UTHealth Cellular Therapy Core

Overview of Services

 

The Cellular Therapy Core (CTC) consists of the Judith R. Hoffberger Cellular Therapeutics Laboratory and the Evelyn H. Griffin Stem Cell Therapeutics Research Laboratory. The Hoffberger laboratory is located on the 6th floor of the UT Medical School Building (MSB) and is focused on translating, scaling-up, validating and supporting IND applications (CMC section) of promising new therapeutic technologies developed by scientists and physicians at a pre-clinical level into clinical-grade processes that can be used to manufacture cell-based and/or tissue engineered products for clinical applications. The Griffin Laboratory is located on the 6th floor of the Behavioral and Biomedical Sciences Building (BBSB) and is an FDA-registered facility where tissues and organs are processed to produce cells for clinical applications in compliance with current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP).

 

 

Services provided by the Cellular Therapy Core include:

  • Early involvement of experts in regulatory issues and process development
  • Development and/or translation, optimization, scale-up and validation of manufacturing processes
  • Development and writing of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
  • Development and validation of protocol-specific quality control (QC) assays
  • Support of IND applications (CMC section)
  • cGMP-compliant manufacturing of clinical-grade cell and/or tissue engineering products

Leadership

Fabio Triolo, Ph.D.
Director, Cellular Therapy Core
phone: (713) 486-2542 fax: (713) 486-2522
email: Fabio.Triolo@uth.tmc.edu

 

Charles S. Cox, Jr. Ph.D
Director, Children's Program in Regenerative Medicine
phone: (713)500-7300
email: charles.s.cox@uth.tmc.edu

Location and hours of operation

Hours Location

 

Available to support Clinical Trials needs on a 24/7 basis.

 

1941 East Road Houston, TX 77054

Links and Resources

Cellular Therapy Core Home Page

UT Health Home Page

Contacts

Name Role Phone Email Location
Fabio Triolo, Ph.D.
Director
 
713-500-7309
 
Fabio.Triolo@uth.tmc.edu
 
MSB 5.284
 
Sufira Kiran
Associate Director, Quality Assurance
 
713-486-2878
 
Sufira.Kiran@uth.tmc.edu
 
BBSB-6102A
 
Christina Willingham
Senior Program Manager
 
713-500-7233
 
Christina.L.Willingham@uth.tmc.edu
 
MSB 5.230
 
Melisa Walker
Program Manager
 
713-500-7305
 
Melisa.K.Walker@uth.tmc.edu
 
3SCRB 6.3606-4
 

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