Centers of Research Translation

Updated October 27, 2011

The Centers of Research Translation (CORT) (P50) encompasses a multidisciplinary approach to one disease targeted theme within the NIAMS mission. A minimum of three projects, with at least one basis and one clinical project as well as an administrative core, form the basic elements of the CORT.

New Approaches to Assess and Forestall Osteoarthritis in Injured Joints
Joseph A. Buckwalter, MD
University of Iowa
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
01008 JPP. 200 Hawkins Drive
Iowa City, IA 52242
Phone: 319-356-2595

The Yale Center of Research Translation (CORT)
Thomas O. Carpenter, MD
Yale University School of Medicine
Department of Pediatrics
P.O. Box 208064, LMP 3103
New Haven, CT 06520
Phone: 203-785-6526

Psoriasis Center of Research Translation
Kevin D. Cooper, MD
Case Western Reserve University
Department of Dermatology
10900 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44106-5028
Phone: 216-844-3111

Center for Research Translation of Systemic Exon-skipping in Muscular Dystrophy
Eric P. Hoffman, AB, BA, PHD
Children's Research Institute
111 Michigan Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20010
Phone: 301-565-8483

NIAMS: Center of Research Translation
Robert A. Lafyatis, MD
Boston University Medical Campus
Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP-MED)
85 East Newton Street, M-921
Boston, MA 02118-2340

Translation of Quantitative Imaging in Osteoarthritis
Nancy E. Lane, MD, BS
University of California, San Francisco
Office of Sponsored Research
3333 California Street, STE: 315 BOX: 0962
San Franscisco, CA 94143-0962

Center for Research Translation in Scleroderma
Maureen Mayes, MPH, MD
University of Texas Health Science Center
Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine
6431 Fannin / MSB 5.270
Houston, TX 77030
Phone: 713-500-6900 or 6501

Genetic Dissection of SLE-From Mouse to Man (CORT)
Chandra Mohan, MD, PHD
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Department of Internal Medicine
5323 Harry Hines Blvd., MC 8884
Dallas, TX 75390-8884
Phone: 214-648-9675

Oklahoma Sjogren's Syndrome Center of Research Translation
Kathy L. Moser, BS, PHD
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
825 Northeast 13th Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73104