The Georgetown-Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Science (GHUCCTS) has received a $28 million Clinical and Translational Science Award from the National Center for Advancing Translational Science, of the National Institutes of Health. Alongside the GHUCCTS UM1 award, are a suite of coordinated career development and training awards to support junior faculty, via a K12 Institutional mentored career development grant, and both pre- and postdoctoral trainees, via a pair of Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) T32 training grants.
The new UM1 award represents the fourth award for the center, which has secured $89.8 million in research funding over 16-years for its member institutions: Georgetown University, Howard University, MedStar Health Research Institute, the Washington DC Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
The new UM1 award will be led by principal investigators Jason G. Umans, M.D., Ph.D., from Georgetown University and Marjorie C. Gondré-Lewis, Ph.D., from Howard University. The K12 award will be led by principal investigators Kathryn Sandberg, Ph.D., from Georgetown University, Karl M. Thompson, Ph.D., from Howard University, and Rachel K. Scott, M.D, M.P.H., from MedStar Health Research Institute. The T32 Predoctoral Award and T32 Postdoctoral Award will be led by principal investigators Kathryn Sandberg, Ph.D., from Georgetown University and Dexter L. Lee, Ph.D., from Howard University.
With these new awards, GHUCCTS will continue to develop and promote innovative clinical and translational science and research to accelerate improvements to individual and community health.
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