$14 million grant to drive clinical research at UW
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Credit First Service Union The School of Pharmacy will hold the $14 million clinical
training programs administrative offices.Madison, Wis. The
University of Wisconsin-Madison intends to train more clinical
researchers, whose work is rising in prestige and importance in
medical science, with the help of a $14 million, five-year grant
from the National Institutes of Health.
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Card Credit Mobile Service Molly Carnes, a professor with appointments in the medical and
engineering schools who will oversee the training program, sees the
funding as a boon to clinical research in general. Clinical studies
have more variables and irregularities than traditional lab studies
and have been seen as less desirable, she said.
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Card Credit Discover Service Over the past 20 years, the science of performing clinical
research itself has evolved, Carnes said. It is now widely accepted
that if we are going to practice evidence-based medicine, we must
have well-performed, scientifically sound, clinical research
studies so that we have solid proof that the treatments, diagnostic
tests, and preventive strategies that we do to our patients are
truly beneficial.
The University of Vermont netted $117 million in research dollars this fiscal year, a record number for the university and an increase of 14 percent over the previous year. Since 1999, when UVM brought in $70 million dollars, sponsored programs has increased its research funding by 67 percent. Of the 699 grants awarded this year, the largest grant went to Kim Worden, research professor of family practice, for the project, Mass Media Intervention to Prevent Youth Smoking. Frances Carr, UVMs new vice president for research and graduate studies, said she applauded the faculty who have contributed to the universitys research success.
Credit Public Service Union The university responded to a competitive request for proposals
from the NIH in 2003, said Jeanette Roberts, dean of the School of
Pharmacy, where the programs administrative offices will be based.
UW-Madison is one of seven sites given grants.
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Card Credit Processing Service After the grants five-year term schools will again compete for
funding. Roberts hopes UW-Madisons track record by that point will
give it an advantage.
Center Credit Service Union Focusing on interdisciplinary research, the universitys training
program will bring together 72 university faculty from multiple
departments, mostly nursing, medicine, pharmacy and engineering.
Roberts said most trainees would be either young practicing
clinicians without research backgrounds or advanced students aimed
at faculty positions.
Card Credit Service Wireless Involving different disciplines is what many researchers see as
the way forward, as technological advances break down old academic
boundaries. Pharmacy students, for example, can benefit from
engineering knowledge about drug delivery devices, Roberts
said.
Credit Security Service Union You not only want your physician to be prescribing you
medications that have been proven in clinical trials to be of
benefit to you, you also want your physical therapist to be using
treatments that have been similarly proven, Carnes said.
Credit Report Service The private sector also employs clinical research, notably in
biotechnology and biomedical fields that may involve required FDA
trials, leading to more demand for researchers.
Blogspot Com Christian It really is a new way that the NIH has approached things,
Roberts said. Its a nationwide undertaking to train this new
workforce.
Christian Counseling Credit The training will cover 10 subject areas: aging, asthma, cancer,
heart disease, child and teen health, epilepsy, health-care
technology and communication, nutrition, tobacco and alcohol
intervention, womens health and underserved populations. The
roadmap grant is meant to support up to 24 trainees by the third
year.
Credit Federal Service Union It is the largest grant ever given by the NIH to support
training in clinical research, Carnes said. And NIH money not only
talks; it shouts.
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Jason Stitt is WTNs associate editor and can be reached at
jason@wistechnology.com
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