CCTS: Newsletter

PK Irene Ziaya, LCSW, MBA

Investigator Interface Coordinator, CCTS

Ms. Ziaya serves on and coordinates the Editorial Board of the CCTS Newsletter. She has extensive experience in clinical and translational research, as previous Administrative Director of the UIC federally-funded GCRC, Program Coordinator for a multicenter NIH Stroke Registry, and a senior staff member in the Central Research Office of a major academic medical center.

The goal of the CCTS newsletter is to bring timely information regarding various CCTS activities to the clinical translational researcher at UIC and CCTS partners. The CCTS Newsletter will be published quarterly, and will feature the following:


1. NIH CTSA related news

2. Interviews with College Deans, CCTS organizers, researchers, & new recruits

3. Lecture and Symposia announcements

4. Synopsis of seminal lectures, publications, funded proposals, and awards

5. Brief articles on translational technologies and various research material banks

6. Patient recruitment

7. Highlights from CCTS partners

Please contact Ms. Irene Ziaya by email at iziaya1@uic.edu if you wish to share any information or publish an article!!!



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