Referral Directory

Physician Contact:

J. Scott Cameron, M.D., Ph.D.
Karen E. Meador, M.D., MBA - Vice President of Research Administration & Physician Corporations

Key Contact:

Pamela Alzamora, AA - Executive Assistant to Dr. Karen Meador
J. Scott Cameron, M.D., Ph.D. - Scientific Director of Research
Margaret Cowie, BS, CCRC - Clinical Research Educator
Chico Grimes - Research Billing Analyst
Rong Huang, MS - Biostatistician
Karen E. Meador, M.D., MBA
Agnes Shannon, MBA, MT (ASCP) - Program Manager
Deborah Town, RN, MSN, CCRC - Clinical Manager

Phone numbers:

214-456-7000

Description of services:

Supporting research designed to improve the understanding, prevention, diagnosis or treatment of childhood diseases is a key component of Children's mission. The Clinical Research Department provides support services for all research conducted at Children's. Specific areas of service include:

• Funding - The CRD supports the activities of the Children's Clinical Research Advisory Committee, which does peer review and selection of investigators meritorious research projects for funding by the Children's Foundation. Applications for funding are accepted and reviewed semiannually.
• Study Development and Operation - CRD personnel are available to assist researchers with all aspects of developing a new clinical research study. This can include research design, protocol development, budget development and study planning. The CRD also has study coordinators who can assist with the development and running of a study. Investigators are required to provide funding for these services.
• Administration of Research - The CRD is charged with managing all research conducted at Children's, and for ensuring compliance with all federal and state regulations and hospital policy.

Information for referral sources:

Children's conducts research in a variety of areas and often accepts referrals for specific research studies. Major research areas include:

• AIDS/HIV
• Cardiology
• Cystic Fibrosis
• Endocrinology
• Gastroenterology
• Hematology
• Oncology
• Infectious Disease
• Metabolic Disease
• Genetics
• Neurology
• Ophthalmology
• Critical Care Services
• Psychiatry
• Respiratory Care
• Trauma
• Urology
• Brain and Nerve Injury Center
• Emergency Medicine

Physicians wishing to inquire about studies for a specific patient in these and other areas may contact the appropriate clinical department.

Why Children's Medical Center?

• Conducting research keeps clinical personnel at Children's on the cutting edge of medicine and allows physicians on the medical staff to bring promising new therapies to patients before general availability.
• All research conducted at Children's is reviewed by the Institutional Review Board of UT Southwestern, so the rights of patients are protected.
• Children's has hundreds of studies under way in clinical areas throughout the hospital.

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