Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI)

Websitehttps://ctsi.psu.edu

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Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute accelerates discoveries to benefit human health.

It is a bridge between basic scientists and clinical researchers and promotes collaboration to discover new treatments, medical procedures and ways to diagnose disease. It helps the Penn State community move its health research more efficiently and effectively out of the science laboratories and into use by the people who need it.

Keith Robert Aronson, PhD
- Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI)
- Social Science Research Institute (SSRI) - Associate Director
- Penn State Cancer Institute
- Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness - Associate Director
- Cancer Institute, Cancer Control
Person: Academic
19952025
Orfeu M. Buxton
- Biobehavioral Health - Elizabeth Fenton Susman Professor of Biobehavioral Health Professor
- Social Science Research Institute (SSRI)
- Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI)
- Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
- Penn State Neuroscience Institute
- Center For Healthy Aging
Person: Academic
19852025
Vernon Chinchilli, PhD
- Department of Public Health Sciences - Distinguished Professor
- Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
- Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI)
Person: Academic
19822025
Mosuk Chow
- Statistics - Research Professor
- Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI)
Person: Academic
19892017
Nikolay Dokholyan, PhD, MS
- Department of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics - G. Thomas Passananti Professor
- Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) - Associate Director
- Penn State Cancer Institute
- Cancer Institute, Next-Generation Therapies
- Penn State Neuroscience Institute
- Center for Cannabis and Natural Product Pharmaceuticals (CCNPP)
Person: Academic
19942025
Patricia Gordon, MD
Person: Academic
20122024
Michael Green, MS, MD
Person: Academic
19852024
Vasant Gajanan Honavar, PhD
- College of Information Sciences and Technology - Professor and Edward Frymoyer Chair of Information Sciences and Technology
- Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
- Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI)
- Penn State Cancer Institute
- One Health Microbiome Center
- Penn State Neuroscience Institute
- Cancer Institute, Cancer Control
Person: Academic
19892025
Charleen Hsuan, JD, PhD
- Health Policy and Administration - Associate Professor
- Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) - Regulatory Impact Lead, Research Methods Core
Person: Academic
20032025
Lan Kong, MS, PhD
Person: Academic
20032024

A call for civility in peer review
Williamson, A. A., Wallace, M. L., Applegate, A. M. & Buxton, O. M., Feb 2025, In: Sleep health. 11, 1, p. 4-6 3 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
Adaptive Just-in-Time Intervention to Reduce Everyday Stress Responses: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial
Johnson, J. A., Zawadzki, M. J., Sliwinski, M. J., Almeida, D. M., Buxton, O. M., Conroy, D. E., Marcusson-Clavertz, D., Kim, J., Stawski, R. S., Scott, S. B., Sciamanna, C. N., Green, P. A., Repka, E. M., Toledo, M. J. L., Sturges, N. L. & Smyth, J. M., 2025, In: JMIR Research Protocols. 14, e58546.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
Adherence to Physical Activity Recommendations among Stroke Survivors in the United States
Vemuri, A. K., Hejazian, S. S., Sadr, A. V., Zhou, S., Decker, K., Hakun, J., Sciamanna, C., Abedi, V. & Zand, R., Jan 1 2025, In: Stroke. 56, 1, p. 113-121 9 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Antiphase Trunk Motion Reduces Sway Velocity and Ankle Torque During Quiet Stance
Creath, R. A., Venezia, V., Hinkley, B., Sharp, N. & Sciamanna, C., Feb 2025, In: Journal of applied biomechanics. 41, 1, p. 87-94 8 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Association of Subjective Cognitive Concerns With Performance on Mobile App–Based Cognitive Assessment in Cognitively Normal Older Adults: Observational Study
Nester, C. O., De Vito, A. N., Prieto, S., Kunicki, Z. J., Strenger, J., Harrington, K. D., Roque, N., Sliwinski, M. J., Rabin, L. A. & Thompson, L. I., 2025, In: JMIR Aging. 8, e64033.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
Associations between Sleep Health and Child Behavior at Age 6 Years in the INSIGHT Study
Dadzie, A., Master, L., Hohman, E. E., Acton, E. H., Tauriello, S., Paul, I. M., Savage, J. S., Anzman-Frasca, S. & Buxton, O. M., Jan 1 2025, In: Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. 46, 1, p. e56-e63
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
1 Scopus citations
Autonomous Nucleic Acid and Protein Nanocomputing Agents Engineered to Operate in Living Cells
Panigaj, M., Basu Roy, T., Skelly, E., Chandler, M. R., Wang, J., Ekambaram, S., Bircsak, K., Dokholyan, N. V. & Afonin, K. A., Jan 21 2025, In: ACS nano. 19, 2, p. 1865-1883 19 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

Open Access
2 Scopus citations
Behavioural components and delivery features of early childhood obesity prevention interventions: intervention coding of studies in the TOPCHILD Collaboration systematic review
on behalf of the TOPCHILD Collaboration, Dec 2025, In: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 22, 1, 14.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

Open Access
Chance-Corrected Interrater Agreement Statistics for Two-Rater Dichotomous Responses: A Method Review With Comparative Assessment Under Possibly Correlated Decisions
Tian, Z., Chinchilli, V. M., Shen, C. & Zhou, S., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: International Statistical Review.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

Open Access
Characteristics of discrimination and ambulatory cognitive performance among older Black and White adults
Harrington, E. E., Gamaldo, A. A., Sliwinski, M. J., Hakun, J. G., Buxton, O. M., Katz, M. J., Derby, C. A., Foor, K., Engeland, C. G. & Graham-Engeland, J. E., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Current Psychology.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

