As a world-renowned research institution, our section is committed to improving the quality of life of patients who have suffered a stroke through long-term patient care, ongoing basic research and clinical trials and continuing medical education. Multiple faculty members seek to understand the basics of stroke pathophysiology, genetics and treatment.
Additionally, we are involved in multiple ongoing clinical trials that seek to push the boundaries of medical and surgical management of stroke care.
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To support the scientific work of faculty members, we have an interdisciplinary team across centers that supports basic, clinical, and translational research.
Emergency Care Research Core
The goal of the Emergency Care Research Core (ECRC) is to provide a centralized infrastructure to support investigators conducting clinical or translational research in the area of emergency care.
NeuroGenomics & Informatics Center
Director: Carlos Cruchaga, PhD
The NeuroGenomics and Informatics Center is a multidisciplinary team working at the forefront of personalized medicine. The goal is to understand the biology of neurodegeneration by using high-dimensional omic data and functional genomic approaches. We leverage these approaches to identify novel genetic variants, genes and pathways implicated in disease, and new molecular biomarkers and therapeutic targets.
Radiology Clinical Research Core
Radiology Clinical Research Core (RadCore) provides coordination services to support the basic and clinical research of investigators at Washington University. Using advanced imaging and information technology systems, RadCore assists in the training, design, execution, and analysis of basic and translational science.
RVCL Research Center
Directors: John P. Atkinson, MD, Andria Ford, MD, MSCI
Established in 2016, the RVCL-S Research Center at Washington University is leading an effort to coordinate global research on retinal vasculopathy with cerebral leukoencephalopathy and systemic manifestations (RVCL-S), provide comprehensive and multidisciplinary patient care and initiate clinical studies and drug trials
Stroke Patient Access Center
Director: Andria Ford, MD, MSCI
Provides resources for stroke clinical research, including feasibility analysis, regulatory and recruitment support, randomization, enrollment, retention, and study closure.