NIAID Presentation – Resources for the Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Research Community

Presenter: Dr Shy Shorer – Director, Office of Clinical Research Affairs (OCRA) – DMID, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

In his talk, Dr. Shy Shorer, the Director of the Office of Clinical Research Affairs (OCRA) in the Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (DMID) of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) will describe the services available to the research community. DMID provides plethora of services to the infectious disease research community that encompass the entire spectrum of product development. In the transitional research arena DMID provides pre-clinical and clinical services to the research community, free of charge. Those include biological research resources, bioinformatics, in vitro and in vivo testing and screening of potential therapeutic and vaccines, manufacturing, assistance in creating clinical development plans to name a few. Dr. Shorer will concentrate on the clinical opportunities available for the research community including the Investigator Initiated Clinical Trial (IICT) grants program, access to the Phase I Clinical Trial Unit, access to the Vaccine and Therapeutic Evaluation Units (VTEUs) as well as specialized clinical trial programs.