Utah
University of Utah Center for Clinical and Translational Science
Salt Lake City, Utah
Principal Investigator
Don McClain, M.D., Ph.D., University of Utah
Lauren Jones, R.N., assistant nurse manager (front left), Shelley Stanton, R.N., and Donald A. McClain, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Utah Center for Clinical and Translational Science, prepare a patient for a PET scan as part of a clinical trial.
The University of Utah Center for Clinical and Translational Science will build on the university's strengths in genetics and bioinformatics to translate promising bench science into practices that improve human health. The center serves as an academic home for clinical and translational research, developing innovative health services for the community and health researchers, providing seed funds to initiate clinical and translational research projects, and training a new generation of clinical and translational investigators.
The center and its partners are increasing the visibility, volume and quality of participatory research by connecting investigators at the university with other health care institutions, clinical practitioners, public health personnel, patients and research participants. As the sole academic health sciences center serving Utah's rapidly growing racial, ethnic and culturally diverse population, the center will support the empowerment and representation of underserved populations as stakeholders in translational research. The center also links research activities across systems that together provide health care coverage to 80 percent of Utah's population as well as patients in surrounding states.
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