Participating Institutions
Caroline Whitacre, Ph.D., one of the world's most acknowledged authorities on autoimmune disease, is among hundreds of scientists at The Ohio State University Medical Center who translate innovative research findings into personalized patient care.
The Ohio State University Center for Clinical and Translational Science
Columbus, OH
Visit SitePrincipal Investigator: Rebecca D. Jackson, M.D., Ph.D.
Participating Institutions and Community Partners:
- Nationwide Children's Hospital
- Battelle Memorial Institute
- Appalachia Community Cancer Network
- State of Ohio Comprehensive Program for the Prevention, Detection, and Treatment of Lung Cancer
- The Kroger Company
- Faith Mission
- The Ohio State University Extension Agency
- Ohio Public Schools
- Metro High School
- The Ohio State Health Network
- Primary Care Research Network
- Columbus Osteopathic Association
Highlights:
The Ohio State University has established the Center for Clinical and Translational Science (OSU CCTS) to improve the quality of care for all patients in the community by creating a transformative clinical and translational science discipline that is at the core of the OSU academic culture. It will support a robust and integrated partnership between the Ohio State University and Nationwide Children's Hospital and will link these sophisticated health care systems as a laboratory for biological, clinical and behavioral research. By also working through affiliated hospital networks, a primary care network and extension offices in all 88 counties in Ohio, the OSU CCTS will allow clinical and translational research to be accomplished in innovative collaboration with the community. As part of its community engagement plans, the OSU CCTS has selected the Appalachian region of Ohio as an area of emphasis?an area with some of the state's highest poverty rates. Expanding its community-based research programs to include unique partnerships with the Appalachia Community Cancer Network and Partners for Kids, a Nationwide Children's Hospital organization, will provide clinical research opportunities to this rural community.