By DoM Communications | Date published: June 3, 2026
NIH Awards $50 Million to UMass Center for Clinical and Translational Science
The UMass Center for Clinical and Translational Science (UMCCTS) has been awarded a seven-year, $50 million renewal of its Clinical and Translational Sciences Award, along with an associated K12 Scholar program, from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health. The UMCCTS leadership team, consisting of Apurv Soni, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine and co-director of the Program in Digital Medicine; Allan Walkey, MD, MSc, professor of medicine and chief of the Division of Health Systems Science; and others, aims to enhance clinical and translational research across the five University of Massachusetts campuses and UMass Memorial Health.
With this grant, Dr. Soni will develop platforms incorporating data from wearable devices to advance the conduct of decentralized clinical trials, while Dr. Walkey will develop a health systems scholar program.