Published: Friday, Dec. 13, 2013, 12:21p.m. Updated 1 hour ago
The University of Pittsburgh will participate in a network of 25 regional stroke centers assembled to advance and streamline research on stroke prevention, treatment and recovery, the National Institutes of Health announced on Friday.
This network represents a new and innovative approach to finding more effective methods to prevent and treat strokes, said Dr. Lawrence Wechsler, professor and chair of the Department of Neurology at Pitt's School of Medicine and founder of the UPMC Stroke Institute.
Pitt, which is working in coordination with the UPMC Stroke Institute, is the only network site in Western Pennsylvania.
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke will coordinate and finance the network.
The regional stroke centers will receive $200,000 for research costs and $50,000 for training stroke-clinical researchers per year over the first three years.
NIH StrokeNet will allow the most promising therapies to quickly advance to the clinic, to improve prevention, acute treatment, or rehabilitation of the stroke patient, said Dr. Walter J. Koroshetz, deputy director of the institute.
Debra Erdley is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. She can be reached at 412-320-7996 or derdley@tribweb.com.
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Pitt to be part of network to prevent, treat strokes