A single color communicates meaning almost instantaneously, and color is a key factor in brand recognition. Color defines us, unifies us, rallies us. The official CCTS colors are listed below.
Primary Colors
CMYK: 82 21 48 2
RGB: 8 148 142
Hex: 08948e
CMYK: 3 19 100 0
RGB: 247 202 16
Hex: f7ca10
CMYK: 51 24 100 4
RGB: 136 156 58
Hex: 889c3a
CMYK: 64 100 40 50
RGB: 71 9 60
Hex: 47093c
CMYK: 6 60 100 0
RGB: 231 127 36
Hex: e77f24
CMYK: 20 100 57 6
RGB: 188 30 81
Hex: bc1e51
CMYK: 27 21 19 0
RGB: 186 187 191
Hex: babbbf
Secondary Color
RGB: 90 83 119
Hex: 5a5377
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Use of the CCTS logo in conjunction with the logos or marks of other organizations (including corporate sponsors and government entities) in any publication, advertisement, or other external communication must be reviewed by the CCTS communications team.
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A steady stream of early-stage investigators visited the SCOR Open House on Tuesday, October 30. The event showcased several new career development programs as well as dedicated space on the 7th floor of the Faculty Office Towers aimed at providing the infrastructure and support needed to develop a dynamic community of scholars in outcomes research.
Established 2017 in collaboration with CCTS, the UAB Center for Outcomes and Effectiveness Research and Education (COERE), and the UAB Department of Medicine, SCOR seeks to enrich research opportunities in clinical and population health at the Hub.
Below we describe two of the new SCOR learning and mentoring opportunities:
Research & Writing Groups
SCOR’s writing groups provide structured activities over a 4 to 5 month period to assist scholars working on their next specific grant application. Scholars form a cohort and move through the program together, providing additional support.The groups are connected to CCTS programs, such as the Nascent Project Panel and Panel Done Quickly (NPP and PDQ), Drop-in Clinics, and Mock Study Section, as well as to SCOR supports, including the Specific Aims and Biosketch workshops and special expertise in the K to R grant transition. A new K to R Writing Group will begin in February 2019 for those investigators planning to submit an R grant in Summer 2019. The same model is used for those investigators working on a K grant. SCOR plans to solicit investigators to join a new K writing cohort soon.
Learn, Enhance, Advance, Drive (LEAD)
This SCOR program is designed to help junior faculty and staff enhance their interpersonal, professional, and leadership skills.The one-year, cohort-based program provides a supportive environment in which participants set and achieve goals tied to four themes (one per quarter): learning one’s leadership style, enhancing interpersonal effectiveness, advancing goals through collaborations, and driving change. Cohorts meet for ~ two hours a month to share progress. The next cohort will launch in August 2019.
If either programs sound of interest, contact Dr. Becky Reamey at
What does it take to move an NIH K01 grant through submission and resubmission to finally achieve the coveted “NOGA” (Notice of Grant Award)? Nearly 60 attendees gathered at our annual Mock NIH Study Section Review last week to find out. A real-world K01 grant that initially received a non-fundable impact score of 30, which improved to a fundable score of 12 after the investigator worked with CCTS, served as the focus of the review.
Attendees, including 32 participating virtually from five CCTS Partners (Auburn, PRBC, UA, UAB, and USA), learned about the different sections of an K01 grant and how they are scored for scientific and technical merit. Panelists explained their mock scores regarding the overall impact grant and its strengths and weaknesses for review criteria, including significance, investigators, innovation, approach, and environment. They also discussed important considerations for human subject protections; inclusion of women, minorities, and children; resource sharing plans; and budget. The panelists also described the need to address NIH’s rigor, reproducibility, and transparency requirements, which apply to nearly all NIH grant applications.
Panelists stepped out of their roles to address several areas that can weaken an K01 grant: whether the number of subjects chosen is high enough to produce meaningful results and support a well-conceived power calculation; not providing a clear description of appropriate statistical analyses that will be performed; and failing to thoroughly address human subjects protection. Dr. Chaplin encouraged attendees to reach out to the CCTS for help in appropriately addressing these areas, noting K01 applicants who receive a CCTS panel prior to submission "greatly strengthen their grants and increase their chance of funding as much as three times the NIH baseline."
CCTS is grateful to this year’s panelists including Dr. Karen Cropsey, Associate Professor, UAB Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology, Dr. Karen Gamble, Assistant Professor, UAB Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology, and CCTS Training Academy CoDirector Dr. David Chaplin, Professor, UAB Microbiology. A special thank you to Dr. Ceren Yarar-Fisher, whose K01 grant, “Targeting Skeletal Muscle to Improve Metabolic Health in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury,” served as the before and after model in the mock review.
The Mock NIH Study Section Review traditionally marks the end of our Clinical and Translational Science Training Program (CTSTP). From January to June, our 2018 CTSTP trainees received more than 50 hours of didactic instruction in research project development, ethics, clinical trials, epidemiology, biostatistics. They gained exposure to many types of clinical and translational research, including health services, genomics/informatics, behavioral, and community-based participatory research. The Mock NIH Study Section Review is a highlight for many trainees, especially those who plan to pursue a career in research.
Interested in becoming a CTSTP trainee? Email your interest and/or questions to