- Windber Research Institute
Windber Research Institute or WRI is a private,
non-profit biomedical research institute that is focused onwomen 'shealth ,cardiovascular disease and processes ofaging , is located on Somerset Avenue inWindber ,PA . It opened in 2001.The research of WRI is mainly divided into tissue banking, data warehousing of clinical,
molecular (genomic andproteomic ) and imaging data and data analysis and interpretation along with the biomedical informatics team.Through an existing relationship with the
Walter Reed Army Medical Center , in the Clinical Breast Care Program, WRI currently has greater than 14,000 highly annotated breast tissues, alone, with more than 500 data fields and single pathologist review on each patient, integrated with all the molecular and imaging data as well. Studies are ongoing regardingtumor heterogeneity ,disease and patientstratification , environment andlifestyle risk factors,ethnicity , and biomarker development, all with a focus on addressing existing clinical problems.In addition, WRI is examining the impact of lifestyle modification programs, using diet, stress management and exercise along with group support, to reduce
cardiovascular risk factors, controlobesity and impactdiabetes . This is part of the Ornish Lifestyle Program that is offered at Windber.Its diagnostic capabilities include digital and film
mammography , 4-D ultrasound, 16-slice PET/CT and a 3T HD MRI which are integrated into the clinical data, molecular data and image repository.External links
* [http://www.wriwindber.org/mission.asp Official web site]
* [http://www.cbcp.info/ CBCP web site]
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