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Nolan Breitenstein, CCHMC RPAC Member Nolan Breitenstein is a 12-year-old boy with Tourette’s Syndrome and a new member of the Cincinnati Children’s Research Participant Advisory Group (CCHMC RPAC). Along with his mother, Heidi, Nolan attends the monthly CCHMC RPAC meetings to provide feedback from the perspective of a child who has participated in research. Read below to learn more about Nolan and his experience with research! Tell us a little about you! I love playing sel

2026 REACH Graduates The REACH (Research Education for Action, Collaboration and Health) program launched its inaugural cohort from February 20 - March 20, 2026, welcoming eight participants. REACH is a dynamic learning series that seeks to provide community members and organizations with the skills to use data to show the benefits of their programs for improving health, gain skills in developing partnerships and conducting research with individuals in academic settings (hosp

The CCTST K Scholars Career Development Award program will welcome a new cohort of K Scholars beginning June 1, 2026. The K Scholars program is an institutional K award program that is focused on developing cohorts of exceptional early-career investigators from a broad range of disciplines across the academic health system who aspire to lead clinical and translational programs of research. Please join us in welcoming our newest K Scholars! Stephanie Davis-Rodriguez, MD, MS As

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