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
Latest News
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 ...
Lisa Akhtar Receives R01 Award from the NIH
Lisa Akhtar, MD, PhD, Attending Physician, Infectious Diseases at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, received an R01 award from the National Institutes of Health and the National In...
New Device Helps Parents Learn How Much Breast Milk Baby Consumes
An interdisciplinary team that included researchers from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago has developed a new wearable device that provides clinical-grade, continuous monitoring of...
Study Investigates Role of Brain Scans for Youth with Symptoms of Psychosis
A study published in Academic Emergency Medicine shows that brain scans are infrequently helpful for evaluating symptoms of psychosis in children in the emergency department, particularly when there a...
Latest Publications
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.
