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Training & Advancement

Designed to train UCSF's new generation of clinical and translational researchers

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Offering short summer courses, formal degree programs, and everything in between.

For Trainees

Interested in pursuing a career in clinical and translational research.

For Residents

Interested in making research a part of their career.

  • Course in Designing Clinical Research ?
      Guidance in writing:
    • clinical research protocols,
    • hypotheses,
    • study types,
    • sample size estimations, and more, via bi-weekly group lectures, 4-week small seminar groups and peer review sessions.
  • Opportunities Designed for Residents ?
    Gain a foundational understanding of clinical and translational research methods and evidence-based medicine skills to foster career development as investigators.

For Faculty

To get support and develop skills important for translational and clinical research on various levels in their career.

  • CTSA KL2 Scholars Program ?
    Provides training, mentoring, start-up research funds, and protected time for junior faculty to pursue clinical research, including patient-oriented research, clinical trials, epidemiologic research outcomes research, and an optional master's degree.
  • AHRQ K12 PARTNERS Program ?
    Designed to train clinician-researchers for the effective generation and uptake of patient centered outcomes research (PCOR).
  • Training in Implementation Science ?
      Translating Evidence into Practice, Policy and Public Health. Trains investigators to:
    • integrate interventions into diverse practice settings,
    • understand how knowledge and evidence-based interventions are represented, transmitted, and interpreted among different stakeholder groups.
  • Opportunities Designed for Faculty

Mentoring

Get help finding a mentor, or develop skills to mentor more effectively.

Graduate Programs

Advance your academic curriculum with a graduate degree targeted to clinical and translational science.

  • Master's in Translational Medicine ?
    Training in applying translational research and engineering approaches to solve problems in healthcare delivery. Provides the tools necessary to bring treatments and devices into clinical use.
  • Master's in Clinical Research ?
    Rigorous, 2-year course for advanced pre-doctoral fellows, post-doctoral fellows, and faculty members who wish to master clinical research methods and pursue independent research careers.
  • PhD in Epidemiology and Translational Medicine ?
    Rigorous training in epidemiologic and biostatistical methods along with opportunities for practical experience in a wide variety of applied areas including clinical rotations.
  • Clinical & Translational Informatics Graduate Program ?
    Training in core informatics theories and methods complemented by coursework and experiences in clinical and translational research or quality and safety of evidence-based care.
  • Graduate Education in Medical Science (GEMS) Training ?
    Enables students in the major Biomedical Science Programs to pursue interactive investigations with clinical researchers that accelerate the application of basic science discovery to improvement of human health.
  • Clinical & Translational Science PhD Track for Oral & Craniofacial Sciences ?
    1-year Advanced Training in Clinical Research (ATCR) program followed by 2 three-month-long rotations in laboratories engaged in clinical research. Designed for DDS/PhD students, or post-DDS/post-MD clinicians.

Grant Writing Training

Examples of successful research proposals and expert advice on how to navigate and write grant applications.

Accelerate is managed by the UCSF Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI), part of the Clinical and Translational Science Award program funded by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (Grant Number UL1 TR000004) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Cite CTSI NIH Funding Acknowledgment: Important — All publications resulting from the utilization of CTSI resources are required to credit the CTSI grant by including the NIH Funding Acknowledgment and must comply with NIH Public Access Policy.