| As stated in the ARDS Support Center Mission, one of
the goals is to "sponsor and participate in activities aimed at
funding ARDS research, the furtherance of the primary goal of the ARDS
Support Center and creating a broad public awareness of this deadly
syndrome." There are many avenues through
which donations can be made to organizations involved in ARDS research.
This can be through donations made directly to local organizations, or
through the efforts of individuals acting on their own.
Donations can be made directly to the ARDS Support
Center. Please note that 100% of donations are applied to
distribution of ARDS brochures to hospitals throughout the nation, as
well as the maintenance of the ARDS website. The ARDS Support
Center is run strictly by volunteers and no salaries are paid to
anyone in the organization.
Donations and contributions to the ARDS Support
Center should be made payable to "ARDS Support Center, Inc." and
mailed to:
ARDS Support Center, Inc.
7172 Regional Street, #278
Dublin, CA 94568-2324
If you should have a specific question that you can
not find an answer to here, please email donations@ards.org
for help.
For those who wish to make
donations to further ARDS research directly to specific research
efforts, two lists of organizations follow. The first list includes
hospitals that are actively engaged in ARDS research activities and in
addition have been of much assistance to the ARDS Support Center in
furthering the goals of the organization. The second list includes
eleven clinical centers knows as the ARDS Clinical Network (ARDSnet).
This organization was established by the medical community in the
United States with the objective of developing a concerted medical
approach to the diagnosis and treatment of ARDS. The ARDS Clinical
Network page of this website provides more information about ARDSnet.
Finally the address for donations to the National Heart, Lung and
Blood Institute is shown.
ARDS RESEARCH HOSPITALS
Hospital of the University of
Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania has been
designated by the National Institutes of Health as one of six
Specialized Centers of Research in ARDS. We are also one of ten
academic medical centers participating in the ARDS Clinical Trials
Group, ARDSnet, which is also sponsored by the NIH.
With the benefit of federal support, M.D. and Ph.D. scientists at the
University of Pennsylvania are actively investigating the biochemical
and cellular basis of the acute lung injury that initiates ARDS. The
long term goal is to develop therapies that prevent this devastating
condition from ever occurring in susceptible children and adults.
Together with the other participating centers in ARDSnet, we are also
engaged in large clinical trials to improve the supportive therapy of
patients who have ARDS with the hope of improving survival and
functional performance after recovery. One such study, recently
published, showed that survival is improved by using lower pressures
during mechanical ventilation.
We welcome and regularly receive gifts from grateful patients and
their family members in support of our ARDS research. These gifts are
deposited in the ARDS Research Fund, which is used to support new
investigators, including Jason Christie and Mark Lund, and new
research initiatives that are not yet ready for federal research
support. One current example is the work we are doing now on cognitive
and emotional recovery in ARDS
survivors. By funding pilot projects, donors help to draw new
scientists into ARDS research and help us set future directions for
our laboratory and clinical investigation in this area.
Checks can be sent to me, John Hansen-Flaschen, MD at the address
below. They should be made out to Trustees of the University of
Pennsylvania, with "ARDS Research Fund" written in the memo
space of the check. I will personally acknowledged all gifts of $50
and above. We also encourage people to visit our ICUs and our
laboratories to learn more about the research and patient care
underway here.
This is an exciting time for ARDS research. Progress is accelerating.
We are so thankful to the ARDS Support Center for the opportunity to
share our excitement with the larger community of people who know
first-hand the devastation of this terrible disease.
John Hansen-Flaschen, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Division
873 Maloney Building
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Johns Hopkins University Hospital
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University
have been working on ARDS for over 30 years. This is an important
research area for us because there are over 200 patients per year with
ARDS in our intensive care units. Our research program is focused on
basic mechanisms of inflammation and lung injury and on testing
promising new treatments in the clinical environment.
