students in the categories of clinical research, basic science, and quality improvement will be displayed. *Breakfast and

While the Research Participant Advisory Group (RPAG) works with individual researchers to provide feedback on individual studies, another critical role of the RPAG has been to partner with institutional research leadership and divisions over the years to improve institutional research practices across the Academic Health Center. One such on-going relationship has been with the Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) for Cincinnati Children’s and the University of Cincinnati (UC),