Specific Objectives of the ITM
Employing a multidisciplinary “systems medicine” approach to generate and translate novel discoveries in areas of personalized medicine, health care disparities, and novel integrative therapeutics, the specific objectives of the ITM are to:
- Prepare physicians and non-MD translational scientists for careers in clinical and translational research via a dual-mentored education and career development program that integrates research training and offers an MS in Health Studies.
- Allow the seamless progression from a CTSA K12 program to a tenure-track faculty position and on to independent clinical/translational investigator status.
- Enhance pipeline programs to encourage high school, college, and allied health professions students to seek careers in translational research, and to provide training to enable and enhance participation by all members of clinical and translational research teams at UC and our Community partners
- Provide state-of-the-art resources (translational technologies and knowledge base) for investigators to conduct safe, cost-effective clinical/ translational research of all types and sizes including access to expertise in clinical trial design, biostatistics, epidemiology, ethics, informatics, and regulatory issues.
- Provide comprehensive Medical Ethics Training for current and future clinical and translational researchers, and Research Ethics Consultation to aid in the development of research plans
- Foster integration of translational and clinical science by providing a “home” that will allow for collaboration between Departments and Schools at UC, ANL and IIT.
- Reduce the time to initiate clinical research studies by enhancing communication among investigators, departments, the IRB, University Administration, and research staff
- Define key genetic determinants relevant to common, complex, multigenic disorders and disseminate novel genomic, genotypic, and phenotypic translational methodologies/ technologies promptly and widely.
- Utilize a “systems medicine” approach to common complex disorders (e.g., asthma, inflammatory bowel disease, neurologic dysfunction, critical illness, cardiac failure, cancer), in people of every age