# Human and Animal Imaging Core

> **NIH NIH P50** · CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE · 2021 · $279,841

## Abstract

Abstract
The Human and Animal Imaging Core (HAIC) provides access to state-of-the-art in vivo whole brain imaging
technologies to DC-IDDRC investigators in order to support, facilitate, and enhance IDD-targeted research in
humans and in animal models. To achieve the Core’s aims we have established advanced imaging facilities at
three collaborating DC-IDDRC institutions - Howard University (HU), Georgetown University (GU), and
Children’s National Hospital (CNH) - that provide structural and functional imaging of animal models and
human populations. The HAIC provides access to a wide array of imaging tools to investigate mechanisms of
disease, establish biomarkers, examine effects of disease, and monitor outcomes of interventions. We have
made significant institutional investments in 3T human MRI scanners at CNH, and GU that provide researchers
with state-of-the-art imaging instrumentation and expand our imaging capacity in neonates and ill children.
Furthermore, we have also invested in MRI scanner/software upgrades and added PET, SPECT, and CT to
the preclinical animal imaging facilities at HU. HAIC personnel provide technical expertise in imaging strategy
design, essential imaging services, acquisition and innovative imaging sequences and analysis methods
across all sites and institutions. Core faculty and staff also help educate, train, and support investigators in the
use of advanced neuroimaging methods, applications, and analysis software as well as foster innovation. The
HAIC works synergistically, and fosters collaborations, with other DC-IDDRC cores including the
Neurobehavioral Evaluation, the Cell and Tissue Microscopy Core, the Genomics and Bioinformatics Core, and
Clinical Translational Cores, and supports the P50 Research Project. Our administrative structure provides the
quality control necessary for the integrity of a smoothly functioning core to achieve the DC-IDDRC mission.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10237684
- **Project number:** 1P50HD105328-01
- **Recipient organization:** CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE
- **Principal Investigator:** WILLIAM Davis GAILLARD
- **Activity code:** P50 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $279,841
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2021-07-21 → 2026-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10237684

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10237684, Human and Animal Imaging Core (1P50HD105328-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10237684. Licensed CC0.

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