We investigate essential functions of biological processes and fundamental mechanisms of diseases and disorders affecting children’s health. Our lab-based programs are organized into virtual scientific neighborhoods that promote collaborations.
Our work translates the discoveries of basic science into promising clinical applications. Multidisciplinary teams of researchers collaborate on clinical research on a range of specialties and conditions organized into program areas.
We drive the research on biological, psychological, social, behavioral, and environmental causes and influencers of common and prominent child health problems to generate evidence for clinical and public health interventions.
The Quantitative Science pillar provides cutting-edge statistical and analytical support and computational techniques to maximize research impact and improve the health outcomes of pediatric patients.
Our diverse team of researchers are influential leaders in investigating pediatric health issues and diseases, and include physicians, scientists, postdocs, coordinators, statisticians, data analysts, trainees, and others who routinely collaborate with medical centers, academic institutions, and community partners across the globe.
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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 care, a team that included researchers from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago developed a national atlas detailing pediatric acute care regions. They published their results in JAMA Pediatrics. The new map of pediatric acute care will guide research, policy, and regional quality efforts.
Optimal lung and respiratory function are critically important for patients living with significant congenital heart disease. Singing, which promotes efficient breathing mechanics, has shown benefits
Dr. Susanna McColley joins In Pursuit to discuss cystic fibrosis diagnosis and treatment, and the disparities in CF research, education and care. Listen now.
Research Interests: Pediatric respiratory infections, Pediatric emergency medicine, Clinical and molecular epidemiology, Antimicrobial stewardship, Predictive analytics
Research Interests: Pediatric Solid Tumors, Pediatric Sarcomas, Developmental Biology, Nuclear Organization
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 Children’s and Northwestern University proposes that the physical, geometric structure of DNA and how it is packaged in the cell nucleus—the “geometric code”—contains information critical to cellular function.
