ICTR News Archive

We are excited to announce that the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) and the University of Maryland, Baltimore's (UMB) Institute for Clinical & Translational Research (ICTR) have jointly founded a new Clinical Research Data Sub-core to centralize and streamline the provision of clinical and translational data. Included in this partnership is the launching of TriNetX, a powerful querying tool that is populated with UMMS patient data that has been cleaned, curated, and more fully mapped to improve data quality and analysis. Read more here.

The UMB ICTR Announcing Recipients of the 2023 Pilot Grant Rounds! From a pool of 25 applications, the ICTR awarded 9 ATIP Grants, 2 Community Engaged Research (CEnR) Grants, and 4 Special Nephrotic Syndrome Research Program (NSRP) Grants...

The UMB ICTR Announces the ICTR 2022 Inaugural Community Engaged Research (CEnR) Voucher Award Opportunity. The CEnR Voucher Award is specifically for developing a successful and sustainable community partnership(s) in the Maryland and/or District of Columbia (DC) area. The purpose of this award is to prepare for a future, competitive ICTR CEnR proposal, or for other extramural CEnR-type grant applications. 

The UMB ICTR Announces the ICTR 2022 Inaugural Community Engaged Research (CEnR) Pilot Grant Awardees. The CEnR pilot grant provides starter funds for projects specifically focused on innovative approaches to addressing health problems through community-engaged implementation. Read more here.

The UMB ICTR Announces a Special Call for Applications for Two Funding Opportunities Focused on the Physiology, Pathophysiology and/or Treatment of Nephrotic Syndrome: A Two-Year Pilot Grant Award and a KL2 Mentored Career Development Award. These one-time funding opportunities are supported by a Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals settlement managed by UMB ICTR. Read more here.

The UMB HSHSL can help UMB faculty with accessing this data.  Email JP Courneya jpcourneya@hshsl.umaryland.edu or Amy Yarnell ayarnell@hshsl.umaryland.edu

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UMB ICTR ATIP Awardee's Work Earns Prestigious Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award

Dr. Fadia Shaya, Co-Director, UMB ICTR Informatics Core and Dr. Stephen Davis, Director, UMB ICTR and Vice President of Clinical Translational Science University of Maryland Baltimore, Co-Chair this inaugural conference - supported by grant 1 R13 TR003552-01 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) - that will build multidisciplinary networks around data, implementation science, and digital health; drive science and translation; and advance improvements...

While the nation is undergoing unprecedented pandemic and opioid crises, Internal KL2 Scholars from UMB’s Institute of Clinical Translational Research (ICTR) are thriving and meeting these healthcare challenges. Read more...

The PATIENTS Program at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy hosted its first-ever Community Research Jam on Sept. 10. Organized in collaboration with the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) Institute for Clinical & Translational Research’s (ICTR) Community and Collaboration Core, the event aimed to demonstrate the value of early engagement in research.

The COVID-19 pandemic is not stopping the UMB ICTR 2019 TL1 Pre- and Postdoctoral Scholars, and KL2 Career Development Scholars from reaching out from their homes to share with us the rich and rewarding experiences and opportunities they have had!

Congratulations to Janet Leath Alexander, MD, the first UMB ICTR CTSA 2019 KL2 Awardee

UMBC joins the UMB ICTR to provide a new Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence Core of Services

In his 2019 SOTU Address, UMB President Jay A. Perman, MD, announces the recent, powerful alliance forged between UMB and Johns Hopkins University with the NIH Clinical and Translational Science Award...