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Research Training Programs
Child Health Research Career Development Award (CHRCDA)
The Child Health Research Career Development Award (CHRCDA) center at Children’s was established in 2000. Its goal is to train pediatric investigators to perform research in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of genetic and acquired disorders in childhood. The focus 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, and Neuroscience. In the initial five years of funding we will have sponsored 10 CHRCDA Scholars. Four of the CHRCDA scholars have already been successful in obtaining individual K awards from NIH, one is a co-principal investigator on an RO1 grant, and 2 have submitted RO1s that are currently under review. We seek to attract extraordinarily gifted pediatricians who wish to perform translational research.
Contact Information:
Stephan Ladisch, MD
Program Director, CHRCDA
Children's Research Institute
Center for Cancer and Immunology Research
Children's National Medical Center
111 Michigan Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20010
202-476-3898
202-476-3929 fax
sladisch@cnmc.org
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Clinical Investigator NIH funded
K12 Pediatric Scholar Award Program
The NCRR Pediatric Clinical Research Scholars (PCRS) Program in Washington, D.C., is a consortium effort 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:
1) Fundamental and comprehensive mentored training in clinical research methodology;
2) Mandatory courses relevant to clinical research that can lead to a post-graduate degree;
3) Training in the responsible conduct of research; and
4) An intensive supervised clinical research project involving one or more of the three GCRCs.
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 research in infant mortality, violence prevention, HIV prevention in adolescents, and prediction of outcome following injury or severe illness.
Contact Information:
Mendel Tuchman, MD
Children’s Research Institute
Center for Clinical Research and Experimental Therapeutics
Children's National Medical Center
111 Michigan Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20010
202-476-3109
202-476-6014 fax
mtuchman@cnmc.org
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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 General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) currently offers a 3-month internship programs for 2 nd through 4 th year medical students. 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 3 rd or 4 th year of training. This program is designed to provide early training in, and exposure to, high quality clinical research. A full year fellowship program is being considered on a case by case basis. Students interested in the Mentored Medical Student program at Children's should contact the GCRC Administrative Kerstin Hildebrandt.
Contact Information:
Kerstin Hildebrandt
General Clinical Research Center Administrative Director
Children's Research Institute
Children's National Medical Center
111 Michigan Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20010
202-476-3584
khildebr@cnmc.org
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Pediatric Residents
Children's residents interested in an elective GCRC rotation or doing research on the GCRC are encouraged to present their research proposal to the residency and GCRC program directors.
Contact Information:
Janet Barbour
Coordinator, Pediatric Residency Program
Children's National Medical Center
111 Michigan Avenue, NW, W3.5, 600
Washington, DC 20016
202-476-3950
202-476-4741 Fax
JBarbour@cnmc.org
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Nursing Students
The GCRC provides opportunities for elected rotations for undergraduate nursing students from colleges affiliated with Children's. 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.
Contact Information:
Marlene Lee, RN
General Clinical Research Center Nurse Manager
Children's Research Institute
Children's National Medical Center
111 Michigan Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20010
202-476-2298
mlee@cnmc.org
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