$29.4 million grant establishes CTSI at NYU in partnership with Health and Hospitals C...( New York NY July 14 2009 NYU and N...)

New York, NY July 14, 2009 NYU and NYU School of Medicine received a $29.4 million, five-year Clinical and Translational Science Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish a University-wide Clinical & Translational Science Institute (CTSI) in partnership with the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC). The funding is designed to train medical researchers, more rapidly advance science from the lab to the patient to the community and to allow researchers to explore mechanisms of health disparities and develop evidence-based approaches targeted at their reduction. With this grant, NYU, the NYU School of Medicine and HHC will become part of a network of 46 existing Clinical and Translational Science centers based at academic medical centers around the country.

"Our CTSI is truly innovative and will play a critical role in our shared goal of transforming medical research and reducing healthcare disparities in New York City and beyond," said Robert I. Grossman, MD, dean and CEO of NYU Langone Medical Center. "This grant recognizes the extraordinary researchers and scientists at NYU and its School of Medicine and builds upon the historical partnership which brought together the academic excellence of our institutions and the clinical expertise and diversity of HHC."

"NYU School of Medical and HHC have come together to establish the CTSI for the purpose of redefining clinical research through enhanced collaborations of research and clinical teams," said Alan D. Aviles, president of NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation. "Together our institutions have set a course to foster innovation through our joint clinical and translational research and in the process to bring cutting-edge healthcare services to our patients and communities."

Collaborators from clinical and basic science departments throughout the Medical Center and the Colleges and Schools of NYU are strengthening their alliance with eight HHC fac
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