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Clinical Translational Research Division (CTRD)

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The function of the Division is to provide data management, statistical, and administrative infrastructure for patient-oriented research of neurological disorders. The Clinical Translational Research Division (CTRD) is located on the 13th floor of the Don Soffer Clinical Research Center. The CTRD is directed by Tatjana Rundek MD, PhD, a vascular neurologist, and neuroscientist with long-standing leadership in clinical translational investigations.

The CTRD engages in collaborative translational research and research training, while also providing administrative and research infrastructure to support faculty and their teams conducting clinical translational studies. These efforts span areas from brain and cognitive aging to the prevention and treatment of neurological disorders. 
An essential component of the Division is to conduct and support discovery, collaborative research in neurology and rapid translation of discoveries to clinical practice in broad dissemination of impact of our research to the public. CTRD has established multiple collaborations partnerships across departments within our University, with national and international institutions, and with multiple public stakeholders nationwide.

Additionally, the CTRD provides support for translational science process from the development of research concepts and team creation to data management, study design and statistical support for the Department of Neurology. The CTRD consists of several functional units: Data management, biostatistics and epidemiology, regulatory and administrative, stroke registry research unit, sleep disorders research unit, Neurosonology Imaging Core, and Clinical trial unit, Research Training and Educational Core.

Our Team

Clinical translational faculty, research scientists, post-doctoral fellows, graduate students, research project managers, clinical research coordinators and ultrasound technologists.

 

David Della-Morte, M.D., P.h.D.

David Della-Morte, M.D., P.h.D.

Associate Professor

Biography: David Della-Morte received his MD degree and his PhD in Clinical Physiopathology and Experimental Medicine at University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy. Since 2005, Dr. Della Morte has been working at the Department of Neurology, University of Miami, and was trained as a Postdoc in Neuroscience at the Cerebrovascular Disease Research Center. Currently, he is a...
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Tatjana Rundek

Tatjana Rundek, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor of Neurology
Publications
Biography: Dr. Rundek is a Professor of Neurology, Executive Vice Chair of Research and Faculty Affairs and Director of Clinical Translational Research Division in the Department of Neurology of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. She is Scientific Director of the Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute at the University of Miami. She is also Director of a Master of Science...
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Emir Veledar, M.D.

Emir Veledar, PhD, FAHA

Publications
Biography: Emir Veledar leads analytical teams, conducts advanced statistical analyses, designs research activities, analyzes complex data sets and reports results. He is research professor, Senior Biostatistician at the Florida Stroke Registry, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Neurology. Before that he was the director of biostatistics at Mount Sinai Icahn School...
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