About Us
The focus of the University of Massachusetts Center for Clinical and Translational Science is to
- Provide enriched environments to educate and develop the next generation of researchers trained in the complexities of translating research discoveries into clinical trials and ultimately into practice;
- Design new and improved clinical research informatics tools for analyzing research data and managing clinical trials;
- Support outreach to underserved populations, local community and advocacy organizations, and health care providers;
- Assemble interdisciplinary teams that cover the complete spectrum of research—biology, clinical medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, biomedical engineering, and genomics; and
- Forge new partnerships with private and public health care organizations, including pharmaceutical companies, the Veterans Administration hospitals, health maintenance organizations, as well as state health agencies.