Growing numbers of Los Angeles promotores de salud—Spanish-speaking community health workers—are gaining invaluable professional education in research methods and protections that could open the door to more Latino participation in academic health studies. The Southern Califor…
Academic health centers around the country want to build more trusting relationships with diverse, under-resourced neighborhoods to improve health equity and outcomes. But many minority communities have historically regarded university health investigators with skepticism and ev…
Novel uses of Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping programs can illuminate how multiple social and environmental determinants of health (SEDoH) drive disease and other health outcomes.
Nearly all participating students at Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School agreed they learned something helpful to advance their career goals after attending one or more of three educational workshops implemented by the Southern California Clinical and Translational Scienc…
Approximately 90,000 young adults and 15,000 children and teens are diagnosed with primary cancer each year in the United States. With five-year aggregate survival rates now over 84% for both groups, there are more long-term survivors than ever before. The Southern California C…
Protein receptors salted over surfaces of Natural Killer (NK) immune cells act as search-and-destroy navigation systems to identify and control some cancers and pathogens. Now scientists hope to engineer a powerful new receptor for NK cell surfaces, allowing more precise, aggres…
Researchers are scanning pain patients’ brains after they catch waves — and constructing a virtual reality surfing experience.
We are excited to announce the release of the 2022 Scientific Achievement Survey Summary Report! Every year, the Southern California Clinical and Translational Science Institute (SC CTSI) emails a survey to all individuals who use our resources and services, and to whom we provi…