Making a Difference for the Future
The mission of our Institute for Clinical and Translational Research is to enhance the discipline of clinical and translational research by promoting multidisciplinary collaboration, addressing translational 'blocks' in research, providing infrastructure and collaborative support, and enhancing training, education, and career development, as part of the CTSA consortium.
The Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) is jointly sponsored by the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center. The ICTR will re-engineer clinical and translational research, reorganize research facilities, transform training and educational programs, and expand the cadre of young investigators. As Dean Spiegel enunciated in Einstein's Strategic Research Plan, “Translational research poses a great challenge to institutions everywhere seeking closer integration between basic and clinical research. The public expects that just as research over the past decades has improved human health and led to such ‘medical miracles’ as organ transplantation, so translational research in the genome era will fundamentally change the way medicine is practiced.”
ICTR Newsletter
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FEATURE OF THE MONTH
Osteosarcoma is a fairly rare type of cancer that generally affects people aged 10-25. Treatment includes chemotherapy, surgery (which can include amputation), and radiotherapy. It has been found that despite treatment, 20% to 25% of cases will metastasize at which point the prognosis becomes very poor. As a pediatric oncologist and investigator, Dr. Gorlick is intent on improving the lives of children with cancer either by increasing the child’s lifespan, improving the quality of life, or finding a cure. Gorlick is working toward these goals by focusing his efforts in two key areas: anti-tumor drug resistance and the molecular pathogenesis of osteosarcoma. More...