Upcoming CCTS Events
Written by Ciara Mitchell, PhD, RDN, LD – November 21, 2024
The holiday season is upon us and one thing we all have in common is the desire to prepare and consume our favorite holiday foods. Unfortunately, more than 48 million Americans suffer from foodborne illnesses or “food poisoning” and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 3,000 people will die from foodborne illnesses each year.
Written by Brian C. Moon - November 12, 2024
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have revolutionized how we collect, analyze, and visualize spatial data. By integrating location-based information with various datasets, GIS provides powerful tools for researchers, students, and faculty across multiple disciplines. Whether mapping disease outbreaks, analyzing environmental changes, or planning urban infrastructure, GIS offers insights critical for informed decision-making.
Read more: Unlocking the Power of Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Written by Brian C. Moon - November 6, 2024
The Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) recently hosted a panel discussion titled "CEI Perspectives: Building Health Literacy in Rural Underserved Communities," which focused on the challenges and solutions involved in improving health literacy among rural populations.
Read more: CEI Perspectives: Building Health Literacy in Rural Underserved Communities
Written by Anne Russell and Brian C. Moon - October 25, 2024
The Center for Clinical and Translational Science is thrilled to announce its newest Pilot Awardees. Selected through a rigorous competitive process, awardees represent a variety of disciplines from across the CCTS Partner Network, including acute care, endocrinology, oncology, anesthesiology, nephrology, public health, and health services administration.
Written by Brian C. Moon - October 16, 2024
The inaugural in-person session of the CCTS expeDITIons forum, held on October 1st, brought together researchers from a wide range of disciplines and career stages to discuss the critical role of dissemination and implementation (D&I) sciences in ensuring that evidence-based discoveries are effectively integrated into clinical and public health settings.
- Bionutrition: Diet and Cancer Prevention
- CCTS at LEARN’d 2024: Shaping the Future of Health Equity
- MyOme, Broad Clinical Labs, and CCTS to Support Southern Research Program to Bring Genetics-Driven Health Insights to Alabamians Free of Charge
- Celebrating the Department of Biomedical Informatics and Data Science (DBIDS): A New Era of Research at the CCTS Hub