Mississippi Center for Clinical and Translational Research (IDEA-CTR)
• Mississippi Center for Clinical and Translational Research (IDEA-CTR) – national level
The general objectives of the IDeA-CTR Program are the following:
To support the development of infrastructure and human resources required to conduct clinical and translational research in IDeA-eligible states.
To enhance the ability of IDeA institutions and investigators to develop competitive clinical and translational research programs.
To foster and sustain collaboration and coordination of clinical and translational activities within and across IDeA institutions organizations.
The Mississippi Center for Clinical and Translational Research is an ambitious enterprise designed to promote the success of obesity focused research at three CCTR partner institutions – the University of Mississippi Medical Center, Tougaloo College, and the University of Southern Mississippi. Our mission is to develop a powerful and sustainable research enterprise that will have an important public health impact by reducing obesity and its complications as well as health disparities in Mississippi.
The center is funded by an Institutional Development Award Program Infrastructure for Clinical and Translational Research grant through the National Institute of General Medicine Sciences. This $19.8 million grant seeks to improve the health of Mississippians by providing the infrastructure needed to support obesity-related research across this multi-institutional venture.