Medicine

From the DOM Vice Chair of Research

The CTSI is a multi-institutional collaborative research effort which is co-funded by the participating institutions and the National Institutes of Health. The NIH awarded 20 Million Dollars to MCW, beginning July 2010, to provide ongoing funding for this program. The participating institutions, in addition to MCW are the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, the BloodCenter of Wisconsin, Marquette University, Children’s Hospital and Health System, Froedtert Hospital and the VA Medical Center. The CTSI offers infrastructure support for clinical and translational research. The Department of Medicine should benefit significantly through interaction with and use of the CTSI.

The CTSI has twelve key functions or sub-themes. Key functions of importance to clinical researchers in the Department include: Grant writing; mentoring; assistance with the IRB; epidemiology; biostatistics; translational research unit support in each of the three hospitals; pilot and collaborative grant programs; community engagement and public health; translational technology through the use of MCW core labs; professional development training opportunities in clinical science and translational science; bioinformatics; MS in Clinical and Translational Science; and Clinical Research Scholars Program. My office titled: Clinical and Translational Research Support Office, helps clinical investigators to utilize this array of support services. Please contact me either in the Department of Medicine (805-2006) or at the CTSI (955-2524). You can also email me at mdunn@mcw.edu.

Michael J. Dunn, MD, Distinguished Professor and Dean Emeritus, MCW-MRMC Translational Research Resource Office and Key Function Director

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