2024 KL2 Career Development Awards Announced for Early Career Clinical and Translational Scientists

The next generation of clinical and translational scientists at URMC are receiving two years of support through the UR CTSI Career Development Award (KL2). The KL2 creates opportunity for up-and-coming researchers to design a pilot project that will lead to a K- or R-award application under the guidance of a mentorship team of experienced researchers. Four researchers are receiving a KL2 award for 2024.

StudyPages Launch and Fee Changes Coming July 1

Researchers will benefit from the launch of StudyPages on July 1, a platform that makes managing clinical research easier.

RocHealthData Breaks Down Research Barriers and Informs Public Health Efforts

Health researchers and public officials need reliable and timely datasets to make informed decisions about research and policy, but this information can be hard to come by. RocHealthData, a platform developed by researchers at the University of Rochester in partnership with the University of Missouri Center for Applied Research and Engagement Systems (CARES), addresses this need by making thousands of national datasets freely available.

Building Better Tools to Predict Kidney Injury in Kids

Expanding on work supported by the UR CTSI KL2 Career Development Program, Adam Dziorny, MD, PhD, is building a tool using artificial intelligence to predict acute kidney injury risk in children and alert health care providers.

Students Research Tobacco User Behaviors Using Social Media Data and AI Technologies Through Data Science Collaboration

A collaboration between UR CTSI and the Goergen Institute for Data Science helps students use data science in their social media research.