Basic science research is focused on
several areas. Several investigators are exploring mechanisms of
vascular permeability, trying to understand why the lung’s blood
vessels become leaky when they are inflamed, causing the lungs to fill
with excess water and protein-rich fluid. Additional basic research is
focused on understanding how inflammation develops, how it causes
problems with exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide, and why some
alveolar air spaces collapse. Several scientists at Johns Hopkins are
exploring mechanisms of oxygen toxicity, which can contribute to
inflammation in the ARDS lungs. Most recently, we are using advanced
technology to understand the role of genes in the response of various
patients to some of the conditions that cause ARDS.
Many of the lessons learned from basic
science research are being used to improve clinical care of ARDS
patients. We have focused much effort to improve how we use mechanical
ventilators to support breathing in patients with ARDS. We developed
modified ventilator strategies for preventing injury to ARDS patients’
lungs from excessive pressure and volume. Roy Brower, MD chaired the
successful trial of lower tidal volume ventilation in ARDS conducted
by the NIH ARDS Network. In that study, mortality was reduced
substantially when patients received the modified lower tidal volume
approach. Brower is now chairing another NIH ARDS Network study to
further improve our use of life support systems in ARDS patients.
Contributions to our research programs
have enhanced our ability to conduct successful research. Gifts are
deposited in our ARDS Research Fund and are used to initiate new
studies, some of which may develop into effective new therapies. All
gifts will be acknowledged and appreciated.
Contributions should be made out to “ARDS
Research (Roy Brower)” and mailed to:
Kathryn Ries,
Administrative Manager
Johns
Hopkins
University
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
1830 E. Monument Street, 5th floor
Baltimore,
MD
21287
LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah
Make checks payable to ARDS Research or Ramona O. Hopkins and mail
to:
Ramona O. Hopkins, PH.D.
Department of Critical Care Medicine
LDS Hospital
Eight Avenue and C Street
Salt Lake City, UT 84143
Stanford University
Make checks payable to Stanford University. In the memo section of
the check and in a short memo accompanying the check write, "A
donation for the Basic Biology of Pulmonary Inflammation Fund"
and mail to:
Stanford University
Basic Biology of Pulmonary Inflammation Fund
Thomas Raffin, M.D.
Chief of Respiratory Medicine
Stanford, CA 94305-5236
Mayo Foundation
Checks should be made payable to Mayo Foundation. On the memo line
of the check, please indicate ARDS Research in memory of
__________. The Mayo Foundation is a not-for-profit charitable
organization. All contributions made to the Mayo Foundation are fully
tax deductible. Each donor will receive an official gift
acknowledgement for tax purposes. Mail to:
Mayo Foundation
Development Department
200 First Street SW
Rochester, MN 55902
ARDS Clinical Network
California
Category: Investigator
Michael A. Matthay, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Critical Care Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Moffitt Hospital, M-917
505 Parnassus Avenue
San Francisco, California 94143-0624
Colorado
Category: Investigator
Edward Abraham, M.D.
Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine
University of Colorado
Health Sciences Center
4200 East Ninth Avenue , Box C272
Denver, Colorado 80262
Maryland
Category: Investigator
Henry J. Silverman, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Maryland at Baltimore
10 South Pine Street, MSTF Suite 800
Baltimore, Maryland 21201-1192
Michigan
Category: Investigator
Galen B. Toews, M.D.
Professor
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
University of Michigan
3916 Taubman Center
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0360
North Carolina
Category: Investigator
William J. Fulkerson, Jr., M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Duke University Medical Center
P.O. Box 3121
Room 8264 Duke North Hospital
Durham, North Carolina 27710
Ohio
Category: Investigator
Herbert P. Wiedemann, M.D.
Chairman
Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
9500 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44195
Pennsylvania
Category: Investigator
Paul N. Lanken, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
9 Founders MICU
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4283
Tennessee
Category: Investigator
Arthur P. Wheeler, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
School of Medicine Vanderbilt University
B1308 Medical Center North
21st Avenue and Garland Street
Nashville, Tennessee 37232
Utah
Category: Investigator
Alan H. Morris, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Director of Research
LDS Hospital
8th Avenue and C Street
Pulmonary & Critical Care Division
Salt Lake City, Utah 84143
Washington
Category: Investigator
Leonard D. Hudson, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
University of Washington
Harborview Medical Center
325 Ninth Ave
Seattle, Washington 98104
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