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Collaborative Approach to Defining Data Sharing Metrics Named Finalist in NIH S-index Challenge

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Data Sharing Index (S-index) Challenge aims to incentivize and reward data sharing excellence, promoting a new metric for assessing how effectively researchers ...
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Northwestern University Clinical & Translational Sciences Institute

Engage With NUCATS The Northwestern University Clinical & Translational Sciences (NUCATS) Institute provides scientists with consultative resources and expertise to accelerate the translation of ...
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Walsh-Bailey, McNerney, Aydemir Named K12 Scholars

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How an Apple Watch Will Inform a $37 Million Clinical Trial with Rod Passman, MD

There is an exciting new clinical trial about to launch at Northwestern Medicine that uses an Apple Watch and an iPhone app and could revolutionize the standard of care for many with atrial ...
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K12 Career Development Award

The NUCATS Mentored Research Career Development Program in Clinical and Translational Science (K12, formerly KL2) is a National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS)-sponsored career ...
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Dalal, Janetos, Summa Named K12 Scholars

“A discussion with my freshman-year biology professor sparked an interest that ultimately changed the trajectory of my career aspirations,” said Summa, an assistant professor of medicine in the ...
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Training & Education

The Center for Education & Career Development (CECD) trains the entire translational research workforce through more than a dozen programs, allowing faculty (particularly early-career faculty), ...
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Clinical Research Units

The NMH Clinical Research Unit (CRU) and CRU Core Lab are part of NUCATS Center for Clinical Research (CCR). The CRU supports Northwestern Medicine’s research mission by providing research-specific ...
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Current Scholars

Learn more about our current scholars below.
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New Study Reveals Alarming Gaps in Research Addressing Sex Differences

While decades of advocacy have pushed for the inclusion of women in clinical trials, a new study funded by Women’s Health Access Matters (WHAM) highlights that inclusion alone does not ensure sex ...
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NUCATS Resource Directory

The ACT Network is a real-time platform allowing researchers to explore and validate feasibility for clinical studies across many of the NCATS Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) sites, ...