NIH Clinical Center Profile 2012 - Search - National Institutes of Health

R E C E N T N I H C L I N I C A L C E N T E R A C H I E V E M E N T S
In 2011, The Clinical Center:
• Received the Lasker~Bloomberg Public Award “For serving since its inception
as a model research hospital — providing innovative therapy and high-quality
patient care, treating rare and severe diseases, and producing outstanding
physician-scientists whose collective work has set a standard of excellence in
biomedical research.”
• Continued the NIH-Project SEARCH project. The NIH-Project SEARCH
program graduated 12 young adults with disabilities from a 30-week unpaid
internship at the CC in June. The Clinical Center was chosen as the 2011
Employer of the Year by Maryland Works, Inc., for its NIH-Project SEARCH pilot.
• Made strides in opening the doors of the Clinical Center to external
investigators. Input from potential collaborations was sought through a formal
call for information and will guide future plans.
• Explored a new Bench-to-Bedside program that will complement the one
established by the CC in 1999. Funded projects will use CC facilities and
involve extramural and intramural collaborators.
• Launched a new Medical Research Scholars Program for medical and
dental students. The program will offer research experiences with intramural
investigators from across NIH in basic science laboratories and in clinical and
translational research conducted at the Clinical Center.
• Expanded international training initiatives in clinical research. The CC’s
Introduction to the Principles and Practice of Clinical Research course
was offered in Russia for the first time in November. Nursing leaders taught
evidence-based practice in China in April.
• Acquired a fully integrated whole-body simultaneous positron emission
tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device. The
purchase of the scanner was made possible through the Center for
Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, a Department of Defense-funded
collaboration between NIH and the Uniformed Services University of the
Health Sciences.
• Implemented new resources in the Biomedical Translational Research
Information System. BTRIS currently has more than 3.5 billion rows of data.
• Activated electronic documentation in the intensive care unit. Electronic
documentation in patient medical records will streamline clinical
documentation, increase efficiency, and improve patient safety.
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