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Core Services

- Clinical Trials Support
- Correlative Biological Studies
- Healthy Specimen Biorepository
- Request for Fresh Whole Blood

Children's Clinical and Translational Discovery Core

Meet the Team

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Chris Porter, MD

Scientific Director of Children’s Clinical and Translational Discovery Core, Program Medical Director of Cancer Genetics, Medical Director of Cancer Predisposition

chris.porter@emory.edu

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Mimi Le, PhD

Technical Director, Children's Clinical and Translational Discovery Core

uqle@emory.edu

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Braiden Smith, B.S.

Clinical Research Coordinator I

jbsmit9@emory.edu

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Elsie Jackson

Clinical Research Coordinator I

elsie.d.jackson@emory.edu

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Lauren Shaerer, MS

Clin Research Coordinator I

lauren.shaerer@emory.edu

Upcoming Events

Tue Oct 68:00AM-5:00PM
CF Data Science Workshop
Tue Oct 611:00AM-1:00PM
2026 Inaugural Marcus Center Distinguished Lecture @ GA Tech
Thu Oct 812:00PM-1:00PM
Marcus Autism Center / Behavioral Mental Health Grand Rounds 10/8/26
Thu Oct 83:00PM-5:00PM
The 2026 Annual Raymond Schinazi Distinguished Lecture
Mon Oct 1212:00PM-1:00PM
October K-Club "From Submission to Score: Demystifying K Grant Review - Insights from NIH K Grant Reviewers and Applicants"
Mon Oct 121:00PM-2:00PM
CCIV Weekly Seminar Series
Mon Oct 123:00PM-4:00PM
HeRO Special Guest Seminar Featuring David Staudt, MD, PhD
Tue Oct 1312:30PM-1:30PM
Aflac Research Conference (ARC) Seminar - Timothy Gershon, MD, PhD and Vivien Sheehan, MD, PhD 10/13/2026
Thu Oct 1512:00PM-2:00PM
CF-AIR Science Huddle: What We Learned at NACFC
Thu Oct 1512:00PM-1:00PM
HeRO Seminar Series: Featuring Eldad Tzahor, PhD
Mon Oct 191:00PM-2:00PM
CCIV Weekly Seminar Series
Tue Oct 2012:30PM-1:30PM
Aflac Advances in Research (AiR) Seminar - Elaissa Hardy, PhD and Deepak Kumar, PhD 10/20/2026
Wed Oct 2112:00PM-1:00PM
Children's Pediatric Research Ground Rounds Featuring CF-AIR Sponsored Speaker, Rishikesan Kamaleswaran, PhD, MS
Thu Oct 2212:00PM-1:00PM
Marcus Autism Center / Behavioral Mental Health Grand Rounds 10/22/26
Thu Oct 221:00PM-2:00PM
CF-AIR Science Huddle: Sohail Khoshnevis, PhD (Research Highlight)
Fri Oct 238:00AM-5:00PM
Emory Physician Scientist Symposium
Mon Oct 261:00PM-2:00PM
CCIV Weekly Seminar Series
Fri Oct 3012:00PM-1:00PM
REACH Seminar: Shasha Bai, PhD 10/30/26
Mon Nov 21:00PM-2:00PM
CCIV Weekly Seminar Series
Thu Nov 51:00PM-2:00PM
CF-AIR Science Huddle: Patrick Harrison, PhD (Cincinnati Children's)
Mon Nov 91:00PM-2:00PM
CCIV Weekly Seminar Series
Thu Nov 128:30AM-4:30PM
10th Annual Center for Childhood Infections and Vaccines (CCIV) Symposium
Thu Nov 1212:00PM-1:00PM
Marcus Autism Center / Behavioral Mental Health Grand Rounds 11/12/26
Thu Nov 121:00PM-2:00PM
CF-AIR Science Huddle: Erica Browne (Journal Club)
Mon Nov 161:00PM-2:00PM
CCIV Weekly Seminar Series
Wed Nov 1812:00PM-1:30PM
Children's Pediatric Research Ground Rounds Featuring CCTR Sponsored Speaker Mark T. Gladwin, MD
Wed Nov 181:00PM-2:00PM
MAC and REACH Seminar: Lisa Croen, PhD 11/18/26
Thu Nov 191:00PM-2:00PM
CF-AIR Science Huddle: Malinda Wu, MD, MSCR (Johns Hopkins)
Thu Nov 192:00PM-3:00PM
GENI Seminar - Christine Pfeiffer, PhD 11/19/2026
Mon Nov 301:00PM-2:00PM
CCIV Weekly Seminar Series
Thu Dec 31:00PM-2:00PM
CF-AIR Science Huddle: Finn Hawkins, M.B., B.Ch. (Boston University)

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