North Carolina

Wake Forest University School of Medicine

General Clinical Research Center
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Medical Center Boulevard
Winston-Salem, NC 27157

Web site: www.gcrc.wfubmc.edu

Grant No. M01 RR07122

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Major Areas of Investigation

Anesthesiology: New spinal anesthetic agents for childbirth and chronic pain.

Cardiovascular Diseases: Treatments for peripheral arterial disease; hypertension and salt sensitivity; exercise training and congestive heart failure; multiethnic study of atherosclerosis; ACE inhibition and novel cardiovascular risk factors; diastolic heart failure.

Dermatology: Psoriasis; reinforcing properties of UV light in tanning bed users.

Endocrinology: Diabetes prevention trial; inhaled insulin versus subcutaneous insulin therapy in diabetes; LDL cholesterol-lowering drugs in hypercholesterolemia.

Gastroenterology: Responses to dietary fat and cholesterol; oxalate studies; virtual colonoscopy.

Genetics: Genetic epidemiology of diabetic cardiovascular disease; molecular epidemiology of breast cancer and prostate cancer; genes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; genetics of bone in type 2 diabetes.

Geriatrics and Gerontology: Arthritis, diet, and activity promotion; depression in the elderly; resistance training in older adults; diet, exercise, and metabolism in older women.

Hematology and Oncology: Prostate cancer prevention; diphtheria fusion toxin therapy of myeloid leukemia; recovery in breast cancer; chemotherapy-induced cardiomyopathy and MRI.

Infectious Diseases: Cellular mechanisms of septic shock.

Nephrology: Hemodialysis and quality of life; progression of renovascular disease in the elderly.

Neurology: Treatment of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Huntington's disease.

Obstetrics and Gynecology: Ovarian cancer screening study; fatty acids and preterm birth; folic acid load in pregnant epileptic women.

Pediatrics: Ventilation in very-low-birthweight infants; cystic fibrosis, sinusitis; bone strength in children; effect of postnatal dexamethasone on children at school age.

Physiology and Pharmacology: Regional brain activation during cocaine abstinence.

Psychiatry: Optimization of electroconvulsive therapy for depression.

Pulmonary Diseases: Lipid pathways and lung injury; asthma studies; lung cancer screening.

Rheumatology: Systemic lupus erythematosus; T cells.

Urology: Role of oxalate in nephrolithiasis.

Women's Health: Women's Health Initiative (WHI); WHI memory study (WHIMS).

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