Solving pediatric health challenges through research discoveries and advancements.
Our mission is to generate new knowledge and translate advancements in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases that affect children’s health through adolescence and adulthood. Read More About Us
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$1.8 Million Grant to Fund Expanded Diabetes Camp Study
A team of pediatric psychologists from the Pritzker Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago received a $1,835,000 grant from the Leona M....
Researchers Propose that DNA’s Geometry is Key to Cellular Function
Analyzing the sequences of DNA’s four chemical bases tells scientists about the fundamentals of how cells and organisms work. A new discovery by a multi-disciplinary team of researchers from Lurie Chi...
New Resource Details Pediatric Acute Care Regions
Pediatric acute care in the United States is highly regionalized, and access to it is inadequate for many children. Recognizing the need for a resource specific to how and where children receive acute...
Bridging Discovery to Care: The Role of the Clinical Research Unit
Clinical trials for pediatric patients are especially complex. Few organizations are capable of handling that complexity. Lurie Children’s is one of them. Our mission and structure are built for this ...
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Autism and Hierarchical Models of Intelligence
We focus on researching better ways to improve the future of children’s healthcare.
As the research arm of Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, we are one of the only freestanding pediatric research centers in the country. Our teams are based in the Simpson Querrey Biomedical Research Building, which houses our basic and preclinical sciences laboratories and administration offices, as well as additional campus locations that include our academic partner, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
