CCTS Announces Agenda for Annual Spring Conference
LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 11, 2025) – The Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) is pleased to announce the agenda for its 20th Annual Spring Conference, which will be held April 1, 2025 at the Central Bank Center in Lexington.
Each year, hundreds of researchers, clinicians, staff, students, and community members attend the CCTS to share research and foster collaborations. The theme of this year’s event is “Pioneering Pathways: Innovative Trial Design in Translational Science.”
The 2025 CCTS Conference will also host Research Days for the Colleges of Dentistry, Health Sciences, Medicine, Nursing, Public Health, Institute for Biomedical Informatics, and the Department of Internal Medicine.
Highlights of the day-long event include:
- Morning keynote address:
“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 - Afternoon keynote address:
“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 - Breakout sessions on clinical trial design, pragmatic trials, biomedial informatics, Advarra eSource+EDC, community engagement through cooperative extension, adaptive trial design, AI in trial design, translational science, and health disparities
- 380 poster presentations, including 22 from students of Frederick Douglass High School Biomedical Pathways Program
- The Von Allmen Center for Entrepreneurship 60-Second Poster Pitch Competition
- Research and mentor recognition awards
As always, the CCTS conference is free to attend. The deadline to register is March 23. Attendees who register by the deadline will receive lunch.
Full details are available here.
Media contact: Mallory Profeta, mallory.profeta@uky.edu
