Center for Translational Medicine

The Center for Translational Medicine (CTM) is a member of the national Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) consortium, a group of more than 50 medical research institutions that work together and share a common vision to improve the way biomedical research is conducted across the country, reduce the time it takes for laboratory discoveries to become treatments for patients, engage communities in clinical research efforts, and train a new generation of clinical and translational researchers.

The Center provides resources and infrastructure to enable investigators to perform cutting-edge clinical and translational research. The staff, facilities, and resources are available to all researchers at UT Southwestern, and many resources are also available to our Council of Partners.

The mission of the Center for Translational Medicine is to provide the crucial infrastructure necessary for medical scientists to discover and apply new diagnostics and therapeutics for the detection, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease and, thereby, to achieve the goal of improving our nation’s health in a safe, ethical, and responsible manner that ensures an individual’s well-being and the public’s trust.