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The Children’s Mercy Research Institute Leadership

Meet the leadership team at the Children’s Mercy Research Institute


The Children’s Mercy Research Institute is a world-class facility where many of the best and brightest researchers are looking for answers to pediatric medicine’s most challenging questions.

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Andrea Bradley-Ewing, MPA, MA

Research Diversity and Inclusion Officer

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Mark Hoffman, PhD

Chief Research Information Officer

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Jeanne James, MD, MBA, FAAP

Chair Pediatrics

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J. Steven Leeder, PharmD, PhD

Executive Vice President, Chief Scientific Officer, CMRI, Associate Chair-Research, Department of Pediatrics

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Shawn D. St. Peter, MD

Senior Vice President and Chair, Department of Surgery 

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Mary Tomlinson

Vice President of Research Administration 

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