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Clinical Research Resources Directory

Utah

 
University of Utah
General Clinical Research Center, Room 4R210 SOM
University of Utah Medical Center
30 North 1900 East
Salt Lake City, UT 84132-2411

URL: http://crc-gw.med.utah.edu

Grant No. M01 RR00064
For information about this GCRC and how to access its resources, please contact:

Administrative Director
Sandi Cameron-Greene
801-581-6736; Fax: 801-583-1461
E-mail: sandra.cameron-greene@hsc.utah.edu
 

Key Staff Members

Program Director
James P. Kushner, M.D.
801-581-6736; Fax: 801-585-1461
E-mail: james.kushner@hsc.utah.edu

Principal Investigator
A. Lorris Betz, M.D.
801-581-7480; Fax: 801-585-3109
E-mail: lorris.betz@hsc.utah.edu

Associate Program Director – Adult
Randall W. Burt, M.D.
801-581-6736; Fax 801-585-1461
E-mail: randall.burt@hsc.utah.edu

Associate Program Director – Pediatrics
Michael J. Bamshad, M.D.
801-585-3384; Fax: 801-585-9148
E-mail: mike@genetics.utah.edu

Research Subject Advocate
H. James Williams, M.D.
801-581-4333; Fax: 801-581-6069
E-mail: james.williams@hsc.utah.edu
Nurse Manager
Deanna Palma, R.N.
801-585-5861; Fax: 801-585-3629
E-mail: deanna.palma@hsc.utah.edu

Core Lab Manager
Sayed Ahmed, M.S.
801-585-3849; Fax: 801-585-5461
E-mail: sayed.ahmed@hsc.utah.edu

Research Nutrition Manager
Gail A. Wiebke, M.S., R.D.
801-581-7665; Fax: 801-585-3629
E-mail: gail.wiebke@hsc.utah.edu

Biostatistician
Lynn B. Jorde, Ph.D.
801-581-4566; Fax: 801-585-1461
E-mail: lbj@thor.med.utah.edu

Computer Systems Manager
Bernard A. La Salle, B.S.
801-581-3670; Fax: 801-585-1461
E-mail: bernie.lasalle@hsc.utah.edu
 

Center Resources

Special Assays, Services, or Tests

DNA extraction core
DNA preparative and cryopreservation core
Enzyme immunoassay and radioimmunoassay core

Major Areas of Investigation

Cardiology: Long QT syndrome, Williams syndrome, supravalvular aortic stenosis, Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome; sibship linkage study of nonmodulation and hypertension; effect of beta-blockers on left ventricular function; effects of pentoxifylline in chronic severe heart failure.

Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes: Genetic studies of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus; hereditary and environmental factors in benign prostatic hyperplasia; transdermal delivery of testosterone in the treatment of androgen deficiency in hypogonadal men.

Hematology and Oncology: Clonal studies of breast cancer; prostate, lung, colorectal, and ovarian cancer screening; analysis of proliferative breast disease; colonic polyps inheritance factors; adenomatous polyp dietary intervention; cytogenetic and molecular approaches to prostate cancer; porphyria cutanea tarda; hereditary hemochromatosis; toxicity studies of continuous infusion N-acetyl cysteine in combination with interleukin-2 for treatment of malignant melanoma or renal cell carcinoma.

Neurology: Molecular genetics of degenerative neurological diseases; assessment of patients receiving ventroposterolateral pallidotomy for Parkinson's disease.

Obstetrics and Gynecology: Genetics of severe preeclampsia and related adverse pregnancy outcomes.

Pediatrics: Limb malformations linkage analysis; neurological disorders linkage and analysis; determination of antibody response from human allografts used in pediatric congenital heart disease surgery; role of neutrophils and inflammatory cytokines; regulation of granulocytopoiesis in neonates.

Psychiatry: Molecular genetics of schizophrenia, manic depression, and autism.
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