The Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences (NUCATS) Institute has received $55 million in National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding to accelerate the development, evaluation and implementation of improved health care interventions. The seven-year award is the largest current research grant at Northwestern and extends a legacy of NIH funding that began when the institute launched in 2008. The NUCATS Institute helps translate novel discoveries from the laboratory to routine clinical care, leading to treatments and therapies that can extend and improve the quality of life for patients.
This is a process that remains slow, complex and labor intensive. NUCATS provides scientists at its four health system partners (Northwestern; Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and its Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute; Shirley Ryan AbilityLab; and Northwestern Medicine) with consultative resources and expertise to accelerate how quickly transformative scientific discoveries reach patients and communities.
"Clinical and translational research does not happen in a bubble. It requires dedicated investigators and members of the public to advance human health," said Dr. Richard D'Aquila, associate vice president of research and senior associate dean for clinical and translational research at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
"With generous support from the NIH and Northwestern, we will continue to work alongside our exceptional c.