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CFBR Access

The CF Discovery Core and CF-BR located at Emory Children's Center offer fresh and frozen patient-derived samples, available for pickup or delivery, to support internal and external academic researchers studying CF. To initiate new projects, please contact Dr Lokesh Guglani and/or Dr Arlene Stecenko. 

Patient-derived sample requests require evaluation and approval by the Research Oversight Committee (ROC), consisting of clinicians, researchers, biostatisticians, and clinical research coordinators to ensure feasibility and scientific rigor. The committee will be selected depending according to your project needs, and may include these standing committee members: 

Rachel Linnemann MD   Jessica Alvarez, PhD, RDKathryn Oliver, PhD
Nael McCarty, PhD Joshua Chandler, PhD Joshua Chandler, PhD 
Steve Diggle, PhDLokesh Guglani, MDJoanna Goldberg, PhD
Benjamin Kopp, MDRandy Hunt, MD Ryan Harris, PhD
Rabin Tirouvanziam, PhDBalazs Rada, PhD  Shasha Bai, PhD
Scott Gillespie, MS, MSPH   Vin Tangpricha, MD         Marvin Whiteley, PhD   
Tom Ziegler, MDSam Brown, PhDEric Hunter
Chris DriggersDesiree CokerKaty Clemmer

For submission of a ROC request form, please contact Dr. Kymry Jones.  Requests may be prioritized according to department, institution, and project.

Meet the Team


Arlene Stecenko, MD

Co-Director of CF-AIR, Co-Director of the CF Center of Excellence, Marcus Professor of Pulmonology, and Director, Cystic Fibrosis Discovery Core, CF-BR, & The Georgia Cystic Fibrosis Data Warehouse

astecen@emory.edu

Lokesh Guglani, MD, FAAP

Professor of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine and Co-Director, CF Discovery Core/CF-BR

lokesh.guglani@emory.edu

Chris Driggers

Project Manager/Technical Director - CF Discovery Core and CF-BR

william.driggers@emory.edu

Kymry Jones, PhD

Associate Director, CF@LANTA Research

ktjones8@emory.edu

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