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Sep 11, 2020

The Georgetown-Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Science is offering a 6 month Grant Writing Workshop Series for predoctoral students and postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty who are actively working on individual fellowship, career development, and research project grant application that is due within the next 12 months. The workshops are embedded within our Translational Biomedical Science (TBS) evening workshops series on Thursdays from 5:30-7:30pm via Zoom.

GHUCCTS KL2 scholar alumna Dr. Seble Kassaye leads development of confidential COVID-19 symptom tracking tool

Aug 17, 2020

Dr. Seble Kassaye, associate professor of medicine at Georgetown University Medical Center and former GHUCCTS KL2 scholar, led a team of researchers to develop an online COVID-19 symptom tracking tool. The tool ensures a person’s confidentiality while being able to actively monitor their symptoms. The tool is not proprietary and can be used by entities that are not able to develop their own tracking systems..

GHUCCTS team members discuss clinical trial participation among African Americans with radio and news outlets

Aug 06, 2020

GHUCCTS Community Engagement (CE) team members Dr. Carla Williams and Florencia Gonzalez speak with the Center for Health Journalism at USC and Howard University Radio WHUR 96.3 about the importance of diversity in clinical trials, especially relating to COVID-19.

Upcoming Events

Sep 24

Dean's Seminar Series: Why Mom is Stressed - Homeorhesis as the Problem and Nicotinamide Riboside as a Potential Solution Sep 24, 2020 4: 00 PM - 5: 00 PM Online

The Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) Office of the Dean for Research is proud to present the Dean's Seminar Series. This seminar features Charles Brenner, PhD, Alfred E Mann Chair, Department of Diabetes & Cancer Metabolism at the City of Hope National Medical Center. Dr. Brenner will discuss "Why Mom is Stressed: Homeorhesis as the Problem and Nicotinamide Riboside as a Potential Solution".

Sep 24

TBS Workshop: Final Scholar Presentations Sep 24, 2020 5: 30 PM - 7: 30 PM Online

This week's Translational Biomedical Science (TBS) Program workshop features final scholar presentations from Victoria Brooks, Ph.D. candidate; Alan Fowler, Ph.D. candidate; and Joey Posner, MD/Ph.D. candidate.

Sep 25

Accelerating the Nation’s COVID-19 Testing Capacity: An Update from the NIH’s RADx Program Sep 25, 2020 1: 00 PM - 2: 00 PM Online

This NIH "Rethinking Clinical Trials" Grand Rounds features Rick Bright, PhD, Senior Advisor to the NIH Director, and Rachael Fleurence, PhD, Special Assistant to the NIH Director for COVID-19 Diagnostics.

Sep 29

Insights to Inspire Webinar: Training Applications: Starting with a Strong Foundation Sep 29, 2020 3: 00 PM - 4: 00 PM Online

Insights to Inspire 2020 highlights those hubs who have made improvements in their Careers in Clinical and Translational Research metric. The third webinar in this series focuses on the application and screening processes used by the presenting hubs.

Communication Beyond the Bench Series

GHUCCTS KL2 and TL1 programs, in partnership with Georgetown University Biomedical Graduate Education (BGE), is hosting a Communication Beyond the Bench Series, featuring workshops and seminars facilitated by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).