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Clinical Research Resources Directory

Iowa

 
University of Iowa
General Clinical Research Center
157 Medical Research Facility
University of Iowa Hospitals
Iowa City, IA 52242

URL: www.medicine.uiowa.edu/gcrc/

Grant No. M01 RR00059
For information about this GCRC and how to access its resources, please contact:

Administrative Manager
Mary E. McDermott
319-384-8319; Fax: 319-384-8325
E-mail: mary-mcdermott@uiowa.edu
 

Key Staff Members

Program Director
William G. Haynes, M.D.
319-356-8469; Fax: 319-353-7340
E-mail: william-haynes@uiowa.edu

Principal Investigator
Jean E. Robillard, M.D.
319-335-8064; Fax: 319-335-8336
E-mail: jean-robillard@uiowa.edu

Associate Program Director
John A. Widness, M.D.
319-356-8102; Fax: 319-356-8669
E-mail: john-widness@uiowa.edu

Associate Program Director
Joel N. Kline, M.D.
319-353-8551; Fax: 319-353-6406
E-mail: joel-kline@uiowa.edu

Associate Program Director
Clark M. Stanford, D.D.S., Ph.D.
319-335-7381; Fax: 319-335-8895
E-mail: clark-stanford@uiowa.edu
Research Subject Advocate
Janet A. Schlechte, M.D.
319-384-8305; Fax: 319-384-8325
E-mail: janet-schlechte@uiowa.edu

Nurse Manager
Dixie J. Ecklund, R.N., M.S.N., M.B.A.
319-356-1060; Fax: 319-353-8348
E-mail: dixie-ecklund@uiowa.edu

Nutrition Research Manager
Phyllis J. Stumbo, Ph.D., R.D.
319-384-9746; Fax: 319-384-8325
E-mail: phyllis-stumbo@uiowa.edu

Biostatistician
Leon F. Burmeister, Ph.D.
319-384-5488; Fax: 319-384-5455
E-mail: leon-burmeister@uiowa.edu

Core Laboratory Director
Bradley G. Phillips, Pharm.D.
319-335-8752; Fax: 319-353-5646
E-mail: bradley-phyllis@uiowa.edu
 

Center Resources

Special Resources, Instruments, or Services

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring
Dual-energy X-ray bone densitometry
Endothelial function

Major Areas of Investigation

Cardiology: Vascular effects of homocysteine; mechanisms and mediators of diabetes-induced vasculopathy; regulation of sympathetic nerve activity; sympathetic neurovascular responses to diabetes.

Clinical Pharmacology: Mechanisms of obesity-induced hypertension; cytochrome P450 inhibition and induction; xanthine oxidase and vascular dysfunction in smokers.

Dentistry: Fluoride and bone development in children.

Diabetes: Diabetes prevention trial; vascular disease and endothelial function.

Endocrinology: Prolactin-secreting pituitary tumors; bone loss in women with eating disorders.

Hematology and Oncology: Phase I trial of humanized monoclonal antibodies; RAS suppression in hematologic malignancies.

Infectious Diseases: Fabry's disease; HIV drug therapy.

Neonatology: Effect of iron supplementation and erythropoietin in premature infants; growth of low-birthweight infants.

Nephrology: Collaborative clinical trials in transplantation.

Neurology: Neurotransmitter systems for emotional memory; pharmacological basis of decision making.

Obstetrics and Gynecology: Chlamydia and tubal factor infertility; lactation in mothers of premature infants; molecular genetics of preeclampsia/eclampsia.

Ophthalmology: Optic nerve head ischmic disorders; ocular melanoma.

Orthopedics: Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; congenital hip dysplasia.

Otolaryngology: Cochlear implants; autoimmune inner ear disease.

Pediatrics: Fetal anemia with hydrops; Turner's syndrome; IgA nephropathy; congenital adrenal hyperplasia; constipation.

Psychiatry: Genetic study of alcohol use; post-stroke depression; fragile X syndrome.

Pulmonary Diseases: Regulation of alveolar macrophage function; cytokine production in lung injury and asbestosis; organic dust-induced airway disease; genetics of cystic fibrosis therapy; pulmonary fibrosis.

Women's Health: Women's Health Initiative.
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