Rare Thrombotic Diseases Consortium

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Duke University Medical Center

Mayo Clinic

University of North Carolina

University of Wisconsin

The Centers for Disease Control

Durham VA Medical Center

Contact Information

The Centers for Disease Control

Contact Information:

W. Craig Hooper, Ph.D.
Molecular and Hemostasis Lab
Hematologic Disease Branch
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA 30333

About Us:

The Centers for Disease Control supports a network of specialized health-care centers to prevent and reduce complications experienced by individuals with inherited bleeding and clotting disorders. These centers use multi-disciplinary teams of health-care specialists, state-of-the-art clinical research programs, and outreach and educational programs. This network currently includes approximately 140 comprehensive hemophilia treatment centers, which have been shown to improve mortality rates for persons who use these centers compared to those who do not. To expand this model to inherited thrombophilic disorders, the CDC funded eight comprehensive Hemostasis and Thrombosis Centers in September, 2001. These centers include the following programs:

Duke Hemostasis & Thrombosis Center, Durham , NC
University of North Carolina Thrombophilia Program, Chapel Hill, NC
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Mountain States Regional Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center, Aurora, CO
University of Michigan Hemophilia and Coagulation Disorders, Ann Arbor, MI
Comprehensive Center for Bleeding Disorders and Thrombosis, Detroit, MI
Michigan State University Center for Bleeding & Clotting Disorders, East Lansing, MI
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, NJ

The Hematologic Laboratories conduct research and provide diagnostic services to persons with certain inherited bleeding and clotting disorders. The Laboratory Team is organized around two major activities: cell and molecular investigations, and analysis of blood clotting proteins. The blood clotting laboratory is CLIA-certified, serves as a reference laboratory, and provides reports to referred patients and study subjects.

Useful Links:

http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/hbd/clotting.htm

Clinical Trials:

coming soon!

Publications:

Dowling NF . Austin H. Dilley A. Whitsett C. Evatt BL. Hooper WC. The epidemiology of venous thromboembolism in Caucasians and African-Americans: the GATE Study. J ournal of Thrombosis & Haemostasis. 1(1):80-7, 2003.

Hooper WC. Holman RC. Heit JA. Cobb N. Venous thromboembolism hospitalizations among American Indians and Alaska Natives. Thrombosis Research. 108(5-6):273-8, 2002.

Dilley A. Austin H. El-Jamil M. Hooper WC. Barnhart E. Evatt BL. Sullivan PS. Ellingsen D. Patterson-Barnett A. Eller D. Randall H. Philipp C. Genetic factors associated with thrombosis in pregnancy in a United States population. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology. 183(5):1271-7, 2000.