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SCTR TL1 Program

New TL1 Trainees

October 25, 2024

We are thrilled to introduce our newest cohort of trainees awarded the 2024 – 2025 SCTR TL1 (T32) Training Program.

Catherine M. Bridges, M.D., Ph.D.,

Lasker Award

July 22, 2024

SCTR TL1 Alumni, Catherine M. Bridges, M.D., Ph.D., was named one of five winners of the prestigious Lasker Foundation Essay Contest.

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CTTP Updates

June 18, 2024

Beginning July 1, 2024, SCTR welcomes the fourth cohort of Clinical Trialist Training Program awardees.

Translational Science Spotlight featuring Dr. Kimberly McGhee, a skilled communicator.

Skilled Communicator

June 13, 2024

Learn about the impact a skilled communicator can have on tailoring a message to a variety of audiences and advancing translational science.

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SCresearch.org

May 15, 2024

Don't miss out on potential research participants. Boost study recruitment with SCresearch.org.

SCTR TL1 Program

Beyond the Lab

April 08, 2024

The TL1 team sat down with Michael Martino to discuss his translational ambitions, and hear his perspective on recently reported research findings.

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SCTR Pilot Awards

March 06, 2024

SCTR Institute’s Pilot Grants program supports innovative research spanning the translational spectrum – from basic science to population health.

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Rare Disease Q&A Part 3

February 26, 2024

Learn from a MUSC clinical geneticist and speaker at the Rare Disease Symposium about the importance of newborn screening and what mothers can expect.

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Rare Disease Q&A Part 2

February 19, 2024

Hear from a speaker for the upcoming Rare Disease Symposium about genetic screening and the implications of inherited disease.

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Rare Disease Q&A Part 1

February 13, 2024

Hear from the chair of South Carolina’s Rare Disease Advisory Council about why your perspectives on living with a rare disease are so important to share.

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SCTR Scientific Retreat

January 08, 2024

Bringing the MUSC and statewide community together to exchange knowledge, build collaborations, and accelerate discoveries.

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SPARCRequest Release

December 18, 2023

Check out the latest release from the SPARCRequest Team to learn what's new in SPARCRequest.

Karen and Rob Packard

Nexus Leader Retires

October 17, 2023

The SCTR team would like to acknowledge all Karen Packard has contributed in her role as the Administrator and Nurse Manager for SCTR’s Nexus Research Center.

SCTR Ask the Experts blog series, Implementation Science Part II

Support for D&I Researchers

September 05, 2023

DISC experts share details on the resources available to assist with designing a D&I study and when and how to prepare for a consultation.

SCTR Ask the Experts blog series, Implementation Science Part I

Advancing Scientific Discovery

August 25, 2023

The latest post in SCTR's Ask the Experts series features the Dissemination and Implementation Science Collaborative (DISC) program.

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K/T Collaboration

August 10, 2023

SCTR's Collaborative K-Awardee and Pre-Doctoral Trainee Discovery Grant seeks to promote a team-based collaborative translational research project.

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TL1 Wins

April 17, 2023

Congratulations to the 2023 Burroughs Wellcome Fund Awardees, which include SCTR TL1 trainees Jordan Carter and Heather Holman.

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Survey Best Practices

February 20, 2023

We’ve taken a look at some of the best advice out there to bring you this easy-to-use tool to assist in survey development.

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Getting Started in Research

November 15, 2022

SCTR Institute has a new resource to help you quickly locate training and other research resources.

SCTR TL1 Program

New Trainees

October 06, 2022

The SCTR TL1 program awarded eight trainees in this year's cohort, including five first-year trainees.

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Research Administrators

September 20, 2022

September 25 is National Research Administrator Day, a day to recognize the many contributions of research administrators.

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TL1-KL2 Team Grant

April 19, 2022

A TL1-KL2 team was recently awarded a grant to help fund gathering preliminary data for their work on pancreatic cancer.

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