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Research Training Program
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Child Health Research Career Development Award (CHRCDA)
The Child Health Research Career Development Award (CHRCDA) Center at Children’s was established in 2000. The CHRCDA trains pediatric investigators to perform research in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of genetic and acquired disorders in childhood. We seek to attract extraordinarily gifted pediatricians who wish to perform translational research. The focus of the CHRCDA has been on training pediatricians in the new molecular biological techniques needed to perform translational research in four multidisciplinary research areas:
- Cell biology
- Virology/immunology
- Molecular genetics
- Neuroscience
In the first five years of funding, Children’s National has sponsored 10 CHRCDA scholars. Four of the CHRCDA scholars successfully obtained individual K awards from NIH, one is a co-principal investigator on an RO1 grant, and two submitted RO1s that are currently under review.
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Clinical Investigator NIH funded K12 Pediatric Scholar Award Program
The NCRR Pediatric Clinical Research Scholars (PCRS) Program in Washington, DC, is a consortium between Children's National Medical Center, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Georgetown University Medical Center, and Howard University Hospital. The goal of the PCRS program is to increase the number of well-trained and innovative pediatric clinical investigators who are able to design and conduct all phases of patient-oriented research and who will become leaders of multidisciplinary clinical research efforts.
The individualized and structured PCRS training program includes:
- Fundamental and comprehensive mentored training in clinical research methodology;
- Mandatory courses relevant to clinical research that can lead to a post-graduate degree;
- Training in the responsible conduct of research; and
- An intensive supervised clinical research project involving one or more of the three General Clinical Research Centers.
Available clinical research training areas include:
- behavioral medicine and clinical neuroscience with research interests in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), language disorders, feeding disorders, and depression;
- genetic medicine with research in sickle cell disease, hemochromatosis, inborn errors of metabolism, hypertension and muscular dystrophies;
- oncology, with studies in brain tumors and leukemia;
- hematology, immunology, and infectious diseases with research in HIV, transfusion and hepatitis C, iron overload and vaccine development;
- experimental therapeutics with drug trials in cancer, infectious diseases, and neurological disorders; and
- health services and public health research with studies of infant mortality, violence prevention, HIV prevention in adolescents, and prediction of outcome following injury or severe illness.
For more information, contact: Mendel Tuchman, MD
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Mentored Medical Student Internship Program
A variety of mentored clinical research opportunities are available at Children's for medical students at all levels of training. As part of the NIH funded Mentored Medical Student program, the Pediatric General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) currently offers 3-month internship programs for medical students in their second, third, or fourth years. The 3-month full-time rotation can be scheduled over the summer months for pre-clinical students, or as part of an elective rotation in the third or fourth year of training. This program provides early training in, and exposure to, high quality clinical research. A full year fellowship program may be considered on a case by case basis. Students interested in the Mentored Medical Student program at Children's should contact the GCRC Administrative Director, Kolaleh Eskandanian.
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Pediatric Residents
Children's residents interested in an elective GCRC rotation or conducting research within the Pediatric General Clinical Research Center at Children’s National are encouraged to present research proposals to the residency and GCRC program directors.
For more information, contact Janet Barbour, Coordinator, Pediatric Residency Program.
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Nursing Students
The Pediatric General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) provides opportunities for undergraduate nursing students from colleges affiliated with Children's to take elective rotations here. Nurses pursuing graduate studies involving clinical research projects are encouraged to contact the GCRC Nurse Manager Marlene Lee, RN, for information on how the GCRC can provide assistance in the conduct of their research.
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