The Georgia Clinical & Translational Science Alliance https://georgiactsa.org (Georgia CTSA) will use NIH’s $56.6 million award to advance clinical and translational research and to transform research results to impact health in Georgia. Also, the Georgia CTSA will receive $15.1 million in institutional support from academic institutions.
Georgia CTSA is a collaborative research alliance that accelerates clinical and translational education, research, workforce development, and community engagement. Emory University, Morehouse School of Medicine, Georgia Tech, and the University of Georgia formed the Georgia CTSA with partners that included Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.
The award will enable researchers to continue to provide support and new tools in bioinformatics and biostatistics, piloting grants to fuel new research, and help train the next generation of clinical and translational science investigators.
To ensure Georgia CTSA’s emphasis on improving treatments to reach communities and populations at highest risk for poor health outcomes, Georgia CTSA will address health disparities amplified by COVID-19.
Georgia CTSA is going to train a new generation of clinical and translational science investigators. Trainees will lead scientific teams to generate new discoveries and translate the discoveries from the lab to the bedside and into the community to improve health for all including underrepresented communities.