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The Center for Translational Neuroscience, 5 years of progress
Author(s) -
GarciaRill Edgar
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.24.1_supplement.404.1
Subject(s) - medical education , medicine , investigational drugs , psychology , clinical trial , pathology
Our aims were to establish 1) a Career Development Program with mentoring/funding for 5 projects and 6 investigators, 2) a multi‐disciplinary Center, a Pilot Study Program, and recruitment of 5 investigators, and 3) two Core Facilities. All aims were exceeded. We developed a Career Development Program and Center so that clinician and basic scientists could be mentored to secure funding. We mentored and supported 10 promising investigators without a history of support. We provided access to Core Facilities to 4 other investigators, and assigned them Mentors. We awarded 5 pilot study grants and assigned them Mentors. We recruited 3 senior and 2 junior faculty and established 6 Core Facilities . We discovered two new cures, two novel treatments and one new mechanism, all with clinical implications. We generated >$13 million in new awards and published >130 articles. The projects produced a novel treatment for tinnitus that relieves the symptoms in a majority of patients, a new use for a drug that relieves the excessive reflexes induced by spinal cord injury, an effective new treatment for spatial neglect due to stroke, and a new mechanism for sleep‐wake control that may lead to the development of new anesthetics and stimulants. Oversight by a dedicated external advisory committee and considerable institutional support were critical to our success, along with selfless mentoring by dedicated senior scientists.