Children’s National Medical Center and The George Washington University, through the Novel Clinical and Translational Methodologies (NCTM) program at the Clinical and Translational Science Institute at Children’s National (CTSI-CN), have awarded four projects totaling $120,000 to researchers to develop and test innovative technologies and methodologies. These projects are meant to accelerate translational science and the conversion of scientific discoveries from laboratories into practical medical advances for our patients and communities.
The NCTM Request for Application sought proposals from basic, translational, clinical, social/behavioral, and community/health policy scientists. One of the goals of the NCTM program is to advance collaborations in clinical and translational research by interdisciplinary teams of investigators. We are pleased to announce the awardees who were selecting from a pool of 20 meritorious applications.
Principal Investigator(s): Stanley Frick, PhD (CNMC)
Project: From In-Vivo Images to Histology, the "Miter Box"
Principal Investigator(s): George Howe, PhD (GW)
Sidney Fu, MD, PhD (GW)
Project: Microtrial Methods for Translating Gene-Environment Dynamics into
Preventive Interventions: Application to Stress-Triggered Depression in
Adults Facing Job Loss
Principal Investigator(s): Valerie Hu, PhD (GW)
Akos Vertes, PhD (GW)
Project: Quantification of DNA Methylation in Autism using MALDI-TOF Mass
Spectrometry
Principal Investigator(s): Steve Zeichner, MD, PhD (CNMC)
Claire Fraser-Liggett, PhD (University of Maryland)
Project: Development of Intestinal Selection of Immunogenic Antigens (ISIA)
Technology
Edward Connor, MD, is the director of the Novel Clinical and Translational Methodologies Clinical and Translational Science Institute at Children’s National; Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, is the co-Director of the Novel Clinical and Translational Methodologies, Clinical and Translational Science Institute at Children’s National; and Stephen Teach, MD, MPH, oversees the Pilot Studies Program for the Clinical and Translational Science Institute at Children’s National.
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