New Feasibility Assessment Can Tell You What It Will Take to Run Your Clinical Trial

The Office of Clinical Research has rolled out a new feasibility assessment that University researchers can use to assess what it will take to run a proposed clinical trial as well as any relevant risks.

Expressing Health Equity Through Art

Local K-12 students showed the University of Rochester Medical Center what health equity looks like to them in a recent art contest held by our Office of Health Equity Research.

Banning Fruity Flavors Did Not Deter Vapers

A UR CTSI-led study shows that most adult vapers did not quit in response to the 2020 FDA flavored e-cig ban – with most people switching to flavors or types of e-cigs not covered by the ban. Study authors advocate for closing loopholes in the policy.

UR CTSI’s Chief of Staff Eric Rubinstein Retires, Succeeded by Jane Tolbert

The UR CTSI wishes a fond farewell to retiring Chief of Staff Eric Rubinstein, J.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., and welcomes his successor Jane Tolbert, Ph.D., who will officially join the UR CTSI as senior director of administration on December 1.

Nana Bennett Recognized with Physician Lifetime Achievement Award

UR CTSI Co-Director Nancy "Nana" M. Bennett, M.D., M.S., was awarded the Dr. Albert David Kaiser Medal: Physician Lifetime Achievement Award by the Rochester Academy of Medicine on Tuesday.