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The Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) at the University of Pittsburgh has one central focus: to facilitate the translation of biomedical research advances into clinical and public health practice and policy—bridging from laboratory bench to patient bedside to community-based practice.
To achieve this goal, CTSI is working to integrate existing programs with innovative new clinical and translational science initiatives under a common umbrella and to create an awareness and understanding— initially among members of the biomedical research/health care community but eventually among the general public as well—of the tangible benefits to health practice that can be realized from clinical and translational research.
The University of Pittsburgh’s CTSI is part of a growing national consortium of institutions selected and funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to pioneer a transformation in how clinical and translational research is conducted and, thus, to improve how efficiently and effectively biomedical advances reach individual patients and the population as a whole.
