A Rice University team led by Jane Grande-Allen has received approximately $1.69 million as part of a renewed grant awarded to the Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences (CCTS) at UTHealth Houston.
A longtime collaborator with the CCTS, Rice will bring investigators from the schools of engineering and social sciences to participate in multi-institutional studies that seek to turn research discoveries into improved care.
The funding comes from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), an agency of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that supports translational research through its Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) program.
As one of six CCTS partner institutions, Rice engages in collaborative translational research that bridges engineering, medicine and public health. The additional funding will enable researchers to pool their expertise to address pressing health care issues and accelerate the development of impactful medical solutions. The renewal of the grant marks the fourth consecutive funding cycle for the CCTS and the second time that Rice has been included.
“Our initial team has doubled in size from three to six Rice investigators on this funding cycle,” said Grande-Allen, Rice’s Isabel C. Cameron Professor of Bioengineering and associate dean for faculty development in the George R. Brown School of Engineering and Computing. “Our team complements UTHealth Houston’s robust clinical infrastructure and research capacity. With our engineering expertise and involvement in Houston’s innovation ecosystem, we bring a tremendously different perspective, not to mention we are UTHealth Houston’s next-door neighbor.”
