The Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) was created to improve the quality of care for all patients in the community by creating a transformative clinical and translational science discipline that is at the core of the OSU academic culture. The CCTS is funded by The NIH Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA), a NIH Roadmap grant that supports the educational programs and scientific infrastructure necessary to create a new discipline of clinical and translational research. The goal of the CTSA is to speed the translation of new scientific discoveries to enhanced patient outcomes. The CCTS will leverage expertise from colleges across the university including scientists and clinicians from the seven health science colleges, the OSU Medical Center and Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Rebecca Jackson, MD is the principal investigator of the CTSA and co-principal investigators include Drs. William Malarkey and John Barnard of Nationwide Children’s Hospital. The 10 program directors and their co-directors come from varied scientific and educational backgrounds and include faculty from Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Optometry, Public Health, Veterinary Medicine and Dentistry.