Welcome from the Director
We at the West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute are pleased that you have chosen to visit our website.
The WVCTSI was created by its member institutions to advance the development of research focused on the health issues that face the people and communities of West Virginia.
We believe that communities benefit most from research when they have the opportunity to help set the research agenda. We also believe that institutions are stronger when they collaborate and cooperate with others that hare their values. And we believe that the development of scientific capability across our entire state will benefit not only the health of West Virginians, but also our educational and economic future.
After exploring the many content areas of the WVCTSI, please contact us for more information on how to get involved and/or provide suggestions on how best to serve you and West Virginia.
Thank you,
Uma Sundaram, MD
Director, WVCTSI
Assistant Vice President, WVU HSC
Professor of Medicine, Microbiology & Immunology
WVCTSI & UKCCTS Award Partnership Pilot Funding
The West Virginia Clinical & Translational Science Institute (WVCTSI) & the University of Kentucky Center for Clinical & Translational Sciences (UKCCTS) has awarded pilot funding to the project entitled, "Investigation of ovarian transcription factors, chemokines, and proteases in women will polycystic ovarian disease." We would like to congratulate Rajesh K. Naz, PhD, Professor, Department of Obstetrics Gynecology, West Virginia University and Misung Jo, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics Gynecology, University of Kentucky who will serve as the co-investigators of this project.
WVCTSI offers Certificate and M.S. degree Programs in Clinical and Translational Science
A major mission of the WVCTSI is to develop the next generation of clinical and translational scientists through educational and mentored, research training. Starting this fall 2012, the WVCTSI is offering Certificate and Master (M.S.) degree programs in Clinical and Translational Science. Initial enrollment is limited to faculty, clinicians, and health professional students residing at the health sciences centers of West Virginia University (campuses at Morgantown, Eastern Division, Charleston Division/Charleston Area Medical Center) and the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine.
Intent to Apply to be a WVCTSI Research Scholar
The WVCTSI is now accepting letters of intent for application to the WVCTSI Research Scholar Program. The Scholar Program is designed to develop research investigators in the clinical and/or translational sciences with the desired outcomes of peer-reviewed publications and submission of mentor-sponsored (e.g. NIH K-type) award applications with the ultimate goal of transitioning to independent federal (e.g. NIH R-type) awards.