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Partnerships for Translational Research Training Core

The overall goal of the Partnerships for Translational Research Training Core is closely aligned with the goals of the University of Kansas General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) and the KUMC application for transition of the GCRC into the Heartland Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (HICTR), an entity competing for a Clinical Translational Service Award (CTSA). The Core will serve cross-disciplinary training for translation research-accomplished clinical scientists who wish to develop improved tools and skills for discovery research and for basic scientists wishing to adapt their skills to a bench-to-bedside approach. The major functions of the Core are to:

  • establish a clearinghouse for clinicians and basic scientists ready to learn research tools that facilitate clinical translational techniques;
  • support clinical/basic scientist teams in the initial steps of collaboration;
  • provide (a) advice on teamwork, (b) information on institutional and Kansas resources, and (c) oversight of team collaboration and successes;
  • provide opportunities for resident physicians and postdoctoral fellows to engage in translational research.

Partnerships for Translational Research Core Contacts

Dianne Durham PhotoDianne Durham, PhD (Director)
Program Coordinator, K-INBRE
Professor and Director, Division of Research
Department of Otolaryngology
University of Kansas Medical Center
Mail Stop 3010, 3901 Rainbow Blvd.
Kansas City, KS 66160
Phone: 913-588-6721; Fax: 913-588-5677
ddurham@kumc.edu

 

HolzbeierleinJeffrey Holzbeierlein, MD (Associate Director)
Associate Professor
Director of Clinical Research
Department of Urology
5017 Sudler Hall,
3901 Rainbow Blvd.
Kansas City, KS 66160
jholzbeierlein@kumc.edu

 

Core Advisors

Abrahamson PhotoDale Abrahamson, PhD
Professor and Chair
PI - Molecular Regulation of Cell Development and Differentiation COBRE
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
University of Kansas Medical Center
Mail Stop 3038
3901 Rainbow Blvd.
Kansas City, KS 66160
Phone: 913-588-7000; Fax: 913-588-2710
dabrahamson@kumc.edu

 

Baxendale PhotoJames Baxendale, MS, MBA
Executive Director
KU Center for Technology Commercialization
Youngberg Hall
2385 Irving Hill Road
Lawrence, KS 66045-7563
Phone: 785- 864-7189
jbaxendale@ku.edu

 

 

Burns PhotoJeffrey Burns, MD, MS
Assistant Professor
General Clinical Research Center Assistant Program Director of Education
Department of Neurology, Hearing and Speech, and Physiology
University of Kansas Medical Center
Support Services Facility 2100 West 36 Avenue
Kansas City, KS 66160
Phone: 913-588-0682; Fax: 913- 588-0978
jburns2@kumc.edu

 

Cohen PhotoRobert Cohen, PhD
Professor and Chair
Director of the K-INBRE Transitions Oversight Office
Department of Molecular Biosciences
University of Kansas
4035 Haworth Hall
1200 Sunnyside Avenue
Lawrence, KS 66045-7566
Phone: 785-864-5780
rcohen@ku.edu

 

Timmermann PhotoBarbara Timmermann
Chairperson-Professor
PI - Center for Cancer Therapeutics COBRE
Department of Medicinal Chemistry
Malott Hall
1251 Wescoe Hall Drive
Lawrence, KS 66045-7572
Phone: 785-864-4844
btimmer@ku.edu