2025 CCTS Spring Conference
20th Annual Spring Conference Pioneering Pathways: Innovative Trial Design in Translational Science

Thank you to the  hundreds of researchers, clinicians, staff, students, and community members who gathered to share research and foster collaborations at our 20th Annual Spring Conference!


The 2025 CCTS Conference also hosted Research Days for the Colleges of Dentistry, Health Sciences, Medicine, Nursing, Public Health, Institute for Biomedical Informatics, and the Department of Internal Medicine. 

 

Morning Keynote

"Intervention Optimization: An Innovative Paradigm for Translational Science"

Linda Collins, PhD, FSBM, FSRNT 
Professor of Social & Behavioral Sciences and Biostatistics
Director, Center for Advancement and Dissemination of Intervention Optimization
School of Global Public Health
New York University

Linda Collins

Afternoon Keynote

"Contemporary Clinical Trials: Current Advances and the Role of AI""

Chris Lindsell, PhD 
Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
Director, DCRI Biostatistics
Co-Chief, Division of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
Duke University

Chris Lindsell

College of Dentistry Research Day

DONALD E. KNAPP MEMORIAL LECTURE

"The Use of Biobanks and Innovative Trial Designs in Dentistry"

Luigi Nibali
Lead of the Centre for Host-Microbiome Interactions (CHMI)
Co-Lead of the Oral Clinical Research Centre (OCRU)
Professor of Periodontology/Honorary Consultant/ Academic Lead
Director of Postgraduate Programme in Periodontology
King's College London, London, UK

Luigi Nibali headshot

 


General questions about the event?

Contact April Bridenbecker at april.bridenbecker@uky.edu.

Media inquiries?

Contact Mallory Profeta at 615.828.0000 or mallory.profeta@uky.edu.