Rocky Mountain Network for Neuroscience Clinical Studies (RMNNCS)

描述(申请人提供)：为响应RFA-NS-11-008，我们建议发展落基山神经科学临床研究网络(RMNNCS)。该计划将驻留在科罗拉多大学医学院成人和儿童神经病学系内，并将在三个机构之间执行：科罗拉多大学医学院、科罗拉多大学医院和儿童医院。项目主任将由神经学教授蒂莫西·沃尔默博士和儿童神经病学副教授保罗·莱维索恩博士共同担任。联合调查人员将包括许多在成人和儿童神经病学、神经成像和神经外科方面具有人类研究经验的教职员工。共同研究人员包括成人和儿童患者的脑血管疾病、运动障碍、癫痫、行为/认知神经学、神经遗传学、神经免疫学、神经眼科和神经肌肉疾病等领域的专家。与RMNNCS合作，我们建议发展落基山脉神经科学临床研究联盟(RMANCS)。这将是RMNNCS、社区神经学家和社区患者倡导团体之间的合作，这些团体专注于整个落基山脉地区的神经疾病。这将进一步增强RMNNCS接触罕见患者群体进行下一步研究的能力，并为下一代卓越中心确定新的临床研究概念奠定基础。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In response to RFA-NS-11-008, we are proposing to develop the Rocky Mountain Network for Neuroscience Clinical Studies (RMNNCS). This program will reside at the University Of Colorado School Of Medicine within the Departments of Adult and Child Neurology, and will be executed between three institutions: University of Colorado School of Medicine, University of Colorado Hospital and The Children's Hospital. The Program Director will be Dr. Timothy Vollmer, M.D., Professor of Neurology, with Co-Program Director Dr. Paul Levisohn M.D., Associate Professor of Child Neurology. Co-Investigators will include numerous faculty members with experience in human research in adult and child neurology neuroimaging, and neurosurgery. Co-investigators include specialists in the fields of Cerebrovascular Disease, Movement Disorders, Epilepsy, Behavioral/Cognitive Neurology, Neurogenetics, Neuroimmunology, Neuroopthalmology and Neuromuscular Disease in both adult and pediatric patients. In conjunction with the RMNNCS, we propose to develop the Rocky Mountain Alliance for Neuroscience Clinical Studies (RMANCS). This will be collaboration between the RMNNCS, community-based neurologists and community-based patient advocacy groups focused on neurological disease from throughout the Rocky Mountain region. This will further enhance RMNNCS' ability to reach rare patient populations for NEXT studies and lay the foundation for identifying new clinical research concepts for the NEXT Centers of Excellence.