Aims
Our three aims highlight our priorities towards team-based research that engages the community using both technology and personal interactions to advance the delivery of health care and personal health and wellness.
Develop the Workforce Needed to Catalyze Innovative Science
To successfully move research through the T0-T4 spectrum, it is critical that we develop a robust workforce that includes research professionals and community stakeholders along with junior and senior investigators.
Our training program has strong foundational lectures and coursework in scientific design, statistics, regulatory science and other skills. We have incorporated successful programs from other CTSA hubs and have focused on flexible formats including online education.
Our program places a strong emphasis on mentoring, and planning for how to translate science to practice through business models and policy change.
Create New Methods and Tools to Move Research Participation, Data Collection, and Interventions from the Clinic to the Home
ICTS promotes research teams that include investigators and stakeholders across Iowa. Using approaches that overcome the geographic barriers in a rural state, we build on our established community practice networks in concert with innovative technologies and their application deriving from our center.
Promote an Innovative, Integrated Framework for Conducting Clinical and Translational Research
From our tertiary care hospital to our community-based health partners ICTS transforms UI Health Care into a model learning health system that effectively engages health care leaders, clinicians, and patients throughout the spectrum of our health system.
In support of this goal, we collaborate with the UI, UI Health Care and our health systems partners to implement strategies that address key requirements for embedding research throughout the institution, state, and nation.
Translational Scientists
There is tremendous need for people to discover, develop and disseminate the next generation of science and technology to improve human health. Watch the video above to learn more about translational scientists.
Translational Science Characteristics
Translational scientists are innovative and collaborative, searching for ways to break down barriers in the translation process. Learn more about being a translational scientist.
Help the Institute for Clinical and Translational Science at the University of Iowa continue making new strides in medical research by citing the NIH CTSA program grant UM1TR004403.