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By
Jennifer
M. Bonck
UK GCRC designed and developed the Web site in cooperation with the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), a division of the NIH. The site offers information and communication resources integral to the pursuit of clinical research. It also offers an accessible central forum to maintain cooperative and collaborative relationships among centers throughout the country.
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April
4, 2003 (Lexington, Ky.) --
The University of Kentucky is leading the way in a
key mission of the National
Institutes of Health (NIH)—maintaining communication
networks among clinical research centers across the
nation.
The
UK
General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) Core Lab and
Informatics Division recently launched the National
GCRC Core Laboratory Web site at the 2003 GCRC
National Annual Conference recently held in Baltimore.
UK
GCRC designed and developed the Web site in cooperation
with the National
Center for Research Resources (NCRR), a division
of the NIH. The site
offers information and communication resources integral
to the pursuit of clinical research. It also offers
an accessible central forum to maintain cooperative
and collaborative relationships among centers throughout
the country.
M. Chris Langub, Ph.D., director, UK GCRC Core Lab
and Informatics Divisions; Eva Li, M.S., systems manager;
Nancy Kukulinsky, Ph.D., UK GCRC administrative director;
and Hartmut Malluche, UK GCRC program director, were
integral to the development of the site. Geoffrey
Cheung, Ph.D., NCRR medical officer, oversees the
UK GCRC at NIH-NCRR.
Cheung
and other NIH-NCRR officers were present for the launching
of the site at the recent national conference. These
officers included Anthony Hayward, M.D., Ph.D., associate
director for clinical research, NCRR, and Elaine Collier,
Ph.D., NCRR medical officer.
Since 1985, the UK
GCRC has had continued funding from NCRR to provide
clinical scientists the essential resources necessary
to conduct patient-oriented research, and last year
was awarded funding of $11.6 million for the next
five years from NIH.
The mission of the National Association of GCRC Core
Laboratories is to provide a cooperative communication
network between the NIH, NCRR, and the GCRC laboratory
directors, managers and professional laboratory staff.
To learn more about this national project, visit the
National GCRC Core Laboratory Web site at www.gcrclab.org.
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