NHGRI/DIR Clinical Support Services

NHGRI临床主任办公室以多种方式管理遗传学和基因组学的临床支持服务。1.该办公室为从事罕见遗传病临床研究的医务人员提供广泛的行政支助。这包括卫生保健专业人员的资格认证，支持他们的州许可证，为急性护理提供者提供停车位，安排患者及其测试，安排临床测试合同，并为旅行，外部医疗测试，特别是基因测试提供报销。2.该办公室还为临床研究者提供学术支持和基础设施，包括为研究所制定政策，协助患者招募，通过电话，传真或电子邮件处理患者，医生和国会询问，提供有关临床方案编写的建议，通过IRB批准系统跟踪方案，建立数据安全和监测委员会并每年安排两次会议，并为整个研究所建立和维护统计咨询服务。临床主任还监督行政人员以及研究所的研究护士和执业护士，并安排病房覆盖范围。临床总监监督生物伦理核心并出席IRB会议。3.临床主任办公室通过促进新的举措，如NIH未诊断疾病计划（与罕见疾病研究办公室和NIH临床中心合作），推进NHGRI的临床和转化研究。

The NHGRI Office of the Clinical Director manages Clinical Support Services for Genetics and Genomics in a variety of ways. 1. The Office provides extensive administrative support for medical personnel in their performance of clinical research into rare genetic diseases. This includes credentialing of health care professionals, support of their state licenses, provision of parking spaces for acute care providers, scheduling of patients and their tests, arranging contracts for clinical testing, and providing reimbursement for travel, outside medical testing, and especially genetic testing. 2. The Office also provides academic support and infrastructure for clinical investigators, including the setting of policies for the Institute, assisting in patient recruitment, handling patient, physician, and Congressional inquiries by phone, FAX, or e-mail, providing advice regarding clinical protocol writing, tracking protocols through the IRB approval system, establishing a Data Safety and Monitoring Board and arranging its meetings twice a year, and creating and maintaining a Statistical Consultation Service for the entire Institute. The Clinical Director also supervises the administrative personnel as well as research nurses and nurse practitioners for the Institute, and schedules ward coverage. The Clinical Director supervises the Bioethics Core and attends IRB meetings. 3. The Office of the Clinical Director advances clinical and translational research in the NHGRI by fostering new initiatives such as the NIH Undiagnosed Diseases Program (in collaboration with the Office of Rare Disease Research and the NIH Clinical Center).