Attendees will gain new ideas about how to handle challenges that arise in mentoring relationships in our popular Case Studies in Mentoring Series, which re-launches on Wednesday, September 11. While there are no "rules" about how to mentor, you will gain a greater repertoire of skills. Investigators, scholars, and trainees from across the CCTS Partner Network are invited to attend any of the eight topics via Zoom. For those who prefer a more informal setting to discuss mentoring, join Drs. David Chaplin and Lisa Jackson for our CCTS Friday Mentoring Lunch on September 20, 11:30am-12:30pm.

CRSP Educational offerings, including Special Topics in Clinical Trials Seminar Series and CCTS Lunch & Learns, provide academic training in the principles essential for success in the clinical research environment. In-person, classroom-based, and online courses relevant to investigators, study coordinators, financial staff, regulatory coordinators, and other research staff are available, with emphases on Good Clinical Practices (GCP), compliance, and other key topics.

The CCTS in partnership with the Scientific Community of Outcomes Researchers (SCOR) has developed the Driving Research: An Interdisciplinary, Vibrant, Engaged Network (DRIVEN) program to cultivate a community of interdisciplinary clinical and translational investigators and promote their individual and collective professional development, recognition, and advancement to foster an inclusive, equitable and diverse research workforce. To learn more about DRIVEN and to become a part of the network, join us on Wednesday, September 11, 4-5:30pm.​

In case you missed it, several of our former CCTS trainees, awardees, and panel participants have made the news recently. We applaud their accomplishments, highlighted here to inspire the next generation of clinical and translational scientists, as well as the CCTS experts who supported these super stars along the way (many of whom have recently made the news as well!).

Mark your calendars for the second annual CCTS Translational Training Symposium on November 14-15, 2019, in Gulf Shores State Park, Alabama. This event will convene predoctoral, postdoctoral, and early career scholars, as well as their mentors and training grant leaders, from across the CCTS Partner Network for experiential training and career development sessions on translational and design thinking, grant writing, and funding opportunities. More information to follow.

Pre-applications for the CCTS 2020 Interdisciplinary Network Pilot Funding Opportunity has been extended to Monday, August 26, 2019. Since 2008, the CCTS Pilot Program has served as a collaborative mechanism supporting innovative research tackling disparities and health challenges that disproportionally affect minority and special populations in our region, as well as fostering the future translational research workforce with a spirit of collaboration, team science, and discovery. We invite you to consider how the CCTS Pilot Program may help grow and expand your research.

Come celebrate our recent five-year grant renewal and hear about our many initiatives in support of clinical and translational science including funding opportunities, research fellowships, clinical research support, and community engagement. 

Registration for the 2019 CCTS CHIA grant cycle is now open to 501(c)(3) organizations with a creative idea for solving an "on the ground" health challenge in Birmingham. We seek to support novel, collaborative, inclusive, and sustainable solutions that address real-world community health needs (see previous CHIA awardees). Once registered, the next step is to attend the mandatory Innovation Workshop on Saturday, September 28, at the UAB Lister Hill Library Edge of Chaos.

The CCTS and the UAB Informatics Institute will host a Special Informatics PowerTalk on Tuesday, August 20, at the Shelby Biomedical Science Building. Chindo Hicks, PhD, CCTS Informatics Investigator and Director of LSU Health Sciences Center Bioinformatics and Genomics Program, will discuss "Integrative Genomics Approaches for Unravelling the Polygenic Architecture of Triple Negative Breast Cancer." Zoom will be available to the Partner Network.

The ACTS Translational Science 2020 program invites you to share your ideas for panel discussions, workshops, and platform presentations. This is your opportunity to train the next generation of researchers, inform current research leadership, build opportunities for team science, or generate consensus on best practices. Submit your session proposal by Friday, September 13. 

Discover the six things early career scholars and trainees need to know now from NIH updates and requirements to upcoming funding and training opportunities available to you.

Graduate students, postdocs, trainees, and faculty from early career to senior level are encouraged to take advantage of several outstanding opportunities on the horizon. Whether you wish to develop new translational and/or clinical research skills, meet new mentors or collaborators, or brainstorm solutions to some of the biggest challenges facing our health system, there is an upcoming event for you.