The UAB Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS)

For more than 30 years,
Betty Darnell
(MS, RD, LD, FADA,
Bionutrition Core Director)
has worked in bionutrition
research, devising and
managing specialized diets.

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Burt Nabors, MD, directs
the CCTS' Clinical Research
Unit, and has used it to
help test a novel drug to
treat brain cancer patients.

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Nefertiti H. Durant (MD, MPH; Pilot Project Recipient),
is literally moving hearts and minds
through her development of technology-based
tools to help African American women
find ways to increase their exercise
levels and improve their diets.

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Tim Beukelman (MD, Pediatric
Rheumatology, Children’s Hospital;
CCTS KL2 Scholar) waded through
billions of medical records to see
if a popular juvenile arthritis
drug really was increasing
children’s risk for cancer.

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Jessica Merlin (MD, MBA, Assistant Professor,
Division of Infectious Diseases)
is advancing research in
infectious diseases and palliative care.

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The UAB Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS)

Announcements

July 11 PSTP focused on Drug Discovery and Development
Where do we get new drugs? Dr. Maaike Everts of the CCTS/Alabama Drug Discovery Allian [...] More
June 26 Mock Study Section on Training
Attend a Mock Study Section on Training sponsored by the CCTS, Health Disparities Resea [...] More
2013 Biomedical-Informatics-Seminar-Series
The 2013 CCTS Biomedical Informatics Summer Seminar Series kicks off on June 11.

The UAB CCTS is supported through the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) program, grant UL1 TR000165.The CTSA program is led by the NIH’s National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS). The content of this website is solely the responsibility of UAB and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH.