A Note from the Vice Provost

Welcome to our newsletter. Its purpose is to provide investigators at Tufts with helpful information. In Researchers @ Tufts, you will find background on new members of the faculty and information about their current research and interest in collaboration opportunities. Each issue of Research News also includes a Featured Core Facility or Center to publicize these Tufts resources. The Featured Events section provides news from recent campus events. Inside the OVP you will find office updates, information on grants and contracts in Research Administration, tech transfer information in the Office for Technology Licensing and Industry Collaboration, and news on human subjects research in the Institutional Review Board articles. What's New @ Our Affiliates? highlights research at one of our affiliated hospitals, and Funded Research lists projects awarded funding during June 2008 through September 2008. A new Issued U.S. Patents section lists patents awarded during June 2008 through September 2008. The Archives section contains articles from past issues. The “DID YOU KNOW?” on the left side of each page offers brief announcements. You can scroll through all the announcements by clicking on the screen’s reload button or by clicking to a new page. Research News @ Tufts is part of the continuing effort of the provost's office to foster an environment that supports and encourages research.

The Office of the Vice Provost is hosting a series of Research Days to showcase research at Tufts University's three campuses and the campuses of its affiliated hospitals. The first six Research Days have focused on infectious disease; cardiovascular disease, obesity, and diabetes; environmental scholarship; drug discovery and development; translational research; and cancer research. The next Research Day, planned for October 2009, will focus on Tufts’ expertise in global health. Each of these events will include faculty chalk talks, speaker presentations, poster presentations, and a reception, and they provide opportunities for finding new collaborators, both from Tufts and from industry. More information is available at the Research Days Website.

Peggy Newell
Vice Provost