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UNC and NC State collaborate to help heart attack victims

27 February 2019

Researchers from UNC and NC State hope drones will soon be able to help save lives by delivering an AED defibrillator to a victim suffering from a heart attack. The idea is to equip first responders to help reduce response...

NC TraCS Director, IDSci Staff Published in Pharmacoepidemiology & Drug Safety

22 February 2019

Performance of a computable phenotype for identification of patients with diabetes within PCORnet: The Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network, a paper recently published in Pharmacoepidemiology & Drug Safety, describes...

NC TraCS Award Announcements

26 February 2019

The NC TraCS Institute is pleased to announce a new awardee of the CTSA Consortium Multi-Institutional Collaborative Translational Research Pilot Grants, including investigators from UNC-Chapel Hill and the University of California...

2019 CDKL5 Program of Excellence Pilot Grant Program

18 February 2019

The Orphan Disease Center (ODC) at the University of Pennsylvania and the Loulou Foundation are pleased to announce the 2019 Pilot Grant Program for CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder (CDD). CDD is a monogenic disorder characterized...

Use NIH RePORTER Matchmaker to identify your likely study section

26 February 2019

NIH engages roughly 20,000 reviewers each year to review grant applications. However, the average study section comprises 15-20 individuals. Rather than simply submitting and hoping for the best, be pro-active and identify...

Wake Forest Primate Signature Program - LOI Due Mar 22

15 February 2019

The Wake Forest Primate Signature Program’s mission is to provide funds, monkeys, expertise, and infrastructure for conducting feasibility studies that will advance the science of CTSA network researchers. The Program maintains...

New Men’s Health Program to match NC TraCS pilot grants

25 February 2019

The UNC Men's Health Program, which aims to address the silent health crisis among men, is supporting research designed to address the healthcare and social issues of Men's Health through NC TraCS. The average man prioritizes...

Clinical data reach grows with STAR CRN

15 February 2019

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a member of the Mid-South Clinical Data Research Network (Mid-South CDRN) under the leadership of Tim Carey, MD, MPH (UNC site PI; Network Co-PI). The network is a collaborative...

You're Invited to the NC Diabetes Research Center Symposium

22 February 2019

The NC Diabetes Research Center (UNC, Duke, Wake Forest University and N.C. A&T) is holding its second annual Research Symposium at N.C. A&T on Friday, March 15th, from 9:00am to 1:30pm. View the full agenda and REGISTER. Location:...

Request an Example of a Successful Grant Application

12 February 2019

TraCSTAR (TraCS Template Application Resource) is a searchable database containing examples of successful grant applications for multiple mechanisms and funding agencies. TracSTAR is a searchable database of funded grant...