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  • Vol 15, Issue 8 - August 2025

    Features:

    • CTSC Clinical Research Nurse, Josey Wong, Receives DAISY Award
    • NIH Public Access Policy Updates as of July 1
    • CTSC Staff participate in the Salvation Army’s Summer STEM Camp
    • Welcome MCRTP & T Scholars
    • UC Davis CTSC New Diagnostic Discovery Featured as NCATS CTSA Hub Spotlight
    • CTSC MPI, Nick Kenyon, Recipient of the Third Annual Reaching Across the Causeway Award
    • CTSC Community and Collaborator Engagement Program Director, Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, Published in the American Journal of Public Health
    • CTSC Faculty and Former Scholar Featured in UC Davis Labs to Lives Series
    • CTSC's Clinical Research Coordinator Foundations Program Receives Funding Award from the City of Sacramento and SETA
    • Biomarkers Hold Clue in Treating Prostate Cancer, Research Team includes Mamta Parikh, CTSC Submitted R25 MPI
    • Friends of the CTSC: UC Davis School of Medicine Office of Research Evaluation Team
    • Staff Spotlight: Jeff Robinson, Digital Communications Specialist, CTSC Communications Team
    • Bits and Bytes: GoFiguR App
    Read the August 2025 newsletter
Newsletter Archive

Vol 15, Issue 8 - August 2025

Features:

  • CTSC Clinical Research Nurse, Josey Wong, Receives DAISY Award
  • NIH Public Access Policy Updates as of July 1
  • CTSC Staff participate in the Salvation Army’s Summer STEM Camp
  • Welcome MCRTP & T Scholars
  • UC Davis CTSC New Diagnostic Discovery Featured as NCATS CTSA Hub Spotlight
  • CTSC MPI, Nick Kenyon, Recipient of the Third Annual Reaching Across the Causeway Award
  • CTSC Community and Collaborator Engagement Program Director, Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, Published in the American Journal of Public Health
  • CTSC Faculty and Former Scholar Featured in UC Davis Labs to Lives Series
  • CTSC's Clinical Research Coordinator Foundations Program Receives Funding Award from the City of Sacramento and SETA
  • Biomarkers Hold Clue in Treating Prostate Cancer, Research Team includes Mamta Parikh, CTSC Submitted R25 MPI
  • Friends of the CTSC: UC Davis School of Medicine Office of Research Evaluation Team
  • Staff Spotlight: Jeff Robinson, Digital Communications Specialist, CTSC Communications Team
  • Bits and Bytes: GoFiguR App


Vol 15, Issue 7 - July 2025

Features:

  • Innovation and Encouragement at the 21st Annual CTSC Scholar Symposium
  • Clinical Research Coordinator Appreciation Event
  • K Scholar Communications and Social Media Training
  • CTSC Staff Holds Annual Retreat
  • CTSC Staff Participate in Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing’s Central Valley Road Trip
  • OnCore Use Policy 1520
  • Community Forum Highlights Essential Brain Health Research and Resources for Older Adults
  • CTSC School of Medicine Leadership Visit Washington, D.C. to Advocate for NIH and Academic Medicine
  • Friends of the CTSC: UC Davis Learning and Organization Development Team
  • Staff Spotlight: Tiffany Norris, ClinicalTrials.gov Program Administrator, CTSC Clinical Trials Recruitment Team
  • Bits and Bytes: AAMC Center for Health Justice – The Community Impact Tracker


Vol 15, Issue 6 - June 2025

Features:

  • Director's Message
  • Community-engaged Resource Catalogue
  • Science Café - Navigating Through Difficult Times: You Are Not Alone
  • Daniel Moglen Presents on the CTSC Research Administration Fellowship at the AAMC Conference
  • Ogla Kishchenko Serves as Panelist at the Association of Clinical Research Professionals Annual Conference
  • CTSC CTMS Ops Team Attends Advarra Onsemble Conference
  • Universal Consent Registry Advances Science and Allows Patients to Make a Difference
  • 5th Annual Vietnamese Mini-Medical School
  • Sergio Aguilar Gaxiola Presents at CTSA Program Webinar
  • Friends of the CTSC: UC Davis Proposal Development Services Team
  • CTSC Staff Spotlight: Amanda Childs, OnCore Development and Education Program Manager, CTSC Clinical Trial Management System Operations
  • Bits and Bytes: Health Atlas from UCSF


