PRIME-CORD: Precision Research in Inflammatory & Ischemic Myelopathies-CORD Consortium

Grant number: U54 AI205727-01

Principal Investigators

• Carlos A. Pardo-Villamizar, MD
• Kathryn Fitzgerald, ScD
• Elias Sotirchos, MD

Lead Institution: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Diseases Studied

• Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM)
• Transverse myelitis (TM)
• Spinal cord infarction (SCI) or spinal cord stroke (SCS)
• Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD)

Funding Statement

The PRIME-CORD: Precision Research in Inflammatory & Ischemic Myelopathies-CORD Consortium is part of the Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network (RDCRN), which is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and led by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) through its Division of Rare Diseases Research Innovation (DRDRI). PRIME-CORD is funded under grant number U54AI205727-01 as a collaboration between NCATS and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). This website is hosted by the network’s Data Management and Coordinating Center at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, which is funded by NCATS and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) under grant number TR002818.