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US Immunodeficiency Network (USIDNET), a research consortium, was established to advance scientific research in the primary immune deficiency diseases (PIDD) and specifically to:

 
  • Fund peer reviewed research grants for the primary immune deficiency diseases from new and established investigators.
 
  • Continue to redesign and amplify the scope and work of existing patient data registries.
 
  • Establish a multifaceted mentoring program to introduce investigators new to the field and stimulate interest and research in primary immune deficiency Diseases.
 
  • Establish an advisory/review committee to:

  

  

 
  • Review research grant applications for scientific merit.
   
  • Assist the project officer and the Steering Committee (SC) to select and interact with a contractor for the cell/DNA Repository (Part B) and to evaluate proposals for the use and distribution of biologic material derived from well-characterized PIDD patients to qualified investigators.

 



                              What's New

ESID - Travel Scholarships Application Deadline Extended to July 25, 2008

Visiting Immunology Scholar - Short Term Training Application

USIDNET DNA and Cell Repository
A centralized resource for genetic studies of primary immunodeficiencies

2008 ESID TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIPS

                             USIDNET will no longer be accepting research applications

Principal Investigator:
Hans D. Ochs, MD
Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Cter
Seattle, WA

Co-Principal Investigator:
Charlotte Cunningham-
Rundles, MD, PhD.
Mount Sinai Medical Center
   
New York, NY

Steering Committee:
Rebecca H. Buckley, MD
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC

Kathleen Sullivan, MD, PhD
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA


Luigi Notarangelo, MD
Harvard Medical School
Children's Hospital
Boston, MA


Thomas Fleisher, MD
National Institutes of Health 
Bethesda, MD
 


Ramsay Fuleihan, MD
Children's Memorial Hospoital
Chicago, IL


Raif S. Geha, MD
Harvard Medical School
Children's Hospital
Boston, MA


Steven M. Holland, MD
National Institute of Allergy and
Infectious Disease, NIH
Bethesda, MD


Jennifer M. Puck, MD
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

E. Richard Stiehm, MD
Mattel Children's Hospital
University of California at Los Angeles 
Los Angeles, CA




Administration: 
Ann Vukelich
Project Manager

Sarah Bush  
Registry Manager  

Tamara Brown 
Contract Manager  


   

      USIDNET is funded by The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), which are components of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services. NIAID supports research to advance the understanding of transplantation and to prevent, diagnose and treat infectious and immune-mediated illnesses. USIDNET administrative support is provided by the
Immune Deficiency Foundation (IDF) .

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