Goal #4: Improve clinical research

<a href="https://www.tuftsctsi.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI)</a> has received a $78.4 million <a href="https://ncats.nih.gov/ctsa" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Clinical and Translational Science Award</a> (CTSA) from the NIH, the fourth consecutive grant since its founding in 2008. The grant provides federal funding over the next seven years to support research services, resources, and educational programs, and local, regional, and national initiatives…&nbsp;Read the full article <a href="https://www.tuftsmedicine.org/about-us/news/tufts-clinical-translational-science-institute-receives-784-million-nih-grant" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>.

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Tufts Medical Center

Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute Receives $78.4 Million NIH Grant

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According to new research led by University of California, Los Angeles CTSI-supported investigators at the Smidt Heart Institute in Los Angeles, heart failure patients who received a care plan post hospitalization stayed out of the hospital longer than those who received the usual follow-up plan of only one follow-up phone call. Keep reading to learn about what the post-hospitalization care plan entailed and how this low-tech intervention is truly saving lives.&nbsp;Read the full article <a href="https://onlinejcf.com/article/S1071-9164(22)01221-0/fulltext" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>.

University of California Los Angeles Clinical and Translational Science Institute

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University of California Los Angeles

Heart Failure: Calling Patients More Often After Hospitalization Helps People Live Longer

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Under the direction of <a href="https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/faculty-profiles/az/profile.html?xid=34090" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Gabriela Caraveo, Ph.D.</a>, Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered how octopamine, the major “fight-or-flight” neurotransmitter in invertebrates, communicates with other cells in mammalian brains to prevent cell death, according to a study <a href="https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2217396120" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">published</a> in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.&nbsp;Read the full article <a href="https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2217396120" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>.

Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Science Institute

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Northwestern University

Understanding the Role of Octopamine in Neurodegeneration

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Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute Receives $78.4 Million NIH Grant