# Human_Animal_Imaging-Core

> **NIH NIH U54** · CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE · 2020 · $191,774

## 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 Health System (CNHS)] 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 CNHS that provide researchers with
state-of-the-art imaging instrumentation and expand our imaging capacity in neonates and ill children.
Furthermore, we now extend our capabilities with the addition of the preclinical animal imaging facilities,
including 7.4 and 9T MRI scanners, at HU. To support this growth in the HAIC, a Co-Director with extensive
animal imaging experience joins HAIC leadership. HAIC personnel provide technical expertise in imaging
strategy design and essential imaging services, acquisition and innovative 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. The HAIC works synergistically, and
fosters collaborations with other DC-IDDRC cores including the Neurobehavioral Evaluation, Genomics and
Proteomics, Cell and Tissue Microscopy, and Clinical Translational Cores. 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:** 9998688
- **Project number:** 5U54HD090257-05
- **Recipient organization:** CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE
- **Principal Investigator:** WILLIAM Davis GAILLARD
- **Activity code:** U54 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $191,774
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9998688

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9998688, Human_Animal_Imaging-Core (5U54HD090257-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9998688. Licensed CC0.

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