Why Rhode Island?

Research universities across the country are playing a critical role in transforming the teaching and support for clinical and translational research by improving education, training, mentoring, and infrastructure for their researchers. Brown is uniquely posed to make this transformation. By collaborating with University of Rhode Island, the Rhode Island Department of Health, and the Brown-affiliated hospitals, we apply research in an innovative way to positively effect the health of Rhode Islanders.

Brown’s expertise and pioneering approach in the clinical and translational movement was recognized in September, 2006, when it was awarded a Clinical and Translational Sciences Award (CTSA) Planning Grant by the National Institutes of Health. Brown is applying with a competitive full application in October 2009.

Integral partners to the Brown University CTSA Planning Initiative include the regional and global communities whose health the basic researchers and clinicians strive to improve. The State of Rhode Island provides special opportunity for Brown and brings many opportunities to leverage clinical and translational sciences growth. Although Rhode Island is the smallest state in the union geographically, its size enhances the rich “culture of collaboration” within the State’s colleges, universities, and affiliated academic hospitals. The State also has a diverse racial and ethnic population, a wide strata of sociodemographic, economic, and cultural diversity, and the lowest rate of population egress in the nation, making it an ideal location to promote the discipline of clinical research.