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About CTSI

The Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) of Southeast Wisconsin represents a unique and transformative collaboration among the Medical College of Wisconsin, its campus research partners: Froedtert Hospital, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, VA Medical Center, and the Blood Research Institute, and the major academic institutions in southeast Wisconsin: Marquette University, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and Milwaukee School of Engineering. The CTSI is an entirely new and innovative infrastructure to support and advance education, collaboration, and research in clinical and translational science.

The following progressive initiatives are currently underway:

Providing Resources - the CTSI will serve as a nexus for services that support research and collaboration:

  • CTSI web site - with a calendar of related events, announcements, and research links
  • Faculty Collaboration Database
  • Database of Core Facilities & Technical Expertise
  • Clinical and Translational Research Support Office (CTRSO) - working closely with the Office of Research, IRB, Grants & Contracts, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Bioethics, and core facilities to assist with administrative, regulatory and technical needs
  • Research Patient Database and tissue bank with limited linkage to electronic medical records
  • A re-designed Clinical Research Center, with expanded availability and services
  • Do you have comments or questions? CTSI

Educational Programs - the CTSI will develop and coordinate training opportunities in clinical & translational science:

  • Training program in clinical and translational research for faculty, staff, collaborators, & community researchers utilizing multiple platforms (seminar series, round tables, didactic courses, on-line learning)
  • A new graduate degree - MS Clinical & Translational Research
  • A new K12 Career Development Award, providing salary and research support for researchers from a wide range of fields
  • A new T32 Predoctoral Program to support clinical research training for PhD students
  • Promotion of joint degree programs – PhD Population Health, PhD Biostatistics, PhD Functional Imaging, MS Bioinformatics, MS Medical Informatics, MS Health Technology Management
  • Promotion of joint training programs at undergraduate, graduate, post-doc/fellow levels
  • Do you have comments or questions? CTSI

Funding research – the CTSI will fund innovative, multidisciplinary programs that advance clinical & translational research:

  • Clinical and Translational Pilot Grants for collaborative teams of researchers
  • Core support for facilities conducting research in novel methodologies
  • Infrastructure support for services that promote clinical and translational research
  • Support for the enhancement of technology transfer services & expertise
  • Co-funding grant opportunities with A Healthier Wisconsin and the Biomedical Technology Alliance
  • Do you have comments or questions? CTSI

Promoting Research Collaboration – the CTSI will support and promote efforts to enhance multidisciplinary collaborations within our institution and with others:

  • Co-recruitment with MCW Departments of new faculty with clinical and translational research expertise
  • Translational Research Grand Rounds series – presentation and open discussion of collaborative bench bedside projects
  • Collaboration consortia with UWM, MU and MSOE to focus on administrative, informatic, educational, and project/program initiatives
  • Virtual Community with on-line tools for working with investigators internally & externally (web conferencing, group document sharing, virtual white board, instant messaging, etc.)
  • Formation of a Common IRB – one set of forms, one meeting- for multi site studies with area academic collaborators (MU, UWM, MSOE)
  • An interface for industry collaborations, based on successful programs with GE Medical, Amgen, IBM
  • Shared research facilities, staff, other resources
  • Infrastructure for promoting translational research that includes the community as active partners (physicians, advocacy groups)
  • To submit comments or questions: CTSI