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Child Health Research Center

At the Child Health Research Center, we support scientists engaged in basic and clinical research for the purpose of discovering innovative therapies for childhood diseases.

We bridge the gap between the laboratory and the bedside with cutting-edge research that improves the lives of children.

The mission of the center is to foster cutting edge research that improves the lives of children. The Center will comprise research administration, support, laboratory and core facilities in the MR-4 research building, as well as clinical research facilities in the new Battle Building. We expect that the Center will continue to grow and develop with the addition of investigators and support over the coming years.

Major Step Toward Growing Kidney Cells That Produce Blood Vessels

Researchers at the Pediatric Center of Excellence in Nephrology at UVA have identified the cells that give rise to the blood vessels within the kidney.

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31st Annual Research Symposium

Our 31st Annual Research Symposium took place on Thursday, May 30th, 2019.
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COVID-19 Resources for Applicants and Recipients of NIH Funding

Dr. Michael Lauer is NIH's Deputy Director for Extramural Research, serving as the principal scientific leader and advisor to the NIH Director on the NIH extramural research program.
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Guidance for NIH-funded Clinical Trials and Human Subjects Studies Affected by COVID-19

The purpose of this notice is to provide guidance outlining the flexibilities available to recipients conducting NIH-funded clinical trials and human subject studies, that are impacted by the declared public health emergency for COVID-19.
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CHRC: A Lecture to Honor the Contributions of Dr. Peter Heymann to the Understanding of Childhood Asthma

Child Health Research Center A Lecture to Honor the Contributions of Dr. Peter Heymann to the Understanding of Childhood Asthma “Rhinovirus-induced Dysmaturation of the Airway Epithelium Stimulates Type II Inflammatory…

Epigenetic and Proliferative Mechanisms of Renin Cell Plasticity

Omar Guessoum1, Maria Luisa S. Sequeira-Lopez2, Ariel Gomez1,2 1 Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 2 Department of Pediatrics, Division of Nephrology, University of Virginia School of Medicine.…

K23 NIH Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award

Sana Syed, MD, MS It gives us great pleasure to announce that Dr. Syed received her K23 NIH Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (starting fall 2019) focused on computational image…

First person – Brian Belyea, MD

©2018. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd I Disease Models & Mechanisms (2018) 11. dmm038463. doi:10.1242/dmm.038463 First Person is a series of interviews with the first authors of a…

31st Annual Research Symposium

Children’s Health Research Center Presents the 31st Annual Research Symposium Thursday, May 30th Call for Abstracts: ABSTRACT DUE DATE – Friday, April 12, 2019 The Research Trainee Competition features Platform…
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Brian A. Nosek, PhD Executive Director Center for Open Science Professor, Department of Psychology University of Virginia

Child Health Research Center Brian A. Nosek, PhD Executive Director Center for Open Science Professor, Department of Psychology University of Virginia   “Shifting incentives from getting it published to getting…

P. Todd Stukenberg, PhD Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics

Child Health Research Center Todd Stukenberg, PhD Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics “The misregulation of a non-membranous organelle on mitotic chromosomes generates aneuploidy in breast cancers.”   Friday, February 21st,…

W. Gerald Teague, MD Ivy Foundation Professor of Pediatrics, Associate Director, Child Health Research Center Clinical Studies

Child Health Research Center Gerald Teague, MD Ivy Foundation Professor of Pediatrics, Associate Director, Child Health Research Center Clinical Studies “Spatial Inhomogeneity of Ventilation as Resolved by Hyperpolarized Noble Gas…

Dr. Francine Evalina Garrett-Bakelman Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics

Child Health Research Center  Dr. Francine Evalina Garrett-Bakelman Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics  “Genomic and Epigenomic events in high risk Acute Myeloid Leukemia” Friday, January 24th, 2020 12:00 –…

William Petri, MD, PhD Vice Chair for Research, Department of Medicine, Wade Hampton Frost Professor of Epidemiology, University of Virginia

Child Health Research Center William Petri, MD, PhD Vice Chair for Research, Department of Medicine, Wade Hampton Frost Professor of Epidemiology, University of Virginia “Enteric infection and inflammation and impact…

 

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