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UNC at Chapel Hill receives Clinical and Translational Science Award

May 29, 2008— The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill today announced the award of a five year grant for $61 million from the National Institute of Health (NIH). The Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) will “help speed up how scientific discoveries directly benefit patients in communities across North Carolina.” The effort includes many units across campus including the School of Information and Library Science (SILS).

As part of the award, the formation of the Translational and Clinical Sciences (TraCS) Institute was announced this morning during a press conference on the medical campus. The leadership of the Institute includes:

• Paul B. Watkins, director of the TraCS Institute
• José-Marie Griffiths, deputy director of Biomedical Informatics for the TraCS Institute and director of the Bioinformatics Core (dean of SILS)
• Giselle-Corbie Smith, deputy director of TraCS Institute in charge of
  bedside-to-practice program and director of the TraCS Community Engagement
  Core
• Eugene Orringer, deputy director of TraCS Research Workforce and director of the Education, Training and Career Development Core
• David Peden, deputy director for Pediatric Research of the TraCS Institute and director of its Pediatrics Program
• Michael Freed, deputy director of the TraCS Institute in charge of Discovery-to-Bedside Program and director of the Participant and Clinical Interactions Resouces Core
• Rosemary Simpson, chief operating officer for the TraCS Institute

The TraCS Institute will "engage communities across North Carolina in a continuous cycle of knowledge, discovery and dissemination of new ideas for delivering health care."

“This institute will transform the way research is performed in our state,” said Dr. William L. Roper, dean of the School of Medicine, vice chancellor for medical affairs and chief executive officer of UNC Health Care. “The initiative will bridge science and clinical practice and speed up the movement of innovations from the laboratory bench to the bedside and
the community.”

The press release providing more information about the grant can be found at:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/news/health-and-medicine/new-federally-funded-health-initiative-to-speed-benefits-of-science-to-north-carolinians.html

A video of the news conference is available at: http://andrews.med.unc.edu/pa/052908.mov