NCI Clinical Research Foundation

A non-profit organization dedicated to its mission of discovering new and better ways to diagnose and treat
neurocognitive and neuropsychiatric disorders.

The foundation is comprised of a team of neuroscientists with expertise in cognitive neuroscience, functional neuroimaging, neuropharmacology and psychopharmacology, neuromodulation, neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative diseases, traumatic brain injury and the behavioral sciences.

Below is a sample of some of the research topics being conducted at the NCI Clinical Research Foundation:

Identifying Alzheimer’s disease neuromarkers on functional brain mapping

Tracking connectivity changes in resting state fMRI in mild cognitive impairment to dementia

Identifying cortical networks abnormalities correlated with perseverations in Autism

Creating an Alzheimer’s disease probability and disease severity index

Developing a neurodegenerative disease probability index

Biological and pharmacological treatments in Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases

Developing a biological assay to diagnosis delirium.

Using non-invasive brain stimulation to treat cognitive, neurobehavioral and neuropsychiatric disorders

Training caregivers on managing neurobehavioral complications in patients with dementia

The Research Team

The current research team is made up of qualified personnel with vast experiences ranging from functional brain mapping and neuromodulation, to clinical research and data analysis.

Gerald Tramontano, Ph.D., Executive Director

Dr. Gerald Tramontano conducts a variety of sponsored and investigator-initiated pharmacological, nutraceutical and neurodiagnostic research. As a Principal Investigator, Dr. Tramontano has completed approximately 70 clinical research studies. His clinical research experience in drug development ranges from bioavailabilty / bioequivalent studies, as well as, first in humans Phase I studies through Phase IV clinical trials. The majority of his clinical research has been investigating functional brain mapping, neuromodulation, behavioral, biological and pharmacological treatments for patients with a variety of cognitive and neuropsychiatric conditions, in particular – neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease. He has authored several published neuroscience-related and pharmacology articles in medical and forensic journals. Dr. Tramontano specializes in the practice of clinical neuropsychology. He is also a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Rutgers Medical School and faculty member of the Cerebral Dysfunction Clinic at the medical school. He is an Assistant Professor in Psychology at St. John’s University teaching clinical neuropsychology in the Ph.D. Clinical Psychology Program. Read more about Dr. Tramontano.

If you are interested in participating in any of these clinical trials, please register as a patient via NCBI and the results of your initial evaluation will determine if you are a candidate for one or more of the ongoing studies being conducted at NCBI and the NCI Clinical Research Foundation.  Our contact information is listed below.  Please note to contact the NCI Clinical Research Foundation, call or email NCBI. 

The other study:

The use of brain mapping as a tool to identify non-invasive neuromodulation treatment targets to treat neuropsychiatric symptoms such as psychosis and depression as well as cognitive deficits across a variety of disorders.

Building electrical neuroimaging and fMRI resting and active state normative databases.

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