2020 Southeast Clinical & Translational Science Conference

Join us at Callaway Resort and Gardens as we bring together researchers from across the region to present the best new clinical and translational research and build collaborative partnerships. Hosted by the Georgia CTSA, with participation from:

• Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
• Emory University
• Georgia Institute of Technology
• Georgia State University
• Medical University of South Carolina
• Mercer University
• Morehouse School of Medicine
• University of Alabama at Birmingham
• University of Florida
• University of Georgia
• University of Miami

This multi-day conference will feature talks from top researchers across the region, dynamic poster sessions, breakout sessions on hot topics such as rural health, the opioid epidemic, and maternal health and multiple opportunities for networking.

Featured Sessions

• Georgia’s Maternal Health Crisis
• Place Matters: Precision Public Health as a Tool for Health Disparities and Rural Health Research
• Light-Intensity Activity and Short Episodes of High-Intensity Activity: Important Takeaways from the 2018 US National Physical Activity Guidelines
• Microfluidics & Microscale Disease Models
• Using Team Science to Support Successful Collaboration in the Southeast Region of the CTSA Consortium
• Strengthening the Rural Dental Safety Net through Practice and Policy Transformations
• Novel Tools for Concussion Assessment & Management
• Improving Access and Enhancing Outcomes in PTSD Treatment
• Moving Science to the Front Lines of Treatment in OUD
  • National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network
  • How HEALing Communities Studies Can Inform Southern Communities Fighting OUD
• The Opioid Epidemic, Opportunities and Challenges for Researchers
• Becoming EQUIPPED for Age-Friendly Prescribing in the Emergency Department
• Pharmacist Integration into Care: helping Patients Use Their Medications & Improving Outcomes
• Health Disparities among Women living with HIV in the Deep South
• Long-Term Complications of HIV: The Burden and the Biology
• Place-based Risk Factors on Community-onset Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Children: A Geospatial Approach to Predicting Risks for Infection
• The Quest for a Broadly Reactive “Universal” Flu Vaccine
• Understanding the Potential of Everyday Computing for Health and Wellness