CENTER FOR PEDIATRIC RESEARCH

On September 17, 2010, the Center for Pediatric Research (CPR), secured our second 5-year National Institutes of Health (NIH) Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) competitive grant renewal of $9.5 million to continue with COBRE Phase II. The grant (P20-GM103464) is currently funded through the IDeA program of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences. Over the last 4 years, the program has explored the research proposals of three new target investigators, Drs. Thierry Morlet, Soonmoon Yoo, and Kamin Johnson, and one transitional investigator, Dr. AnneMarie Brescia. All of these projects have been supported by the strong infrastructure of the core directors, Drs. Katia Sol-Church, Rob Mason, Tim Bunnell, and Rob Akins. In addition, COBRE Phase II has supported pilot projects, and actively participated in the recruitment of additional mid- and senior-level translational researchers to facilitate the program. The central goals of the CPR are to give rise to pediatric..

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