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NHLBI Funds Pediatric Heart Disease Clinical Centers

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NHLBI Research Initiatives

  • Asthma Exacerbations: Biology and Disease Progression
  • Biological Basis of Hutchinson-Gilford Syndrome: Relationship to Mutations in the Lamin A/C Gene and to Other Known Laminopathies
  • Chemical Screens for New Inducers of Fetal Hemoglobin (SBIR/STTR)
  • Chronic Illness Self-Management in Children
  • Exploratory and Developmental Research Grants for Investigations in Rare Diseases (R21)
  • Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Clinical Research Network
  • NHLBI Programs of Excellence in Nanotechnology
  • Pathogenesis and Treatment of Lymphedema and Lymphatic Diseases
  • Pulmonary Complications of Sickle Cell Disease
  • Sleep Disturbance in Parkinson's Disease and Parkinson-like Conditions
  • Specialized Centers of Clinically Oriented Research (SCCOR) in Hemostatic and Thrombotic Diseases
  • SCCOR in Transfusion Biology and Medicine

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NHLBI Funds Pediatric Heart Disease Clinical Centers

NHLBIThe NHLBI recently awarded $68 million to fund four clinical centers to accelerate research on heart development and treatment of pediatric heart disease. The research is part of the Specialized Centers of Clinically Oriented Research program, which is designed to stimulate multidisciplinary collaborations so that basic research advances can be rapidly translated to clinical care.

Birth defects are a leading cause of infant mortality, with cardiovascular malformations, which are present in about one percent of live births, being the largest contributors to deaths from birth defects.

The Centers will encourage experts, including pediatric cardiologists, cardiovascular surgeons, immunologists, geneticists, pediatric clinicians, molecular biologists, cell biologists, and statisticians, to combine their talents to conduct state-of-the-art research addressing a central pediatric cardiovascular theme. The Centers will be located in Boston, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Cincinnati.

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Spotlight on Our Web Site

garfield star sleeper logoThe Garfield Star Sleeper Campaign has teamed up with Time for Kids to help children learn about the importance of getting at least nine hours of sleep each night. Time for Kids is a subsidiary of Time, Inc. that provides materials for use in classrooms.

During National Sleep Awareness Week, March 29-April 4, nearly 30,000 third grade teachers received a teacher's guide and "Be a Star Sleeper" magazines for their approximately 750,000 students. Download a free copy of the materials.

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NHLBI Research Initiatives

From time to time, the NHLBI invites investigators to submit grant applications or contract proposals for specific research programs. We are currently soliciting applications for the programs described below. For a full details of these and other research initiatives, visit www.nhlbi.nih.gov/funding/inits/index.htm or the Web page that is linked each initiative number.

Asthma Exacerbations: Biology and Disease Progression

Biological Basis of Hutchinson-Gilford Syndrome: Relationship to Mutations in the Lamin A/C Gene and to Other Known Laminopathies

Chemical Screens for New Inducers of Fetal Hemoglobin (SBIR/STTR)

Chronic Illness Self-Management in Children

Exploratory and Developmental Research Grants for Investigations in Rare Diseases (R21)

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Clinical Research Network

NHLBI Programs of Excellence in Nanotechnology

Pathogenesis and Treatment of Lymphedema and Lymphatic Diseases

Pulmonary Complications of Sickle Cell Disease

Sleep Disturbance in Parkinson's Disease and Parkinson-like Conditions

Specialized Centers of Clinically Oriented Research (SCCOR) in Hemostatic and Thrombotic Diseases

SCCOR in Transfusion Biology and Medicine

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