The NIMML Director visited the Children’s National Medical Center

On Nov 19th 2012, Dr. Bassaganya-Riera visited the Children’s National Medical Center (CNMC) in DC to discuss potential research collaborations and possible partnerships related to immunology, infectious and chronic diseases with numerous CNMC faculty, including Steve Zeichner, Roberta DeBiasi, Anthony Sandler, Laurie Conklin, and Yan Lu. Dr. Bassaganya-Riera led the immunology team and presented a summary of collaborative opportunities, including the development of several large-scale programs in infectious and immune-mediated diseases. The visit was part of broader collaborative discussions involving senior leadership at Virginia Tech (President Steger, Provost McNamee and VP for Research Walters) and CNMC (President Newman, Executive VP Batshaw, and Scientific Director Tuchman).

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The NIMML Institute is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit public charity foundation focused on a transdisciplinary, team-science approach to precision medicine at the interface of immunology, inflammation, and metabolism. The NIMML Institute team has led numerous large-scale transdisciplinary projects and is dedicated to solving important societal problems by combining the expertise of immunologists, computational biologists, toxicologists, modelers, translational researchers, and molecular biologists. The Institute is headquartered in Blacksburg, VA. For more information, please visit www.nimml.org or contact pio@nimml.org.