Chicago CTSA Shared Resources

The Chicagoland Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) institutes (Northwestern University, University of Chicago and University of Illinois at Chicago) are committed to facilitating greater integration and coordination across the institutes to provide seamless access to all relevant resources for translational researchers. The majority of the resources and services listed below are offered at no charge or at the internal rate to Chicagoland CTSA affiliates. Please refer to each institute’s point of contact for additional information and assistance.

Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute

• Biostatistics Collaboration Center lectures and seminars
• Clinical Research Coordinator Basic Training (offered at CTSA discounted rate)
• Community-engaged research resource library, workshops, seminars, and training events
• Navigating the Research Enterprise faculty development seminar series for postdocs and early-career faculty
• Galter Health Sciences Library classes and workshops
• Good Clinical Practice Training
• Mentor Development Workshops
• Team Science Online Learning Modules

Contact: nucats@northwestern.edu

The University of Chicago Institute for Translational Medicine

• Monthly bioinformatics training and workshop learning series
• Committee on Clinical and Translational Sciences courses
• Essentials of Patient-Oriented Research training
• myCHOICE (Chicago Options in Career Empowerment)public seminars
• Outcomes research workshops
• Pathobiology of disease seminar series
• Summer Program in Outcomes Research Training

Contact: Sara Serritella

University of Illinois at Chicago Center for Clinical and Translational Science

• Biomedical & Health Informatics Colloquium
• YouTube Channel: Informed consent in action and REDCap training demos
• CIRTification human research protection training
• Clinical Research Boot Camp (offered at internal rate)
• Clinical Research Methods Online Certificate Program (offered through Chicago Metropolitan Exchange)
• Community-Engaged Research Boot Camp (offered at internal rate)
• Health Disparities Research Online Certificate Program (offered through Chicago Metropolitan Exchange)
• Health outcomes series
• Professional development series
• UIC University Library health science guides and tutorials
• Three-day summer program

Contact: Lauren Walsh