Frontiers Clinical and Translational Science Institute

TL1 Postdoctoral Spotlight: Chase Sakitis, Ph.D., Children’s Mercy Kansas City

Learn how Sakitis is taking his background in biostatistics, and the time he's spent in neuroimaging to focus on cancer research.

Translating Health: A Frontiers CTSI Podcast

Learn more about Frontiers CTSI and our investigators!

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Translational Science vs. Translational Research: What's the Difference?

Hear from Frontiers CTSI Associate Director, Dr. Lisa Sanderson Cox in this presentation.

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Integrating Special Populations Trailblazer Award: Amy Bodde, Ph.D. and Brian Helsel, Ph.D.

Project Title: Time to THRIVE: Translating Healthy lifestyle Research to those with Intellectual disabilities through Virtual Engagement

TL1 Postdoctoral Spotlight: Chase Sakitis, Ph.D., Children’s Mercy Kansas City

Learn how Sakitis is taking his background in biostatistics, and the time he's spent in neuroimaging to focus on cancer research.

Translating Health: A Frontiers CTSI Podcast

Learn more about Frontiers CTSI and our investigators!

Listen

Translational Science vs. Translational Research: What's the Difference?

Hear from Frontiers CTSI Associate Director, Dr. Lisa Sanderson Cox in this presentation.

Watch

Integrating Special Populations Trailblazer Award: Amy Bodde, Ph.D. and Brian Helsel, Ph.D.

Project Title: Time to THRIVE: Translating Healthy lifestyle Research to those with Intellectual disabilities through Virtual Engagement

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Clinical Research Facilities To serve the unique needs of researchers and participants, four clinical research spaces are available in the Kansas City area and one is available in...

Education & Training Institutional Career Development and Training

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About Frontiers

Frontiers Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) catalyzes innovations in health care by connecting clinical researchers to resources, training the biomedical workforce of today and tomorrow, and facilitating collaboration among scientists, patients, and community organizations. Supported by a five-year, $25 million grant from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Frontiers is part of the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program, a national network of approximately 60 medical research institutions that work together to translate scientific discoveries into advances in patient care.

300+

Projects funded by Frontiers since 2011

over $11.6 million

Amount Funded since 2011

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What is Translational Research?

Translational Science is the discipline of turning observations in the laboratory, clinic and community into interventions that improve the health of individuals and populations - from diagnostics to therapeutics, to medical procedures and observational behaviors.
–National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), National Institutes of Health (NIH)