Vol 15, Issue 5 - May 2025

Features:

  • Translational Science 2025 Annual Meeting
  • CTSC HeRO Program Awarded Funds for Collaborations with Community Organizations
  • CTSC Staff Appreciation Luncheon
  • Brain-Computer Interface Wins National Clinical Excellence Award
  • Friends of the CTSC: School of Medicine Office of Research Grant Facilitation Unit (GFU)
  • CTSC Staff Spotlight: April Booth, Research Administration Fellow, CTSC Translational Research Education and Development
  • Bits and Bytes: UC Davis Uses AI Models to Leave No Patient Behind


Vol 15, Issue 4 - April 2025

Features:

  • Join us at Convergence Research Celebration 2025
  • ClinicalTrials.gov ChatCT Pilot
  • Center for Health Action and Social Medicine (CHASM) Speaker Series
  • Friends of the CTSC: Clinical Trials and Compliance Applications Team
  • CTSC Staff Spotlight: Cynthia Hernandez-Clethen, Coverage Analyst, CTSC Clinical Trial Management System Operations (CTMS Ops)
  • Bits and Bytes: Candex — New Honoraria and Research Participant Payment Software


Vol 15, Issue 3 - March 2025

Features:

  • Director's Message
  • A Message from CTMS Leadership
  • Advancing Research Best Practices for CHWs and Promotoras Website is Now Available
  • Celebrating 35 Years of the UC Davis Principles of Community
  • New 22q Webinar for Families
  • Susan Brown, CTSC Mentoring Academy for Research Excellence (MARE) Associate Director , Elected as Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research Fellow
  • Director of the CTSC Community Engagement Program, Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, Appointed to State Committee
  • Friends of the CTSC: UC Davis Alpha Stem Cell Clinic
  • CTSC Staff Spotlight: Paige Kular, Clinical Research Trainer, CTSC Clinical Trials Office (CTO)
  • Bits and Bytes: Research Core Facilities Program (RCFP)


Vol 15, Issue 2 - February 2025

Features:

  • Principals of Community Engagement, Third Edition Released
  • Training T-shaped Translational Scientists Article Published
  • UC Love Data Week
  • Friends of the CTSC: Center for Healthcare Policy and Research (CHPR)
  • Staff Spotlight: Jessica Jones, Community-Engaged Research Training Program Coordinator, Health Resources and Outreach (HeRO) and Translational Research Education and Development (TRED) programs
  • Bits and Bytes: Research Metrics Tableau Dashboard


Vol 15, Issue 1 - January 2025

Features

  • Universal Consent Registry Webpage is Live
  • Explore the New ClinicalTrials.gov Webpage
  • CTSC's Daniel Moglen Presents at UC Davis Career Development Week
  • Adoption of Biographical Sketch Common Form and Current and Pending (Other) Support Common Form in 2025
  • CTSC Annual Winter Holiday Celebration
  • Nancy Lane, BIRCWH K12 Principal Investigator, Helps Develop National Recommendations on Women's Health Research at National Institutes of Health
  • Adrienne Hoyt-Austin, BIRCWH K12 Scholar, Awarded Best Poster at Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Meeting
  • Gabrielle Liu, CTSC KL2 Scholar, Awarded Grant to Study Wildfire Smoke Exposure and Long-term Respiratory Health
  • Friends of the CTSC: Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Research Team
  • Staff Spotlight: Rogelio (Jojie) Almario, Staff Research Associate, CTSC Clinical Research Center (CCRC)
  • Bits and Bytes: Florence eBinder System