Also at Penn State University, the iSchool will be working
collaboratively on this competitive clinical & translational science
award, similar to UKY !
--best, Karen Weaver

http://live.psu.edu/story/53729#rss49

"Penn State receives $27.3 million NIH grant"

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Hershey, Pa. -- Penn State, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical
Center and Penn State College of Medicine have won a $27.3 million,
five-year award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) designed
to accelerate the translation of scientific discovery into methods for
improving public health.

This competitive Clinical and Translational Science Award will support
the Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI), a
collaboration of many Penn State colleges and institutes, along with
community and industry partners, devoted to using their research and
outreach expertise to improve the health of Pennsylvanians.

The Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) program, from the
NIH’s National Center for Research Resources, supports a national
consortium of medical research institutions designed to transform how
biomedical research is conducted. Its goals are to speed the
translation of laboratory discoveries into treatments for patients, to
engage communities in clinical research efforts, and to train a new
generation of clinical and translational researchers.

The NIH announced on June 14 that Penn State is among five
organizations selected in this final round of initial awards of the
CTSA program, which provides support to organizations with the
demonstrated commitment and expertise necessary to deliver on the
promise of improved health, and one of only three in Pennsylvania to
receive a CTSA since the program’s inception in 2006.

“Selection as one of the CTSA awardees is both a strong vote of
confidence in the outstanding research being done at Penn State and an
investment in the potential life-saving treatments and therapies that
can come from collaboration across campuses and fields of expertise.
As part of our legacy of service to Pennsylvania and beyond, Penn
State is ready to identify solutions for better health,” said Penn
State President Graham Spanier.
Penn State is one of the nation’s premier research universities, with
annual research expenditures of roughly $800 million. The University
has cutting-edge capabilities in a vast array of basic and applied
disciplines that are relevant to health and critical to discovery and
development of innovative tools.
“Already, our Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute
(CTSI) is bringing together researchers from across the University’s
colleges, campuses, programs and departments and fostering
collaborative research,” said Harold L. Paz, CEO of Penn State Hershey
Medical Center, Penn State’s senior vice dean for health affairs, and
dean of the Penn State College of Medicine. “This CTSA funding award
will add to this momentum and substantially increase our
infrastructure for supporting translational research, expanding our
ability to take scientific progress from the lab bench to the
patient’s bedside.”

The Penn State CTSI, founded in 2008, comprises many Penn State
entities, including:
-- Penn State Hershey Medical Center
-- Penn State College of Medicine
-- College of Health and Human Development
-- School of Nursing
-- Eberly College of Science
-- College of Engineering
-- College of Information Science and Technology
-- College of Agricultural Sciences
-- College of the Liberal Arts
-- Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
-- Institute for CyberScience
-- The Social Science Research Institute

EXCERPTS from the PSU Press Release --kw
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Karen Weaver, MLS
Electronic Resources Statistician, Collection Management
Duquesne University, Gumberg Library
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