Cutting-Edge Innovation and Discovery
The Child Health Research Institute is an innovative partnership between University of Nebraska Medical Center and Children’s Nebraska that was launched to change – and save – young lives.
What We Do:
- Promote the health and well-being of children.
- Discover new diseases.
- Contribute new knowledge about the mechanisms of disease.
- Translate research into new tests and novel treatments.
- Explore innovative approaches to disease prevention.
- Use resources wisely through responsible stewardship.
CHRI Mission
To provide every child an equal opportunity for a healthy life through leading-edge innovation and discovery.
CHRI Vision
To support talented CHRI researchers in innovative research and collaborative discovery to improve the health of children everywhere.
CHRI Goals
- Elevate and Integrate Research: Foster, sustain and integrate high impact pediatric research across Children's Nebraska, UNMC, partner institutions and the communities we serve.
- Develop Premier Investigators: Promote an environment that recruits, retains and advances established investigators while strategically mentoring and investing resources to drive sustained growth of early-career faculty, our future leaders in child health research.
- Ensure Our Discoveries Impact Child Health: Discoveries will be disseminated, discussed, critically reviewed and then integrated into practice in clinics, hospitals and populations to improve the health of every child and prepare each child for a fulfilling and productive life.
Message from our Executive Director
As the Executive Director of the Child Health Research Institute, I am focused on building a foundation for our investigators to successfully grow research platforms, collaborate and secure extramural funding. We will disseminate the results of our efforts to the greater pediatric scientific community to improve the health of children through research innovation world-wide. Along with UNMC and Children's, our committed sponsors, the Child Health Research Institute is poised to provide every child an equal opportunity for a healthy life.
A Closer Look
Dr. Ann Anderson Berry talks about how the Child Health Research Institute empowers pediatric research.
By the Numbers
Our key metrics
Institute members
Current studies
Patients enrolled
About CHRI
Our people and purpose.
Recent Member Research Successes
Aditya Bade, PhD, Studies Impact of Maternal HIV-1 Medication on Infants
CHRI member Aditya Bade, PhD, assistant professor of the Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, is building a research program that aims to uncover how fetal exposure to certain antiretroviral drugs can impair neurodevelopment.
Russell McCulloh, MD, Ashley Deschamp, MD, Receive R01 Funding for Obesity Study
Russell McCulloh, MD, associate vice chancellor for clinical research, UNMC, and director of clinical and translational research operations, Children’s Nebraska, and Ashley Deschamp, MD, associate professor, Division of Pulmonology, Allergy and Sleep Medicine, UNMC, and pulmonologist, Children’s, have received R01 funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for leading Nebraska’s involvement in a national R01 study to examine interventions for treating pediatric obesity among underserved rural children and families.
Ram Kumar Subramanyan, MD, PhD, Implements First Ever NIH-Sponsored Stem Cell Trial for Children with HLHS Heart Disease (ELPIS) at Children's Nebraska
Ram Kumar Subramanyan, MD, PhD, chief, Division of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, at Children’s Nebraska and UNMC, has implemented the first National Institutes of Health-sponsored ELPIS Stem Cell Trial at Children's Nebraska. Dr. Subramanyan serves as the national trial's lead surgical advisor on the executive committee.
Upcoming Events
12-06-2024
Pediatric Academic Workshop
Research and More
