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Clinical Research Resources Directory

Georgia

 
Emory University School of Medicine (Atlanta)
Satellite: Emory University School of Medicine (Atlanta)

 
Emory University School of Medicine
W. Dean Warren General Clinical Research Center
Emory University Hospital, Suite GG-23
1364 Clifton Road, NE
Atlanta, GA 30322

URL: http://GCRC.med.emory.edu

Grant No. M01 RR00039
For information about this GCRC and how to access its resources, please contact:

Administrative Director
Diane Hicklin-Blackshear, M.P.A.
404-727-3536; Fax: 404-727-5563
E-mail: diane_blackshear@emoryhealthcare.org
 

Key Staff Members

Program Director
Lawrence S. Phillips, M.D.
404-727-1392; Fax: 404-616-5222
E-mail: medlsp@emory.edu

Principal Investigator
Thomas J. Lawley, M.D.
404-727-5630; Fax: 404-727-0473
E-mail: tlawley@emory.edu

Associate Program Director
Thomas R. Ziegler, M.D.
404-727-7351; Fax: 404-727-5563
E-mail: tzieg01@emory.edu

Research Subject Advocate
Suzanne S. P. Gebhart, M.D.
404-778-4528; Fax: 404-727-5563
E-mail: sgebhar@emory.edu

Core Laboratory Director
Dean P. Jones, Ph.D.
404-727-7350; Fax: 404-727-5363
E-mail: dpjones@emory.edu
Nurse Manager
Joyce Oglesby, R.N., B.S.N.
404-727-3528; Fax: 404-727-5511
E-mail: joyce_oglesby@emoryhealthcare.org

Nutrition Manager
Kay Umeakunne, M.S., R.D., L.D.
404-712-7239; Fax: 404-727-5563
E-mail: kumeaku@emory.edu

Biostatistician
Amita Manatunga, Ph.D.
404-727-1309; Fax: 404-727-1370
E-mail: amanatu@sph.emory.edu

Informatics Core Manager
Neeta Shenvi, M.S.
404-712-1235; Fax: 404-727-5563
E-mail: nshenvi@sph.emory.edu

Computer System Manager
George Cotsonis, M.S.
404-727-3845; Fax: 404-727-5563
E-mail: george_cotsonis@emoryhealthcare.org
 

Center Resources

Special Resources, Instruments, or Services

Bioinformatics core
Body composition assessment laboratory
Clinical chemistry core laboratory
Five-station outpatient unit, with two beds and three infusion recliners
Molecular cell biology laboratory
Nine private inpatient rooms
Nutrition metabolic kitchen
Treatment and procedure room

Major Areas of Investigation

Cardiology: Extracellular superoxide dismutase; hyponatremia, depression and cardiovascular risk; oxidative stress; aortic atherosclerotic plaque.

Digestive Diseases: Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt; primary biliary cirrhosis.

Endocrinology and Metabolism: Diabetes prevention; growth hormone deficiency.

Genetics: Maple syrup urine disease; inborn errors of metabolism; mucopolysaccharidosis; galactosemia; trisomy 21; Fabry disease; mitochondrial disease; Turner syndrome; phenylketonuria.

Geriatrics: Geriatric nocturia; nocturia in male veterans.

Hematology: Platelet production and destruction; bone marrow transplantation, leukemia and T cells; sickle cell disease; islet cell transplantation; dialysis.

Neurology: Pallidotomy and Parkinson's disease; transcranial magnetic stimulation; neurology registry; ventriculoperitoneal shunting.

Nutrition: Dietary N3 fatty acids; short bowel syndrome; glutathione redox.

Psychiatry: Hippocampal memory function; drug abuse in schizophrenia; ischemic heart disease; major depression exaggerated platelet reactivity; early life stress and depression.

Renal Disease: Polycystic kidney disease; sickle cell glomerulopathy.
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Emory University School of Medicine (Satellite)
General Clinical Research Center Satellite
Grady Health System, Unit 8A
80 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive, SE
P.O. Box 26107
Atlanta, Georgia 30303

URL: http://GCRC.med.emory.edu

Grant No. M01 RR00039
For information about this satellite and how to access its resources, please contact:

Administrative Manager
Jason Patterson, M.S.W., M.P.H.
404-616-0063; Fax: 404-616-5222
E-mail: TBA/A>
 

Key Staff Members

Program Director
Lawrence S. Phillips, M.D.
404-727-1392; Fax: 404-616-5222
E-mail: medlsp@emory.edu

Associate Program Director
Juha P. Kokko, M.D.
404-712-9792; Fax: 404-616-5222
E-mail: juho_kokko@emory.edu

Research Subject Advocate
Suzanne S. P. Gebhart, M.D.
404-778-4528; Fax: 404-727-5563
E-mail: sgebhar@emory.edu

Nurse Manager
Ida Smith, B.S., R.N.
404-616-0064; Fax: 404-616-5222
E-mail: ismith@gmh.edu

 

Major Areas of Investigation

Emergency Medicine: Treatment of blunt traumatic brain injury.

Endocrine: Screening for impaired glucose tolerance.

Infectious Disease: HIV vaccine trials.

Neurology: Interventional management of stroke, warfarin aspirin symptomatic intracranial disease.

Nutrition: Effect of alpha linoleic acid on mediators of atherosclerosis, role of nutrition in treating sickle cell disease.

Psychiatry: Treatment of interferon-alpha-2b recombinant associated side effects in chronic hepatitis C; neurobiological mechanisms of drug abuse in schizophrenia.

Renal Disease: Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease; genetic epidemiology of blood pressure response to angiotensin receptor blocker; pathogenesis of glomerulopathy in sickle cell anemia.

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