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Center for Genetic Medicine
The Research Center for Genetic Medicine was established in 1999 with the goal of an open, collaborative, multi-disciplinary network of researchers. The Center currently houses approximately 80 scientists (25 faculty) in an open laboratory structure (no walls) with shared infrastructure. Funding to the Center is from NIH, government, donations, and foundations.
The emphasis of the Center is on translational research (bench-to-bedside), and on emerging technologies (genomics, proteomics, large scale public access databases). The Center houses an independent computing infrastructure and support personnel, and extensive equipment for high throughput data generation. The infrastructure is extensively utilized by investigators at Children's, greater metro DC, and nationally, through a series of funded Core programs (see the NIH NICHD NCMRR site as an example).
Muscular dystrophy and muscle physiology are used as a “prototype” for interdisciplinary research and support infrastructure (see the Wellstone site as an example). The accomplished goal of the Center is to transfer the same interdisciplinary model to many other health problems. Multi-lab focus groups include those focused on neurological disorders (white matter disease, brain tumors, spinal cord injury), lung disease (asthma, acute lung injury), bone health, exercise and sports medicine, metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes, public access databases, bioinformatics development, urea cycle disorders, and others.`
Research Testing offered through the Research Center for Genetic Medicine at Children’s National Medical Center
Key Links:
Contact:
Center Administrator
Marie Pichaske
Research Center for Genetic Medicine
mpichaske@cnmc.org
Center Director
Eric Hoffman
Research Center for Genetic Medicine
ehoffman@cnmcresearch.org
Children's Research Institute
Children's National Medical Center
111 Michigan Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20010
202-476-6029
202-476-6014 fax
Programmatic Areas
Disorders Studied
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