Deep South Network for Translational Research (DSNTR)

Drawn from other NIH-funded programs [Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE), IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE), and Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI)], Network partners worked together on a CTSA Community Engagement Activities Supplement that was submitted in 2010. The overarching goal of this initiative was to establish a sustainable research infrastructure in the Deep South.

The supplement, The Deep South Network for Translational Research (DSNTR): Cultivating Multi-institutional Community-based Research Collaborations for Early-Stage-Investigators, was funded in 2011 to support junior investigators from multiple institutions collaborating on pilot studies. Two pilot projects have been funded with another RFA anticipated for release in the near future.

Alabama

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Mona Fouad, MD, MPH

Stuart Frank, MD

Robert Kimberly, MD

Tuskegee University

Gopal Reddy, PhD

The University of Alabama

John Higginbotham, PhD, MPH

Pamela Foster, MD, MPH

Louisiana

Louisiana State University (LSU)

Nicolas Bazan, MD, PhD

John Estrada, MD

Augusto Ochoa, MD

Jonna Ellis

David Whaley, JD

Pennington Biomedical Research Center

William Cefalu, MD

Tulane University

Prescott Deininger, PhD

Luis Gabriel Navar, PhD

Roy Weiner, MD

Mississippi

Jackson State University

Paul Tchounwou, ScD

University of Southern Mississippi

Glen Shearer, PhD

University of Mississippi Medical Center

Lucio Miele, MD, PhD

Face-to-Face Meeting December 2010

The UAB CCTS hosted a regional face-to-face meeting December 15, 2010 to establish a sustainable research infrastructure in Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi. The Director of the NIH National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), Dr. Barbara Alving, was the special guest. The Deep South Network for Translational Research is co-directed by Drs. Mona Fouad and Stuart Frank. This Network hopes to prom DSNTR first mtg.jpg

ote the development of team science within and across institutions, a key tenet of the CTSA National Consortium.

Drs. Fouad and Frank welcomed Dr. Alving and six faculty members from five southeastern academic institutions. Guests included Dr. John Higginbotham from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, Dr. Paul Tchounwou from Jackson State University, Drs. John Estrada and Augusto Ochoa from Louisiana State University, Dr. Luis Gabriel Navar from Tulane University, and Dr. Glen Shearer from the University of Southern Mississippi. Other institutional partners not represented at the face-to-face meeting include Tuskegee University, the University of South Alabama, and Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Louisiana.

News & Updates

DSNTR Core Facilities Pilot RFA now available here.

The DSNTR is seeking human-based T1 translational research proposals for its collaborative Core Facilities Pilot Program. Proposals that involve community-based research or a community-based component to help ameliorate health disparities are preferred. Institutional partnerships are required, please click here for more information. The deadline for applications is July 31st.

For information on available core resources at DSNTR institutions, click here.

Award Year 2012

Minolfa Prieto, MD, PhD (Tulane) and Edgar Jaimes, MD (UAB)
Relevance of Urinary Renin, Prorenin, and TGF-beta in Patients with Diabetes and Hypertension: Impact of Gender

Joao de Andrade, MD (UAB) and Joseph Lasky, MD (Tulane)
RNA Splicing Variants in Lung Fibrogenesis

Face-to-Face Meeting May 2012

The DSNTR continues to meet and discuss plans for the future. Most recently members met at Tulane University on May 14, 2012. Hosted by Drs. Roy Weiner and Luis Navar, the meeting was dedicated to future plans – including projects that will establish the DSNTR as a durable network and the next pilot project RFA, funded by the CTSA Administrative Supplement.

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.