The Center for Leading Innovation and Collaboration, housed at the NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Science (which funds the CCTS), highlighted the UK CCTS team science training program in its Insights to Inspire series.

The KL2 and TL1 programs train the next generation of clinical and translational researchers.

CCTS has awarded a total of $4m in pilot awards, with a 20:1 return on investment.

Rice dedicated 35 years of service to UK, provided formative leadership of the CCTS clinical research unit, and recently led clinical operations for UK's COVID-19 vaccine research center.

What makes UK the university of, for and with Kentucky? The answer is our people.

A new program supported by the University of Kentucky’s Center for Research on Violence Against Women (CRVAW) and Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) will provide seed funding for research projects that address violence against women.

Tegan, Piper and Josie Stanifer, daughters of UK College of Nursing researcher Stacy Stanifer, volunteered to be a part of the clinical trial that tests the efficacy of Modern COVID vaccine in children under 11 years old.

Opinion by John M. Barry 10/7/2021 at 4:59 p.m. EDT John M. Barry is the author of “The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History” and distinguished scholar at Tulane University’s School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.

This is the third time the CCTS has successfully competed for the prestigious Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA), with continuous funding since 2011 totaling $65.4 million.

During "UK at the Half" UK football game on Saturday, CCTS was recognized for their clinical research — which helps to improve health, with an emphasis on the Central Appalachian region.