CTSA initiative announces RFA, seminar

In accordance with the strategic initiatives of the National Institutes of Health and Wayne State University Clinical and Translational Sciences initiative, applications are being solicited for seed funds to support multidisciplinary investigations in clinical and translational sciences. Translational research facilitates the integration of research and healthcare by transferring scientific discoveries from laboratory, clinical or population studies into clinical practice. The overall goal is to improve health and patient care by reducing disease incidence, morbidity or mortality. The funding announcement and details for submission are available at www.ctsa.wayne.edu/pilot.php. Deadline for submission of proposals is Nov. 15. Further information regarding the WSU CTSA initiative is available by visiting www.ctsa.wayne.edu or by e-mail at ctsa_rfa@lists.wayne.edu.

In other news, the next seminar sponsored by the Clinical Translational Science Award initiative will be at 3 p.m., Friday, Oct. 5, in Room 2268, Scott Hall. Co-sponsored by the Office of Graduate Programs and Henry Ford Health System, the seminar will focus on current research in vascular disease. S. Helena Kuivaniemi, M.D., Ph.D., professor of surgery and in the Center for Molecular Medicine & Genetics, will discuss "Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms: Deep, Deadly and Genetic." Nour-Eddine Rhaleb, Ph.D., a senior staff scientist in Henry Ford Health Systems' Hypertension and Vascular Research Division, will moderate.