GENERAL CLINICAL RESEARCH CENTER

超出提供的空间。 田纳西大学健康科学中心(UTHSC)综合临床研究中心， 已经资助了近40年，要求从12/1/01-11/30/06提供5年的额外支持。我们是 完成缩短的3年筹资周期，并相信我们已经纠正了所有已察觉到的弱点； 因此，我们正在申请“正常”的资助期限。 我们继续扩大面向患者的交叉研究环境的发展 它结合了临床和基础科学研究人员。我们在分子方面有了前所未有的增长 科学。我们在生物信息学方面发起了一项新的倡议，以提供信息系统基础设施 在全校范围内研究教职员工。我们有一名全职的生物信息学教员。我们已经成功地 实施了一项计划，以吸引“最优秀和最聪明的”初级教员参与赞助的临床研究； 今年已经提交了5份K-23奖项的申请。在3个提交的2/1/00，我们是唯一的 GCRC在美国同时获得两个奖项。我们预计将有两个提交的资金决定 在现场视察时的6/1/00。 大学医学中心是UTHSC设施的新合并，于9/1/00宣布成立。 这个新的医院中心将容纳成人儿童基金会。勒邦赫尔儿童医疗中心正在建设一座 全新的儿科CRC。 GCRC比以往任何时候都是学生、住院医生、研究员和年轻教师教育的焦点 和职业发展。分子医学的基础设施在全国范围内具有竞争力。调查人员来自 任何UTHSC及其附属医院都可以对成人或儿科单元进行研究，或使用 利用流动护士/技术团队分散病床概念。我们已显著加强了与 圣犹大儿童研究医院，并在那里设立一名助理主任。

EXCEED THE SPACE PROVIDED. The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) General Clinical Research Center, which has been funded for close to 40 years, requests 5 years of additional support, from 12/1/01-11/30/06. We are completing a shortened cycle of 3 years' funding and believe that we have corrected all perceived weaknesses; thus we are applying for the "normal" duration of funding. We have continued to expand the development of a cross-cutting patient oriented research environment which couples clinical and basic science investigators. We have had unprecedented growth in the molecular sciences. We have undertaken a new initiative in Bioinformatics to provide information systems infrastructure to research faculty campus-wide. We have a full-time Bioinformatics faculty member. We have successfully implemented a program to attract the "best and brightest" junior faculty to enter into sponsored clinical research; 5 applications for K-23 awards have been submitted this year. Of the 3 submitted 2/1/00, we were the only GCRC in the USA to receive 2 simultaneous awards. We expect to have funding decisions for the 2 submitted on 6/1/00 at the time of the site visit. The University Medical Center, a new amalgamation of UTHSC facilities, was announced on 9/1/00. This new hospital center will house the Adult CRC. Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center is building a completely new Pediatric CRC. As never before the GCRC is the focal point for student, resident, fellow, and young faculty education and career development. The infrastructure for molecular medicine is nationally competetive. Investigators from any of the UTHSC and affiliated hospitals may perform studies on the Adult or Pediatric Units or use the scatter bed concept utilizing mobile nurse/tech teams. We have significantly strengthened our association with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and have an Assistant Director centered there.