With five years of renewed federal funding, a third phase of Advance RI-CTR will expand research innovation and collaboration to benefit people and patients in Rhode Island.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] - The National Institutes of Health has awarded a $26 million grant to Rhode Island's statewide hub for clinical and translational research to launch its next five years of work to connect research, health care, communities and patients across the state.
Since 2016, the Brown University-based, federally funded Advance Rhode Island Clinical and Translational Research (Advance RI-CTR) program has supported biomedical and public health scholars across the state who are working to turn scientific discoveries into solutions that can improve the lives of patients.
On Wednesday, Sept. 3., the National Institute of General Medical Sciences awarded Brown, the host institution for the federal program, the grant to fund Advance RI-CTR's expansion into a third five-year phase.
"Advance RI-CTR has been instrumental in helping us build a research ecosystem in Rhode Island that spans the full cycle from basic science discovery to application in patients," said Dr. Mukesh K. Jain, senior associate provost for life sciences, senior vice president for health affairs, and dean of medicine and biological sciences at Brown University. "Its renewal comes at a pivotal moment, where our institutions, health systems and state government have worked together to create an environment poised to bring those discoveries to the patients who need them, and spur economic opportunities as well."
The program funds clinical and translational research - research that starts in laboratories and progresses into clinical and community settings and makes a positive impact on people's health through improvements in diagnosis or treatment - and provides education and professional resources to researchers across Rhode Island. It is a partnership between Brown University, the University of Rhode Island, Brown University Health, Care New England, the V.A. Providence Healthcare System and community organizations.
