Applications are now being accepted for the Practice Oriented Research Training (PORT) program, a 2-3 year mentored research training program for clinicians who have not had formal training in clinical research.

An e-learning course offered at U-M will fulfill the NIH good clinical practice requirement for clinical trial personnel, specifically those involved in social and behavioral research. An e-learning course offered at U-M will fulfill the NIH good clinical practice requirement for clinical trial personnel, specifically those involved in social and behavioral research. 

Are you looking for funding for an innovative research project? Does your research address an area of clinical and translational science or a community-identified health priority? If so, you are encouraged to apply for the Translational Science Award pilot funding.

Applications are now being accepted for the 2017 Postdoctoral Translational Scholars Program (PTSP). This program is open to individuals with PhD degrees in biomedical science, engineering or social science disciplines who are interested in additional training in translational sciences.

Community and academic research partners are invited to a new workshop for those who are planning a small-scale research project using a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach. 

Neurable, a start-up company that grew out of a project funded by MICHR’s Pilot Grant Program, has developed a cap that can help people move things with their minds.

Resources from across the translational research continuum were highlighted at a town hall at the University Hospital on Friday, November 11. Audio and slides from the event are now available.

Are you thinking about becoming SoCRA or ACRP certified? MICHR is offering a scholarship drawing to help with the cost of certification. Enter by December 9.

Kathleen A. Stringer, PharmD, Professor of Clinical and Translational Pharmacy, has been awarded two federal grants totaling nearly $3.3 million to carry out two important studies.

Discuss the state of translational research and learn about the many services and resources available to research teams across U-M.

The interactive, practice-based series will help participants identify and address RCR issues in their own K-funded research and will satisfy related requirements of the NIH K23 application. 

The NIH  has issued a new policy stating that NIH-funded investigators and staff should be trained in Good Clinical Practice (GCP). 

Vicki Ellingrod, MICHR associate director, has been named Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education at the U-M College of Pharmacy.

This forum features a presentation by David J. Brown, MD. Following Dr. Brown’s talk, seven faculty members  will be honored with the 2016 Distinguished Clinical and Translational Research Mentor Award. 

Join MICHR for two interactive back-to-back workshops presenting basics of budgeting for research grants on Wednesday, November 16 from 2-4 p.m.

On September 20, UMClinicalStudies.org becomes UMHealthResearch.org.

Explore the newly redesigned UMHealthResearch site, which launches September 20. Along with many enhancements, the site will be mobile-friendly.

After more than a year of user testing, design, and content creation, MICHR’s new website is now live for investigators to easily find the services their research teams need.

Researchers have concluded that critical illness involving the lungs has more to do with disruptions to the body’s natural population of microbes, or microbiome, than previously thought.

Are you writing a career development or R01 grant? Register now for this mock study section, which will help you understand how NIH grant reviewers think.