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General Clinical Research Center
University Hospital, 5E
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
2211 Lomas Boulevard Northeast
Albuquerque, NM 87106
Grant No. M01 RR00997
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For information
about this GCRC and how to access its resources, please
contact:
Administrative Manager
Selina R. Keryte, B.A.
505-272-2366; Fax: 505-272-0266
E-mail: skeryte@salud.unm.edu
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Program Director
Patrick Boyle, M.D.
505-272-4658; Fax: 505-272-5155
E-mail: pboyle@salud.unm.edu
Principal Investigator
Paul Roth, M.D.
505-272-2321; Fax: 505-272-6581
E-mail: proth@salud.unm.edu
Associate Program Director
Mark Schuyler, M.D.
505-272-6027; Fax: 505-272-0266
E-mail: mschuyler@salud.unm.edu
Associate Program Director
Lu-Ann Papile, M.D.
505-272-3967; Fax: 505-272-6845
E-mail: lpapile@unm.edu
Research Subject Advocate
Liz Mino, Ph.D.
505-272-6817; Fax: 505-272-0266
E-mail: lmino@salud.unm.edu
Nurse Manager
Lorraine Martinez, R.N.
505-272-2770; Fax: 505-272-0266
E-mail: jkpayne@salud.unm.edu
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Nutrition Research Manager
Rosemary Wold, M.S., R.D., L.D.
505-272-5501; Fax: 505-272-0266
E-mail: rwold@salud.unm.edu
Research Coordinator/Outpatient Supervisor
Sandra McClelland, M.S.N., R.N., C.F.N.P.
505-272-0193; Fax: 505-272-0266
E-mail: SMcClelland@salud.unm.edu
Laboratory Manager
Toney Brazfield
505-272-3619; Fax: 505-272-8391
E-mail: tbrazfield@salud.unm.edu
Biostatistician
Clifford Qualls, Ph.D.
505-272-2368; Fax: 505-272-0266
E-mail: cqualls@salud.unm.edu
Computer Systems Manager
Lori Sloane
505-272-2523; Fax: 505-272-0266
E-mail: lori@salud.unm.edu
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Special Assays, Services, or Tests
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ACTH
Albumin
Alcohol (ethanol)
Aldosterone
Antidiuretic hormone
Apolipoprotein A-I
Apolipoprotein B
Beta-endorphin
C-peptide
Cortisol–serum and urine
Cotinine–saliva and urine
D-[5]- and D-[4]-tyrosine—GC/MS
11-Deoxycortisol
N,N-dimethyltryptamine
Free fatty acid
FSH
GH
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Glucagon
Glucose, D-[2]-glucose, GC/MS
Glycerol, D-[5]-glycerol, GC/MS
Glycohemoglobin
Insulin, polyethylene glycol (PEG) insulin
Ketoacids, GC/MS
Ketones, enzymatic method, GC/MS
Lactate, GC/MS
Leucine, GC/MS
LH
Lipoprotein (a)
D-[5]-L-phenylalanine, GC/MS
Prolactin
Pyruvate, GC/MS
Somatomedin C
TSH
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Special Resources, Instruments, or Services
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Anthropometry
Beta and gamma counters
Bioelectrical impedance analysis
Chemiluminescence instrument
Complete clinical nutrition services
ELISA assay capability
GC/MS
Grass EEG recorder
HPLC
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Hydrostatic weighing center with measurement of residual
lung volume by helium dilution
Indirect calorimetry
IREX echocardiography, M mode
Quinton treadmill
Sleep study facility, including 4,500 lux full spectrum
light
Vitalog
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Aging: Longitudinal study of aging process; body
composition of the elderly; health status of elderly
Hispanics.
Endocrinology: Growth hormone action; regulation of
FSH, LH, prolactin, estrogen, and testosterone secretion in
acquired hypogonadism of aging and in athletes;
pituitary-end-organ function in depressed patients;
regulation of gene expression of corticotropin-releasing
factor.
Immunology: Tumor immunology; pathobiology; effects
of aging on the immune system.
Infectious Diseases: Therapies influencing HIV
biology; long-term follow-up of hantavirus infection;
papillomavirus infection inducing cervical dysplasia.
Metabolism: Insulin delivery systems;
counterregulatory hormones in type 1 and 2 diabetes;
brittle diabetes; stable isotope studies of glucose
production and disposal; glucose clamp investigations;
diabetic complications: neuropathy; role of aldose
reductase by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR); brain energy
metabolism during hypoglycemia; diabetes prevention
program; minimal model in gestational diabetes; Diabetes
Prevention Trial, type 1 diabetes.
Neonatology: Pulsed Doppler flow; infections in
newborns; bronchopulmonary dysplasia; cerebral hemorrhage
in premature infants; adrenal function in newborns;
neonatal pulmonary function; growth factors in neonates;
high-frequency ventilation, oxygen utilization in newborns;
erythropoietin and cytokine use in critically ill infants;
NIH Neonatal Network studies.
Nephrology: Hemodynamics of diabetic nephropathy;
endothelin-1 and hypertension in end-stage renal disease.
Neurology: Proton NMR spectroscopy of brain in
multi-infarct dementia; natural history of multiple
sclerosis by NMR; magnetoencephalography applications in
stroke.
Nutrition: Obesity; nutrition in the elderly.
Oncology: Application of recombinant
marrow-stimulating hormones in high-dose chemotherapy.
Pediatrics: Protein and ketone turnover in
critically ill infants and children; pharmacotherapy of
acute asthma; mechanical ventilation and hemodynamics.
Psychiatry: Treatment of schizophrenia; informed
consents.
Sports Medicine: Investigation of hydration in
competitive athletes.
Women and Minority Health: Health in elderly
Hispanics; genetics of asthma in Hispanics; hypoglycemia in
diabetic Zuni Indians; molecular epidemiology of breast
cancer in New Mexico Hispanics; aldose reductase gene
expression in Hispanics; stroke incidence among Hispanics
and Native Americans; renal disease in Zuni Indians.
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