COVID-19 Update: June 25

CCTS will continue virtual support as research restarts on campus. We are also supporting OPRS as human subject studies resume. Know what this means for your protocol.
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Pilot Awardees in the News

CBS News screenshot from live interview with Dr. Olu Ajilore
Social unrest and COVID pandemic leading to surges of anxiety and depression in Black communities
Wednesday, July 22, 2020
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COVID-19 Rapid Response Pilot Grant Awardees
Friday, June 12, 2020
CCTS funded the following collaborative and multidisciplinary translational research studies.
Dr. Ajilore standing in front of an abstract map of the brain
UIC receives $5.9M to study mood disorders, cognition
Monday, May 18, 2020
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Cumulative environmental exposures increase diabetes risk in rural populations
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
The Brain Can Give Birth To New Cells Throughout Life, Study Finds
Sunday, May 26, 2019
CCTS pilot grant awardee, Dr. Orly Lazarov, finds that brain cells can form into one’s nineties, even if one has cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease.