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Apr 9 2025
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"Healthy Academic Habits"

Wednesday, 1:00 pm–2:00 pm
Virtual via Zoom
Apr 15 2025
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"EPIC Updates"

Tuesday, 12:00 pm–1:00 pm
Virtual via Zoom
Apr 15 2025
Dr. Lisa Tussing-Humphreys

"Building Multidisciplinary Teams in Diet and Health Research"

Tuesday, 12:00 pm–1:00 pm
Apr 25 2025
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"Informed Consent for Vulnerable Populations in Clinical Research: Balancing Protection, Access, and Equity"

Friday, 12:00 pm–1:00 pm
Virtual via Zoom
Apr 28 2025

EQuaTR Conference 2025

Monday, 8:00 am–3:30 pm
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
May 1 2025
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Research Essentials Playbook

Thursday 1st, 8:30 am–Friday 2nd, 4:00 pm
UIC Student Center West, 2nd Floor Thompson Rooms

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Who we are and what we do

CCTS believes health research should raise people’s overall well-being in Chicago and beyond. We help UIC researchers bring health breakthroughs into the world faster.

Develop your translational science skills

CCTS's TrACTS (Training and Advancement of Careers in Translational Science) Suite offers a broad, flexible, and integrated set of educational and professional development programs to assist individuals in enhancing their clinical and translational research skills.