The Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) takes immense pride in forging remarkable collaborations and advancing scientific innovation throughout the CTSA consortium. From February 28 to March 1, 2024, the Southeast Regional Clinical and Translational Science Conference congregated in Pine Mountain Georgia, hosted by the Georgia CTSA, and co-sponsored by the CCTS. The conference brought together researchers, staff, and trainees from across the southeast region to share their research and create meaningful collaborative relationships. The conference offered a robust selection of informative sessions on topics such as healthcare access, drug discovery and development, cancer research, mental health, and maternal/pre-adult health and nutrition. Everyone at the conference was treated to an enlightening presentation given by this year’s keynote speaker, Dr. Christine Lee, from the USDA. Dr. Lee gave tremendous insight into the challenges of advancing healthcare and creating avenues to build trust in communities that will facilitate key initiatives to improve health in all communities.

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The CCTS presence was felt throughout the entirety of the conference with sessions moderated by CCTS leaders Drs. Robert Kimberly, Orlando Gutierrez, and Jennifer Croker. A highly informative and interactive workshop on scientific communication was hosted by Christina Crowe, MBA, UAB Director of Communications, and Dr. Jennifer Croker, CCTS Senior Administrative Director. One of the brightest spotlights captured at the conference was an incredible presentation “Estimating Clinical Severity of COVID-19 in the United States Population from Predicted CD8+ T cell Epitope Diversity” given by Grace Kim, who is a current CCTS TL1 Trainee and MD/PhD student at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center. The CCTS was honored to be a part of such an incredible collaborative opportunity and continues to build stronger synergistic relationships across the CTSA ecosystem to forge ahead efforts that will ameliorate health for the community at large.

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