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Research Core Centers
Updated December 2012
NIAMS-funded Research Core Centers (P30) provide shared facilities and services to groups of established, currently funded investigators addressing scientific problems in tissues and diseases of interest to the NIAMS. Their goal is to improve efficiency, accelerate the pace of research, and ensure greater productivity. A strong biomedical research base is the prerequisite for establishment of a Core Center and an important component in considering continued funding of an established center. The components of a Core Center include two or more research cores, an administrative core, and an enrichment program.
NIAMS funds Research Core Centers in each of its three mission areas:
- Musculoskeletal biology and medicine (funded through RFA-AR-08-003 and RFA-AR-11-011)
- Rheumatic diseases (funded through RFA-AR-11-001 and RFA-AR-12-002)
- Skin biology and diseases (funded through RFA-AR-08-002 and RFA-AR-11-010)
Musculoskeletal Biology and Medicine
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY CORE CENTER at the University of California, Los Angeles
Principal Investigator: Spencer, Melissa J.
Project start date: April 2009
Funded through: March 2014
Current research cores:
SAN DIEGO SKELETAL MUSCLE RESEARCH CENTER at the University of California, San Diego
Principal Investigator: Lieber, Richard L.
Project start date: September 2011
Funded through: August 2016
Current research cores:
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY CENTER CORE LABORATORIES at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Principal Investigator: Ervasti, James M.
Project start date: August 2009
Funded through: June 2014
Current research cores:
CORE CENTER FOR MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS at the University of Pennsylvania
Principal Investigator: Soslowsky, Louis J.
Project start date: April 2004
Funded through: June 2016
Current research cores:
CORE CENTER FOR MUSCULOSKELETAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE at the University of Rochester
Principal Investigator: Schwarz, Edward M.
Project start date: August 2011
Funded through: June 2016
Current research cores:
CORE CENTER FOR MUSCULOSKELETAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE at Washington University
Principal Investigator: Sandell, Linda J.
Project start date: May 2009
Funded through: March 2014
Current research cores:
CORE CENTER FOR MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS at Yale University
Principal Investigator: Insogna, Karl L.
Project start date: April 1999
Funded through: March 2014
Current research cores:
Rheumatic Diseases
RHEUMATIC DISEASES RESEARCH CORE CENTERS at Boston University Medical Campus
Principal Investigator: Lafyatis, Robert A.
Project start date: September 2011
Funded through: August 2016
Current research cores:
- Skin Pathology Core
- Lung Pathology Core
- Proteomic and Clinical Core
- Microarray and Bioinformatics Core
RHEUMATIC DISEASE CORE CENTER at Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati
Principal Investigator: Thompson, Susan D.
Project start date: March 2001
Funded through: June 2016
Current research cores:
- Pediatric Rheumatology Tissue Repository
- Animal Models of Inflammatory Disease Core
- Integrative Cell Phenotyping and Morphology Core
- Rheumatic Disease Research Informatics Core
CORE CENTER for Rheumatic Disease Research at the Johns Hopkins University
Principal Investigator: Rosen, Antony
Project start date: March 2006
Funded through: July 2016
Current research cores:
OKLAHOMA RHEUMATIC DISEASE RESEARCH CORES CENTER at Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Principal Investigator: James, Judith A.
Project start date: March 2006
Funded through: August 2017
Current research cores:
RHEUMATIC DISEASES CORE CENTERS at the University of Alabama at Birmingham
Principal Investigator: Mountz, John D.
Project start date: September 2001
Funded through: August 2017
Current research cores:
- Comprehensive Flow Cytometry Core
- Analytical Imaging and Immunoreagent Core
- Analytical Genomics and Transgenics Core
RHEUMATIC DISEASES CORE CENTER at Washington University
Principal Investigator: Yokoyama, Wayne N.
Project start date: September 2001
Funded through: August 2016
Current research cores:
CORE CENTER for Rheumatic Diseases Research at Yale University
Principal Investigator: Craft, Joseph
Project start date: March 2006
Funded through: August 2017
Current research cores:
Skin Biology and Diseases
SKIN DISEASES RESEARCH CENTER at Case Western Reserve University
Principal Investigator: Cooper, Kevin D.
Project start date: March 1997
Funded through: August 2016
Current research cores:
- Morphology Core
- Cell Culture and Molecular Technology Core
- Translational Research Core
- Animal Experimentation and Wound Healing Core
SKIN DISEASE RESEARCH CENTER at Columbia University Medical Center
Principal Investigator: Bickers, David Rinsey
Project start date: July 1997
Funded through: June 2016
Current research cores:
SKIN DISEASE RESEARCH CORE CENTER at Northwestern University at Chicago
Principal Investigator: Paller, Amy Susan
Project start date: August 2009
Funded through: June 2014
Current research cores:
SKIN DISEASES RESEARCH CENTER at the University of Alabama at Birmingham
Principal Investigator: Elmets, Craig A.
Project start date: September 2004
Funded through: August 2014
Current research cores:
MOLECULAR ANALYSIS, MODELING AND CORRECTION OF SKIN DISEASES at the University of Colorado, Denver
Principal Investigator: Norris, David A.
Project start date: September 2009
Funded through: June 2014
Current research cores:
- Molecular Genetic Analysis Core
- Morphology and Phenotyping Core
- Transgenic and Gene Targeting Core
- Flow Cytometry Core
CORE CENTER for Skin Disease Research at the University of Pennsylvania
Principal Investigator: Stanley, John R.
Project start date: June 2009
Funded through: June 2014
Current research cores:
