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The Clinical Center recently announced a collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh, designed to broaden clinical research training opportunities. The program will lead to a Certificate in Clinical Research or a Master of Science in Clinical Research from the University of Pittsburgh.

Newly appointed Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson visited the Clinical Center last month and toured various institutes prior to a press conference held on campus where he expressed satisfaction with NIH’s research efforts. 

Dr. Rodney Hood, president of the National Medical Association, was joined by the Morgan State University choir and the NIH Pre-School Song and Dance Troupe in celebrating the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during the NIH 30th annual Martin Luther King, Jr. observance last month in Masur Auditorium.

The Rehabilitation Medicine Department’s foot clinic celebrates 15 years of service. The clinic has become the last resort for patients with complicated foot problems that have been consistently treated by podiatrists and surgeons without success.

Dr. Christine Grady has been appointed to the editorial board of the Institutional Review Board: Ethics and Human Research journal, the only publication devoted exclusively to the ethics of research with human subjects.

The annual national Bankshot basketball tournament presented a “courage and good sportsmanship” award, named for a Clinical Center pediatric patient, for the first time.

NIH officially opened its first pediatric rheumatology clinic during a reception held on Sept. 21.

The Clinical Center’s new Pain and Palliative Care Consult Service opened in August and already boasts more than 100 patients. The service uses a multidisciplinary approach to manage patient’s pain, and the associated symptoms.

The Clinical Center’s Dr. Harvey J. Alter received the 2000 Lasker Award for clinical medical research during ceremonies in New York City on Sept. 22. He shares the award with Dr. Michael Houghton, a scientist with the Chiron Corporation.

The CC Clinical Pathology Department was recently renamed the Department of Laboratory Medicine.

In its early stages, there are usually no symptoms associated with osteonecrosis, or avascular necrosis (AVN). It often progresses as a painful, debilitating disease. 

CC and NIAID investigators have demonstrated that a disabling bone disorder—osteonecrosis (bone death) of the hip—is surprisingly common among patients with HIV infection.

The CC Imaging Sciences Program  will unveil the first phase of its new Picture Archiving and Communication System and Radiology Information System this month with the initiation of a sophisticated patient tracking system.

Dr. John Leo Doppman, 72, chief of the CC Diagnostic Radiology Department for 26 years, died of cancer on Aug. 21 at the Clinical Center.