Laboratory Information:
Clinical Center
10 Center Drive
Bldg. 10 CRC, Suite 6-2551
Room 6-2552
Bethesda, MD 20892
Website: http://www.cc.nih.gov/
Agency/Department: Dept. of Health and Human Services
Region: Mid-Atlantic
FLC Laboratory Representative:
Ms. Lisa Marunycz
Phone: 301-496-2259
Fax: (301) 402-0244
Email: lmarunycz@mail.nih.gov
Background/History of the Laboratory:
The Clinical Center at the National Institutes
of Health is the nation's clinical research hospital. Through clinical
research, scientific discoveries in the laboratory are translated into new and better medical treatments
and
therapies. The Clinical Center organization supports programs in the areas of Clinical Research, Patient
Care and
Hospital Services and Management and Operations.
Mission of the Laboratory:
The NIH Clinical Center is dedicated to
improving human health by providing an outstanding environment that
facilitates development of diagnostic and therapeutic interventions; training of clinical researchers;
and,
development of processes to ensure the safe, efficient, and ethical conduct of clinical research. The
Clinical
Center achieves this mission through a culture that fosters collaboration, innovation, diversity, and
the highest
ethical standards.
Technology Transfer Mechanisms:
- Clinical Research Training
- Fellowships
- Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs)
Technology Areas of Expertise:
- State-of-the-Art Imaging Equipment Procurement
- Transfusion Medicine
- Transfusion-transmitted Infections
- Nursing
- Human Resources Management
- Imaging Sciences
- Immune Cell Harvesting
- Clinical Research Informatics
- Critical Care Medicine
- Molecular Imaging
- Nutrition
- Pharmacy
- Picture Archiving and Communication System/Radiology Information System
- Platelet Transfusion
- Positron Emission Tomography
- Rehabilitation Medicine
- Sickle Cell Anemia and Pain
