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The Transplant Clinical Research Center (TCRC) at Columbia is a multi-organ research center with the goal of conducting clinical research to improve the lives of patients with organ failure and transplant recipients.
Our Goals:
- Creating a stimulating scientific environment that is both dynamic and productive
- Facilitating collaborative research
- Providing support for research career development
- Helping to develop and maintain unique core resources relevant to the transplant research community
- Helping to organize and support collaborative level grant applications, especially for the development of junior clinician-scientists, including independent investigator, program project and center grants
- Initiating and taking part in the research studies that will improve the lives of transplant patients
Our Studies
Basic and Translational Research Collaborations
TCRC investigators collaborate with the clinical and translational community throughout Columbia University.
- The Columbia University Institute for Genomic Medicine
- The Columbia University Center for Translational Immunology
- The Columbia University Tabas Laboratory
- The Columbia University Schwabe Laboratory
Studies by Disease State
- Liver Cancer
- Liver disease
- Liver transplant
- Cirrhosis
- Hepatic Encephalopathy
- Hepatitis
- Liver Failure
- MASLD/MASH
Interested in learning more about our studies? Email us at: TCRCstudyreferral@cumc.columbia.edu
Our Investigators
Our Team
Leadership
Elizabeth Verna, MD, MS
Medical Director
Thresiamma Lukose, Pharm.D.
Director of Clinical Research Operations
Amanda Alonso
Director of Clinical Trials
Regulatory & Finance Team
Khady Ndour
Program Manager for Research Compliance and Quality
Valerie Storfer
Program Manager of Budget and Operations
Grace Bayona
Regulatory Coordinator
Elaine Martinez
Research Assistant
Dan Lien
Regulatory Assistant
Research Coordination Team
Geena George
Senior Research Coordinator
Bo Lu
Senior Research Coordinator
Olivia Wooford-Berry
Senior Clinical Research Coordinator
Matthew Ford
Clinical Research Coordinator
John Janosevic
Clinical Research Coordinator
Angela Sanchez
Clinical Research Coordinator
Rebecca Yeh
Clinical Research Coordinator
Zane Bekheet
Research Assistant
Everald Howell
Research Assistant
Rachel Nuccitelli
Research Assistant
Brendan Blackburn
Clinical Research Coordinator
Nayda Pichardo Fernandez
Clinical Research Coordinator
Dominique Piquant
Clinical Research Coordinator
Donate
If you would like to contribute donations to our ongoing research, click on the links below or contact our office.
https://www.givenow.columbia.edu/
Networks
- The Liver Cirrhosis Network (LCN) brings together 10 leading institutions with expertise in caring for patients with cirrhosis.
- Functional Assessment in Liver Transplantation is a multicenter NIH study to learn about effects of “frailty” in patients with liver disease on their health outcomes.
- The INTEGRATE Collaborative is a highly diverse investigative team that seeks to define factors influencing referral and waitlisting for early liver transplant for alcohol related liver disease, identify which biopsychosocial factors are causally related and predictive of outcomes, and determine how integrated care among the healthcare team influences outcomes
- Starzl Network for Excellence in Pediatric Transplantation is a network of pediatric transplant institutions committed to continuous improvement until every child can achieve a long and healthy life.
- The Society of Pediatric Liver Transplantation (SPLIT)’s mission is to improve outcomes in children receiving liver transplantation through research, improving care, training and mentoring, and supporting children and families.
- Transplanting Hepatitis C Kidneys Into Negative Kidney Recipients (THINKER-NEXT)'s goal of the THINKER-NEXT study is to make more kidneys available for transplant.
- Target RWE is redefining and revolutionizing the generation and delivery of real-world evidence.
Careers
JOIN OUR TEAM!
Click here to see open positions!
Contact Us
Email: askTCRC@cumc.columbia.edu
Phone: (212) 305-3839