Advance-CTR

Advance Rhode Island Clinical and Translational Research

Advance RI-CTR supports Rhode Island investigators through funding, research resources and services, and professional development offerings.

Advance Rhode Island Clinical and Translational Research

Advance RI-CTR supports Rhode Island investigators through funding, research resources and services, and professional development offerings.

A Statewide Hub for Translational Research

Our awards, services, and resources are tailor-made to help investigators turn scientific discoveries into solutions that get to the heart of RI's community health priorities.

News From Advance-CTR

Reach for the K! Apply to Our Advance-K Scholar Career Development Program

July 15, 2024: Call for applications for the 2024 Advance-K Scholar Career Development Program from Advance RI-CTR and the Division of Biology and Medicine at Brown University. Apply and learn what it takes to win an NIH K award and jumpstart your research career.
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Resources for Investigators

Core Offerings

We designed our award, service, and professional development cores to meet the needs of Rhode Island's diverse investigator community.
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Events & Training

Events, trainings, and professional development opportunities are available year-round to all investigators in Rhode Island.
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Advancing Discovery

Two annual award programs aim to train the next generation of health researchers to translate their findings from the bench and bedside to the larger community.

Award Programs

Two annual award programs provide funding for research that spans the translational spectrum.

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Research Services

Consult with our experts during all stages of the research process, from preparing an application and planning your project, through to project implementation and analyzing your results.

Advance-K Scholar Successes
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Advance-K Scholar Spotlight: Amy Stamates, PhD

Amy Stamates, PhD, has been awarded a 5-year K01 Mentored Research Scientist Development Award from the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
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Advance RI-CTR by the Numbers

1,794

Service Consultations

528

Service Users

132

Awarded Investigators

81

Projects Launched

136

Extramural Awards to CTR Investigators

231

Trained Faculty Mentors

15

Mentoring Training Sessions Held

8

NRMN-Trained, Advance RI-CTR Mentor Facilitators

Awardees in Action

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News From Advance-CTR

Awardee Spotlight: Orestis Panagiotou, MD, PhD

Dr. Panagiotou was recently published in JAMA Oncology on the statistical challenges of using administrative claims data for answering clinical and policy questions.
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Awardee Spotlight: Nisanne Ghonem, PharmD, PhD

Advance-CTR awardee Nisanne Ghonem, PharmD, PhD, recently received funding from United Therapeutics to move her research from the bench to the bedside.
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Connecting Investigators with Experts

Our service cores support RI investigators in the areas of biostatistics and research design, qualitative methods, biomedical informatics, and community-engaged research.

Service Core Successes

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Training RI's Research Workforce

Explore career development opportunities, technical trainings, and more from Advance RI-CTR and our partners.

A Statewide Partnership

Our academic, hospital, and community partners make our work possible.