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the Administrative Core. Dr. Metes will lead the Immunological Monitoring Core; Sheryl F. Kelsey, Ph.D., professor of epidemiology at GSPH, will lead the Biostatistics and Data Management Core; and Bradley B. Keller, M.D., professor of pediatrics at the School of Medicine and chief of cardiology at Children's, will head the Clinical Research Skills Development Core. This unique core will provide a structured training environment for talented future physician-scientists who aspire to careers in translational research.

"The University of Pittsburgh is uniquely qualified to carry out the primary objective of NIH's new Specialized Centers for Clinically Oriented Research program. Our mission through the Schools of the Health Sciences and our partner, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, has always been to foster multidisciplinary collaborations and to promote the translation of basic science research into the clinical setting," said Arthur S. Levine, M.D., senior vice chancellor for the health sciences and dean of the School of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh.

"This SCCOR enables our talented researchers and clinicians to take aim at addressing the fundamental barriers to heart transplant success in children. The NHLBI is to be commended for recognizing the special problems of the pediatric population by funding this and other pediatric projects," added David H. Perlmutter, M.D., Vira I. Heinz Professor and chairman of the department of pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and physician-in-chief at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.

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Contact: Lisa Rossi
RossiL@upmc.edu
412-647-3555
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
13-Feb-2004

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