Established in 2010, the Southern California Clinical and Translational Science Institute (SC CTSI) is one of 60 NIH-funded Clinical Translational Science Awards with a mandate to increase the efficiency and quality of translational research.
SC CTSI helps accelerate scientific discoveries and their application in real-life settings to address the specific health needs of urban and diverse populations and improve human health, by helping researchers obtain the education, resources and collaborations necessary to translate discoveries into practice.
The SC CTSI is a partnership among leading Southern California academic, clinical and community health organizations, including Children's Hospital Los Angeles, that are jointly working to identify major regional health problems -- and to direct world-class researchers and health care providers to develop new solutions for those problems.