Currently, there are multiple clinical studies in progress in
the division:
- Near infrared Spectroscopy – Understanding of basic principles
and clinical application
- Study of use of Dexmedetomidine for sedation/analgesia in children
with heart disease.
- Use of Brain natriuretic peptide in clinical practice.
- Echocardiographic parameters in Sickle cell disease.
- Echocardiographic parameters in post-chemotherapy cardiac function – application
of newer echo techniques.
- Study of patent ductus arteriosus in newborn – Hemodynamics,
enhanced detection techniques, outcome of therapy.
- Study of anti-platelet therapy after systemic-pulmonary shunt
in infants. (Multi-center trial)
- Intracardiac device trials.
Potential resources for clinical research include collaboration
with cardiothoracic surgery division, exercise laboratory with
gas analysis facility, nutrition, pediatric emergency medicine,
preventive cardiology subjects in adolescent medicine in obesity
and hypertension, multiple opportunities with critical care faculty,
cardiac radiology, etc.
Facility
for animal studies with surgical suite and cardiac catheterization
laboratory equipped for electrophysiology studies is available
with skilled veterinary staff.
Arrangements have been made to provide
basic science research experience for interested fellows at Dr.
William Coetzee’s laboratory (NYU School of Medicine). The
program is committed to make suitable adjustments to enable unimpeded
participation in basic science research when a fellow & Dr.
Coetzee’s lab identify a mutual interest. Similar basic science
laboratories are potentially available in NYU School of Medicine,
New York & UMDNJ School of Medicine, Newark.
- Saint Barnabas Research Institute: This research organization
is currently in the early stages of development. It envisages
to integrate all the resources for research available in the
multiple institutions of the Saint Barnabas Health Care System,
streamline the regulatory processes through IRBs to facilitate
use of clinical and other resources across the System and develop
unified resources such as statistical consultation and ancillary
research staff. Opportunity to perform epidemiologic and outcomes
research in collaboration with outside institutions will be part
of this development.
- An annual lectures series on research methods and biostatistics
(12-15 hrs). Attendance to this series of
lectures is mandatory for fellows.
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