CLINICAL RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS
The Clinical and Translational Research Unit continued to
build relationships throughout the region to broaden research
opportunities for faculty and students. During the last year, the
CTRU developed new partnerships with clinical research units
at MetroHealth Medical Center, University Hospitals, Cleveland
Clinic and Northern Kentucky University, and continued
research partnerships with the OhioHealth Research Institute,
OhioHealth Physician Group Heritage College, Holzer Health
System, Ohio State University, Nationwide Children’s Hospital,
OrthoNeuro and others. In fiscal year 2018, the CTRU supported
28 clinical research studies for 15 principal investigators and
research teams, resulting in 499 study visits.
RESEARCH AND SCHOLARLY
ADVANCEMENT FELLOWSHIP
DIABETES INSTITUTE FUNDING SOURCES
$2.4M
Through our Research and Scholarly Advancement
Fellowship, selected medical students are paired
with mentors from the Heritage College, Ohio
University or our clinical education partners
for a 10-week program designed to instill an
appreciation for research. RSAF celebrated its
40th anniversary this year, making it one of the
college’s longest-running programs. In June 2018,
21 Heritage College students mentored by 16
faculty members took part in the program, bringing
the total number of RSAF participants to 493 since
its inception.
$859,491 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OHF
$508,534 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NIH
$596,604 . . . . . . . . . . OTHER FEDERAL FUNDING
$473,934 . . . . . . . . . OTHER EXTERNAL FUNDING
$22,180 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OTHER
BACTERIAL PATHOGENESIS INITIATIVE
Infectious diseases have caused an increasing number of deaths over the last 15 years, in part because
antibiotics that once cured infections are no longer effective. The Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute has
developed a new group, the Bacterial Pathogenesis Initiative, to gain a better understanding of how bacteria
infect and cause disease in a host with a goal of helping scientists find new treatments to disrupt the ways in
which bacteria adapt to our bodies and make us sick. The BPI is currently made up of three OHIO researchers,
including Erin Murphy, Ph.D., Heritage College associate professor of bacteriology, who works with Shigella, the
bacteria that cause shigellosis – a diarrheal disease that kills approximately one million people annually.
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