Children's Research Institute dedicated
Beyond the bricks and mortar used to create the Charles P. Darby Children's Research Institute is a steadfast vision, planning, and commitment shared by a multitude of people. The institute, which was dedicated Feb. 10, symbolizes a commitment to the future of children in South Carolina.
Honoree
Dr. Charles P. Darby Jr. along with grandchildren Leland Darby, from left,
Christopher Parker, Artie Darby, Lucile Wolf, Celia Wolf, Charles Darby,
Amelia Parker, J.C. Darby, David Wolf, and Elizabeth Haizlip cut the commemorative
ribbon dedicating the Charles P. Darby Children's Research Institute Feb.
10. The institute's invocation was presented by Rev. Monsignor James A.
Carter.
From its bold, sweeping entrance extending from the Basic Science Building to its architecturally curved corridors and open, spacious lab modules, each of the five research floors present a treat for both the eyes and senses in terms of lighting, textures, perspective and functionality.
Dr.
Charles Darby tours a lab with Sarah Boensch, left, Anne Darby Parker and
Greg Royall.
The newest research facility to open on campus in seven years, the new CRI is destined to provide new discoveries within a modern, collaborative environ-ment.
As beautiful, modern and functional as this new research facility is, it will never achieve its purpose without dedicated, highly trained biomedical investigators, both in basic science and clinical research. The importance of scientific investigation, especially that aspect of clinical research called translational research was the thrust of the guest lecture, delivered by David Nathan, M.D., professor and chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School.
Standing
in front of the portrait of Dr. Charles P. Darby, which is hanging on the
second floor of the Charles P. Darby Children's Research Institute, are,
left to right, Drs. Inderjit Singh, scientific director of the institute;
Lyndon Key, professor and chair of the MUSC Department of Pediatrics; and
Bernard Maria, executive director of the institute.
Unable to present his lecture in person due to a severe snowstorm in Boston, Nathan sent his speech, delivered on video, to an audience gathered in the Basic Science Building Auditorium.
“Translational clinical research [is] the movement of biology from the bench to the bedside and most important from the bedside back to biology,” Nathan said. “It is the exploration in the laboratory ... of the diseases in children, trying to plumb the depths of those diseases so you can understand their pathophysiology and arrive at better treatments for those children.
Speakers
at the dedication ceremony for the Charles P. Darby Children's Research
Institute included, left to right, Dr. Lyndon Key, professor and
chair of the MUSC Department of Pediatrics; Jenny Sanford, first lady of
South Carolina, and Dr. Ray Greenberg, MUSC president.
“That's certainly the prime goal. The secondary and critical goal is that through that exploration, you will define many of the rules of basic biology, because those children have those rules locked up in them.
“This is a tremendous accomplishment by this university and this community. You are making a huge contribution to pediatrics in general and to child health all over the world. I'm very proud to be a pediatrician and to be your colleague.”
Find a link to Nathan's lecture http:/www.musckids.com/research.
Friday, Feb. 18, 2005
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