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NC TraCS Award Announcements

15 May 2020

The NC TraCS Institute is pleased to announce awardees for the 24th cycle of the TraCS $5K-$50K matched pilot grants. In total, 33 applications were received and 8 were chosen for funding. Awardees include investigators...

Topic Update on Status of the NCATS National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C) webinar recording available

11 May 2020

In case you missed it, the Special CTSA Program Webinar, "Topic Update on Status of the NCATS National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C)," on May 8, is now available for viewing. Watch the meeting recording at clic-ctsa.org....

The National COVID Cohort Collaborative

13 May 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic raises many difficult questions for clinicians, researchers and informaticians. Which drugs are the most viable candidates for a given patient? How can we efficiently and effectively assemble the right...

Chancellor's Message to Students, Research Community

08 May 2020

UNC-Chapel Hill is developing a plan to reopen the university's research operations in June and July, and to have students back on campus in August. Dear Carolina Community, Students, congratulations on finishing exams....

Magnetic stimulation treating MDD study wins 2020 Health Innovation award

13 May 2020

Congratulations to Shahzad K Ali, MD, Assistant Professor, Psychiatry, and Robert K McClure, MD, Associate Professor, Psychiatry, on being awarded the 2020 Innovation Pilot Award from the UNC Center for Health Innovation....

Trial Innovation Network COVID-19 Update

05 May 2020

The Trial Innovation Centers (TICs) and Recruitment Innovation Center (RIC) remain operational during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Patients still need access to clinical trials and studies that may benefit them. Helping researchers...

CaSE releases Community Connections newsletter focused on COVID-19

13 May 2020

This bimonthly newsletter from the Community and Stakeholder Engagement (CaSE) Program at TraCS provides news, resources, and opportunities related to community engaged research for interested community partners and research...

Using the ACT Network to Gain Insight into COVID-19

04 May 2020

As part of AMIA's ongoing COVID-19 Webinar Series, they will take a look at how the Clinical Research Informatics community is contributing to better understanding the clinical nature of the coronavirus. Members of the Accrual...

What they’re trained for

11 May 2020

Biomedical engineers at Carolina and NC State respond to COVID-19 by teaming to speed the development of an emergency ventilator Biomedical engineering student Kathlyne Bautista always knew that her coursework and training...

Mission Critical [Part One]: Make it Work

30 April 2020

FastTraCS is a small group of biomedical engineers who support UNC Health physicians, nurses and staff by identifying problems in clinical settings and creating innovative, technological solutions. In this special series,...