KEY INITIATIVE:
ORGAN TRANSPLANT

Organizational Priority #1

Improve infrastructure and develop new services for intramural clinical research program to support growth in clinical activity.

Leader(s)

David Henderson, Laura Lee

Collaborators

Clinical Center Departments, NIDDK, Institutes, NIH Division of Engineering Services

Description

The Clinical Center, in collaboration with NIDDK, the Naval Medical Research Institute (NMRI) and Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC), has identified, planned for, and implemented program requirements necessary to support the newly initiated NIDDK Organ -- Tissue Transplant Research Unit. This new unit will support the novel clinical research conducted to study the effectiveness of co-stimulation blockade in kidney and pancreatic islet cell transplants.

Accomplishments-to-Date

• Convened a multidisciplinary and cross-institutional team to guide the planning and implementation process based on NIDDK program plan
• Performed needs assessment to identify resource requirements
• Development of a Memorandum of Understanding between NIDDK, WRAMC, NMRI, and the CC outlining personnel and resource requirements and fiscal responsibilities
• Hired a full complement of personnel as identified in the planning process to support the initiative
• Completed design and construction of the new organ transplant unit
• Unit opened May 3, 1999

FY2000 Goals

• Identify and implement ongoing resource requirements as program matures