18 Active
253 Finished

From Research to Clinic: Addressing Ethical and Policy Challenges Facing the Gene Therapy Ecosystem
Maschke, K. J. (PI), McCormick, J. (CoPI) & Gusmano, M. M. K. (CoPI)
National Human Genome Research Institute
8/1/24 → 5/31/25
Project: Research project
Early Intervention to Promote Cardiovascular Health of Mothers and Children in Northern Appalachia
Paul, I. (PI) & Legro, R. (CoPI)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
7/1/24 → 6/30/29
Project: Research project
Impact of brief daily functional resistance training on lower extremity physical performance
Sciamanna, C. (PI)
National Institute on Aging
9/30/23 → 8/31/25
Project: Research project
ADMINISTRATIVE CORE: Penn State University's Translational Center for Child Maltreatment Studies (TCCMS)
Noll, J. G. (PI)
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
4/1/23 → 5/31/25
Project: Research project
Collaborative Research: RI: III: SHF: Small: Multi-Stakeholder Decision Making: Qualitative Preference Languages, Interactive Reasoning, and Explanation
Honavar, V. G. (PI)
National Science Foundation
10/1/22 → 9/30/25
Project: Research project
III: Small: Predictive Modeling from High-Dimensional, Sparsely and Irregularly Sampled, Longitudinal Data
Honavar, V. G. (PI)
National Science Foundation
10/1/22 → 9/30/25
Project: Research project
The Biostatistics Research Center for the Impaired Awareness of Hypoglycemia Consortium
Chinchilli, V. (PI) & Henderson, R. R. J. (CoPI)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
9/25/22 → 12/31/25
Project: Research project
Comparing Two Ways to Improve Walking Ability in Older Adults
Sciamanna, C. (PI)
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
7/1/22 → 3/31/28
Project: Research project
Deciphering Early Stages of Polyomavirus CNS Pathogenesis and Immunity
Lukacher, A. (PI)
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
5/1/22 → 4/30/25
Project: Research project
Data Coordinating Center for the Type 1 Diabetes in Acute Pancreatitis Consortium
Chinchilli, V. (PI) & Tirkes, T. (CoPI)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
9/17/20 → 7/31/25
Project: Research project

Academic Pediatric Association Research Award
Paul, I. (Recipient), 2022
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Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching
McAlevy, M. (Recipient), Bonavia, A. (Recipient), Malhotra, A. (Recipient), Weller, G. E. (Recipient), Waning, D. (Recipient), Lanza, M. (Recipient), Ken, K. (Recipient), McCarver, S. (Recipient), Glasser, J. (Recipient), Schooler, J. (Recipient), Lewis, S. (Recipient), Onks, C. (Recipient), Rao, R. (Recipient), Nickolich, S. (Recipient), Helm, L. (Recipient), Critchfield, L. (Recipient), Myers, K. (Recipient), Green, M. (Recipient), Songdej, N. (Recipient), Narayana, S. (Recipient), Razjouyan, H. (Recipient), Duca, N. (Recipient), Casas, R. (Recipient), Cooper, J. (Recipient), Wright, R. (Recipient), Karasinski, A. (Recipient), Probolus, J. A. (Recipient), Madara, J. (Recipient), Guck, D. (Recipient), Ingram, D. (Recipient), De Obaldia, A. (Recipient), Hussein, R. (Recipient), McGillen, B. (Recipient), Chapman, T. (Recipient), Munyon, R. (Recipient), Kinard, S. R. (Recipient), Banks, S. (Recipient), Genao, I. (Recipient), McShane, M. (Recipient), Allie, S. R. (Recipient), Silberman, Y. (Recipient), Evey, L. (Recipient), McLaughlin, P. (Recipient), Grogan, J. (Recipient), Nguyen, J. (Recipient), Donato, H. (Recipient), Fox, E. (Recipient), Gniady, J. (Recipient), Oladipo, O. (Recipient), Abendroth, C. (Recipient), Keefer, L. (Recipient), Massare, B. (Recipient), Undar, A. (Recipient), Mondal, P. (Recipient), Mainali, G. (Recipient), Jhaveri, P. (Recipient), Freiberg, A. (Recipient), Levenson, R. (Recipient), Mailman, R. (Recipient), Boodoo, R. (Recipient), Francis, A. (Recipient), Hameed, U. (Recipient), Yadav, S. (Recipient), Calo, W. (Recipient), Pinto, C. (Recipient), Cooper, A. (Recipient), Kulaylat, A. (Recipient), Scow, J. (Recipient), Roberts, J. (Recipient), Winder, J. (Recipient), Aminsharifi, A. (Recipient), Adams, N. (Recipient) & van Riggelen, J. (Recipient), 2023
Prize
Evan G. and Helen G. Pattishall Outstanding Research Achievement Award
Buxton, O. M. (Recipient), 2024
Prize: Honorary award
Investigator to Watch Award
Hicks, S. (Recipient), 2018
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MCHB Director’s Award
Paul, I. (Recipient), 2019
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Outstanding Collaborative Research Team
El-Bayoumy, K. (Recipient), Manni, A. (Recipient), Richie, J. (Recipient), Liao, J. (Recipient), Vanden Heuvel, J. P. (Recipient), Demers, L. (Recipient), Dillard, J. (Recipient) & Rogers, C. J. (Recipient), 2016
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