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Building upon Columbia’s general clinical research center (the former Irving Center for Clinical Research), the Irving Institute serves as the academic and intellectual home for the next generation of investigators at CUMC. Continuing the tradition of cutting edge clinical research first started at Columbia University in 1928, the
focus of the Irving Institute is to transform the way clinical and translational research is conducted, enabling medical investigators to develop new treatments faster, and to deliver those treatments to patients more efficiently and more effectively.
Senior faculty who are funded by the CTSA provide leadership and serve as mentors for both the junior faculty and trainees in the Irving Institute. They provide outstanding support and resources to Institute users including research in biomedical informatics, biostatistical and clinical trial design, bioethics, regulatory issues, patient-oriented research, and core laboratory resources, among many others. As part of the CTSA program, the Irving Institute houses an integrated educational program that includes a patient-oriented master’s degree, a novel K12 mentored research program in multi- and interdisciplinary research and a predoctoral clinical and translational certificate. The chief goal of the Irving Institute and CTSA is to more directly utilize medical research advances to benefit patients and the community, converting knowledge into practice.
