Earlier this month, on April 16, Trinity Health System and Franciscan University of Steubenville hosted their Annual Clinical Research Conference.

This collaborative event serves as a vital platform for healthcare professionals, educators, and residents to explore emerging medical research and clinical innovations.

Held at Christ the Teacher Building on the Franciscan University Campus in Steubenville, the symposium featured a comprehensive schedule of scholarly lectures and resident poster presentations.

Our thanks to the Herald-Star and reporter Ross Gallabrese for covering this event. Here’s an excerpt from the article: 

STEUBENVILLE — Good things happen when major institutions work together to ensure that future generations of health care professionals are prepared well.

That was a major talking point Thursday, when the Franciscan University of Steubenville and Trinity Health System hosted their first Clinical Research Conference.

“A collaboration like this is important, when you consider there are two major institutions in Steubenville — one is the Franciscan University, and the other is Trinity,” said Dr. Joseph Pathakamuri. “This collaboration is really a priority, because the goal of both institutions is to help — that’s the nature of the mission. So, this collaboration helps us to train the residents well so they can serve the community well and give quality health care.”

Pathakamuri was speaking during a break in the all-day event that was held at the Pope Paul VI Conference Center inside the Christ the Teacher Academic Hall on the university’s campus. The school, he explained, has been actively involved in supporting graduate medical education for the medical residents at Trinity.

A professor of biology and executive director of wellness initiatives at the university, Pathakamuri said the institutions have been collaborating on various projects for several years.

“COVID-19 is when everything started,” he said. “Franciscan University came together with Trinity to help with all of the testing so they could their surgeries.”

That arrangement, in which Franciscan loaned equipment to Trinity, eliminated the need to send tests to a lab in Pittsburgh, and cut the waiting time for results by 24 hours, it was reported at the time.

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Photo by Ross Gallabrese and courtesy of the Herald-Star: CONFERENCE — Dr. Amy Meister, president of UPMC community and ambulatory services and senior vice president of UPMC, and Dr. Joseph Pathakamuri, professor of biology and executive director of wellness initiatives at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, were among those who participated in Thursday’s Clinical Research Conference.