Abstract
The Point-Person Project, a child-health research initiative, enables rapid response to opportunities for participation in multicenter pediatric clinical trials.
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FocusCOLLABORATION
Sponsors meet scientists to speed pediatric medicines development
- Jonathan M. Davis1,*,
- William E. Smoyer2,3,
- Edward M. Connor3,
- W. Charles Huskins4,
- Cindy Pastern5,
- Mary Purucker6,
- Elisabeth C. Schrader7,
- Cynthia R. Jackson7,8,
- Frederick J. Kaskel9 and
- Steven Hirschfeld10
- 1Department of Pediatrics, The Floating Hospital for Children and the Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
- 2Center for Clinical and Translational Research, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH 43205, USA.
- 3Clinical and Translational Research Institute, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC 20010, USA.
- 4Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
- 5CTSA Consortium Coordinating Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
- 6National Center for Advancing Translational Science, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
- 7Pediatric Center of Excellence, Quintiles, Inc., Durham, NC 27703, USA.
- 8Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
- 9Department of Pediatrics, Montefiore Medical Center, New York, NY 10467, USA.
- 10National Institute for Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
- ↵*Corresponding author. E-mail: jdavis{at}tuftsmedicalcenter.org
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Science Translational Medicine 18 Mar 2015:
Vol. 7, Issue 279, pp. 279fs11
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aaa2045
Vol. 7, Issue 279, pp. 279fs11
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aaa2045
Jonathan M. Davis
1Department of Pediatrics, The Floating Hospital for Children and the Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
William E. Smoyer
2Center for Clinical and Translational Research, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH 43205, USA.
3Clinical and Translational Research Institute, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC 20010, USA.
Edward M. Connor
3Clinical and Translational Research Institute, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC 20010, USA.
W. Charles Huskins
4Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
Cindy Pastern
5CTSA Consortium Coordinating Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
Mary Purucker
6National Center for Advancing Translational Science, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Elisabeth C. Schrader
7Pediatric Center of Excellence, Quintiles, Inc., Durham, NC 27703, USA.
Cynthia R. Jackson
7Pediatric Center of Excellence, Quintiles, Inc., Durham, NC 27703, USA.
8Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
Frederick J. Kaskel
9Department of Pediatrics, Montefiore Medical Center, New York, NY 10467, USA.
Steven Hirschfeld
10National Institute for Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
