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.
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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News items highlighting research breakthroughs and achievements, as well as perspectives on the innovations and issues affecting pediatric healthcare. Read more.
The Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation recently presented a major gift to Kyle MacQuarrie, MD, PhD, an attending physician at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, to investigate treatment resistance of rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive pediatric cancer of the muscle. Treatment for rhabdomyosarcoma includes chemotherapy along with surgical removal of the tumors, radiation therapy to the tumors, or both.
According to a new study, children exposed to parental incarceration had worse access to primary care and more unmet dental and mental health care needs than their peers. Read More.
Youth suicide rate increased as county levels of mental health professional shortages increased, after adjusting for county demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, according to the first national study to assess this association. Read More.
Electronic health record (EHR) data can be used to reliably identify readmission risk for children of all ages while they are still in the hospital, according to a study from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. Read More.
