C-PROGRESS: Progressing Pediatric Rehabilitation Research
The National Pediatric Rehabilitation Resource Center, also known as C-PROGRESS, helps clinical scientists studying pediatric rehabilitation by funding pilot studies, providing mentorship, and offering training and tools to support clinical trials research. C-PROGRESS stands for the Center for Pediatric Rehabilitation: Growing Research, Education, and Sharing Science, the center’s primary objective is to “see progress” in the emerging field of pediatric rehabilitation science. The Center is funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, and the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering. C-PROGRESS is one of six national centers in the Medical Rehabilitation Resource Network (MR3).
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C-PROGRESS Announces 2021 Pilot Studies Grant Recipients
The National Pediatric Rehabilitation Resource Center (C-PROGRESS) aims to facilitate research in pediatric rehabilitation science. The C-PROGRESS Pilot Studies program prioritizes innovative pilot studies and critical methodological advancements that will generate data to support larger-scale, competitive, and rigorous clinical trials.
The Roanoke Times: Despite restrictions, family flies from Britain to Roanoke for health care, hope
Laura and Craig Hattersley traveled from the United Kingdom to Roanoke, Virginia, so their daughter Sarah, who was born with a rare CASK gene mutation, could receive four weeks of intensive therapy at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC’s Neuromotor Research Clinic. “Sarah has come on leaps and bounds,” Laura Hattersley said as Sarah’s therapy wound down.
C-PROGRESS Partners
C-PROGRESS is funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, and the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering. Its founders are senior scientists at Virginia Tech’s Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, The Ohio State University, and Nationwide Children’s Hospital. C-PROGRESS is one of six national centers in the Medical Rehabilitation Resource Network (MR3).
