CHIRP is located at 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, MD, 20814, on the campus of the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC). CHIRP is served by the Medical Center Metro stop (Red Line).
CHIRP Research

Our Facility
Research
The following investigators were awarded in the first phase of the RFA.
Principal Investigator | Title | Co-Principal Investigators | Department | Sub Program | RFA-1/2 |
Biswas, Roopa | Epigenetic regulation of F508del-CFTR cystic fibrosis lung disease | FRIZZELL, RAYMOND A (University of Pittsburgh School ofMedicine)/GOROSPE, MYRIAM (NIH National Institute on Aging)/Olsen, Cara (USUHS) | Clinical | Lung diseases and Conditions | RFA-2 |
Buckenmaier, Chester | Biomarker signatures of the sleep-pain enigma | Knollman-Ritschel, Barbara (USU/HJF)/Bhomia, Manish (USU)/Dickens, Jonathan F (WRNMMC)/ Highland, Krista Beth (HJF)/Kent, Michael (USU)/ Mauntel, Timothy (WRNMMC) | Clinical | Sleep disorders | RFA-2 |
Cox,Rachel | Identifying mitochondrial proteinaceous RNAse P mutations linked to hypertension | Koutmos Ph.D., Markos, USUHS | Biochemistry | Heart and Vascular Disease | RFA-1 |
Dalgard, Clifton L | Defining genetic etiology of inflammatory vasculopathy in Mendalian autoinflammatory syndromes and their role in common complex vascular disease | Boehm, Manfred (NHLBI)/Brofferio, Alessandra (NHLBI)/Goldbach-Mansky, Raphaela T (NIAID)/ Jones, Olay (WRNMMC) | Clinical | Heart and Vascular Disease | RFA-2 |
Darling, Thomas | Genomics of Lymphangioleiomyomatosis and Tuberous Sclerosis Complex | Moss, Joel, NHLBI,Thangapazham, Rajesh/ Klover, Peter/Li, Shaowei | Dermatology | Lung Diseases and Conditions | RFA-1 |
DUNN, TERESA M | The Impact of ORMDL3 Expression on T Lymphocyte Activation and Asthma Pathogenesis | Snow, Andrew L (HJF)/Holley, Aaron (San Antonio Military Medical Center)/Proia, Richard (NIH/NIDDK)Mitre, Edward (USU) | Clinical | Lung diseases and Conditions | RFA-2 |
Dveksler,Gabriela | Expression of pregnancy-specific glycoproteins in preeclampsia | Austin, Melissa, WRNMMC | Pathology | Heart and Vascular Disease | RFA-1 |
Flagg, Thomas | Metabolism, Epigenetics and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy | Haigney, Mark Charles, USU | APG | Heart and Vascular Disease | RFA-1 |
Galdzicki,Zygmunt | Sleep Deficits and Physiological Stress in High Altitude Conditions | Cramer, Nathan/Snow, Andrew /Tankersley, Clarke G/Vgontzas, Alexandros N (Penn State Univ./Dalgard, Clifton/Rapoport, Stanley (NIA)/ Heller, Craig H (Stanford Univ.) | APG | Sleep Disorders | RFA-1 |
HAIGNEY, MARK Charles | Genetic Contributions to Sudden Cardiac Arrest in the Military. | Dalgard, Clifton (USU)/FLAGG, THOMAS (USU)/ Hellwig, Lydia (USU)/KLEIN, MICHAEL G (USU)/ Manolio, Teri (USU)/Needleman, Matthew (USU)/ Sack, Michael N (USU)/Turner, Clesson (USU)/ Wilkerson, Matthew Devin (USU) | Clinical | Heart and Vascular Disease | RFA-2 |
Namboodiri, Ma | Acetate Supplementation using Glyceryl Triacetate as an Adjunct Therapy for Hemorrhagic Shock and Injury | Elster, Eric A, USU/Flagg, Thomas/Moffett, John R/DAvis, Thomas/Arun, Peetheambaran | APG | Blood Diseases and Conditions | RFA-1 |
Pratt, Kathleen | Hemophilia A and Immune Responses to Factor VIII | Newton, Thomas Charles, WRNMMC/Wilkerson, Matthew /Dalgard, Clifton | Medicine | Blood Diseases and Conditions | RFA-1 |
Quinnan,Gerald | Metagenomic Analysis of Respiratory Samples from Patients with Acute Respiratory Infection | Bishop-Lilly, Kimberly A, Naval Medical Research Center/Coles, Christian/Stewart, Dr. Ann V/ Zhang, Dr. Pengfei | Preventive Med. & Biometrics | Lung Diseases and Conditions | RFA-1 |
Smyth, Jeremy Thomas | Role of Stim and Orai calcium signaling proteins in heart development and pathological cardiac hypertrophy | Hammer, John A (NHLBI) | Basic | Heart and Vascular Disease | RFA-2 |
Tan,Shyh-Han | Genomic Landscape of the Sickle Cell Trait Associated Lethal Kidney Cancer | Petrovics,Gyorgy, USU;Sesterhenn, Isabell , USU, Srivastava, Shiv, USU/Dalgard, Clifton/Wilkerson, Matthew | CPDR | Blood Diseases and Conditions | RFA-1 |
Wu,Tao-Yiao | Dysregulation of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis in Sleep Disorders | Rothwell, Stephen W, USU | OBG | Sleep Disorders | RFA-1 |
Zhang, Yumin | Inhibition of endocannabinoid hydrolysis in sleep disorder associated with PTSD | Mueller, Gregory, USU/Tanaka, Mikiei /Moran, Sean | APG | Sleep Disorders | RFA-1 |
Zhou,Xiaoming | Proteomic identification of urinary biomarkers for sickle nephropathy | Ackerman, Dr. Hans, NHLBI/Oliver, Col James D (WRNMMC)/Knepper, Mark A (NHLBI) | Medicine | Blood Diseases and Conditions | RFA-1 |