GENERAL CLINICAL RESEARCH CENTER

本申请建议设立全科诊所 霍华德大学研究中心(GCRC)。这个项目的目标是 激发和促进个体化和协作性临床 霍华德大学健康科学中心(HUHSC)的研究。在……里面 为了实现这一目标，GCRC将提供设施、工作人员 以及一个环境，以(1)鼓励创新的个人和 合作临床研究；(2)促进学术互动 临床和基础科学学院之间的合作；(3)支持现有和 将受益于GCRC资源的已规划的临床研究项目； (四)推动特殊的、文化敏感的、临床的调查 在大多数，但不是全部的少数人中遇到的问题 霍华德大学医院服务的人群(哈)；(5)准备 医科学生、家政人员、研究员和初级教员 临床研究；(6)促进HH的持续发展 作为临床和研究培训机构，以出众而闻名 学术和医疗服务。GCRC将设在呼和浩特 最初将包括2张住院床位和4次门诊检查 房间，有适当的人力和物力资源来支持其 程序。GCRC的设施将设在一个前内科病房， 因其现有的设施和地理位置而被选中。初步项目 建议用于此GCRC应用程序，并在其中进行了描述，它们来自 微生物学、内科、儿科、外科和 癌症研究和镰刀细胞中心。具体研究领域 包括哮喘、高血压、肾脏疾病、癌症、糖尿病 脊髓受压，胃肠道疾病，艾滋病和艾滋病毒- 相关条件。这些疾病中的大多数在一般情况下都是常见的 华盛顿大都会社区，以及他们的发病率， 以及相关并发症的严重性，显然是过度的 在HUHSC患者群体中。成立政府资源中心将会提供 有机会调查这些疾病的几个方面和/或 条件同时发生，从而为 开发更具科学和医学价值的 未来的研究和治疗理由。设立 HUHSC的GCRC将加强其现有的研究设施，并 加快转变为卓越的临床研究中心 和训练。

This application proposes the establishment of a General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) at Howard University. The goal of this program is to stimulate and facilitate individual and collaborative clinical research in the Howard University Health Sciences Center (HUHSC). In order to accomplish this goal, the GCRC will provide facilities, staff and an environment to (1) encourage innovative individual and collaborative clinical research; (2) facilitate scholarly interaction between the clinical and basic science faculties; (3) support current and planned clinical research projects that will benefit from GCRC resources; (4) promote investigation of special, culturally-sensitive, clinical problems encountered in the mostly, though not entirely, minority populations served by Howard University Hospital (HUH); (5) prepare medical students, housestaff, fellows, and junior faculty for careers in clinical research, and (6) facilitate the continued development of HUH as a clinical and research training institution, reputed for exceptional academic and medical services. The GCRC will be located in the HUH and will initially consist of 2 inpatient beds and 4 outpatient examining rooms, with appropriate human and physical resources to support its programs. The GCRC facilities will be located on a former medical ward, chosen for its existing facilities and location. Initial projects proposed for, and described in, this GCRC application are from the departments of Microbiology, Medicine, Pediatrics, Surgery, and the Cancer Research and Sickle Cell Centers. Specific areas of research include asthma, hypertension, kidney disease, cancer, diabetes mellitus, spinal cord compression, gastrointestinal disorders, AIDS, and HIV- related conditions. Most of these diseases are common in the general Washington Metropolitan community, and the prevalence of their incidence, as well as the severity of related complications, is notably excessive in the HUHSC patient population. Establishment of a GCRC will provide the opportunity to investigate several aspects of these diseases and/or conditions at the same time, thus providing the foundation for the development of more scientifically and medically note-worthy investigative and treatment rationales for the future. Establishment of a GCRC at the HUHSC will augment its existing research facilities and speed its transformation into a center of excellence in clinical research and training.