UNYTE Translational Research Network

The UR-CTSI operates UNYTE to increase the quality and quantity of translational research in the Upstate New York region through collaborative research and resource sharing. UNYTE consists of 18 member biomedical research institutions located in Upstate New York from Albany to Buffalo. UNYTE was created to assist faculty and trainees and improve access to expertise, technologies, services, and curricula shared among institutions, fostering collaborative research, reducing resource duplication, and enhancing bidirectional transfer of information between basic and clinical investigators. If considered as a group, UNYTE member institutions would rank as the 10th largest NIH-funded institution. Accomplishments include the development and implementation of a collaborative IRB model, and the implementation of an online regional research resource database.

Through UNYTE, the UR-CTSI coordinates network-wide Scientific Sessions, bringing together translational researchers from member institutions for topic-specific conferences to generate new cross-institutional scientific projects.

Member Institutions:

  1. Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences & Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences – Pharmaceutical Research Institute (PRI)
  2. Albany Medical College
  3. Bassett Healthcare Network
  4. Binghamton University, SUNY
  5. Cornell University - Division of Nutritional Sciences
  6. Guthrie Health System
  7. Masonic Medical Research Laboratory
  8. New York Chiropractic College
  9. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  10. Rochester Institute of Technology
  11. Roswell Park Cancer Institute
  12. Syracuse University
  13. Trudeau Institute
  14. University at Albany, SUNY
  15. University at Buffalo, SUNY
  16. University of Rochester
  17. Upstate Medical University, SUNY
  18. Wadsworth Center, NYSDOH

UNYTE has the potential to facilitate population-based studies. Through its member institutions, UNYTE has access to several populations which are understudied, including:

  • Rural populations, research programs in rural health, and vertically integrated rural health programs
  • Deaf and hard of hearing (D/HOH) populations through the National Center for Deaf Health Research

UNYTE offers a pilot funding programopen to investigators at research institutions across the Upstate region. The objective of the program is to catalyze the formation of multi-institutional, cross-disciplinary research teams that are focused on a critical issue in clinical or translational research. To receive funding, projects must involve collaboration from at least two UNYTE member institutions.

TheUNYTE Research Project Databaseis an on-line, searchable inventory of research projects that have taken place at UNYTE institutions. The information may help users find collaborators or mentors across UNYTE via the database’s fast and easy search tools.