The 17th Annual CCTS Spring Conference will focus on climate and health.

CCTS Associate Director on Why Our Community Members are the Experts

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.

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.

Treatment with an FDA-approved medication improved glucose metabolism in research participants.

An expert on the deadly 1918 flu pandemic, Barry talks about lessons learned that crisis and parallels to the COVID-19 pandemic.