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Dr. Mark Clements Receives JDRF Award to Study Psychosocial Technology for Youth with Type 1 Diabetes
Dealing with T1D can cause psychosocial burdens (depression, diabetes distress, anxiety, fear of hypoglycemia, family conflict) in adolescent and young adults. If not addressed, these issues can result in...
3 Investigators Receive Funding from the Global Platform for the Prevention of Autoimmune Diabetes
“Our goal is to identify key epigenomic switches that determine the activity state of the immune system which lead to the development of type 1 diabetes. Identifying those switches could lead to early...
Dr. Erin Guest Receives New Grant from Noah’s Bandage Project for Study Focusing on Leukemia in which the KMT2A Gene is Rearranged
Dr. Guest and her study team will address this unmet need for children with leukemia in which the KMT2A gene is rearranged by defining new genes and genetic pathways involved in leukemia progression and...
Emerging Principal Investigators: Dr. Romina Barral
In 2012, Dr. Romina Barral joined Children’s Mercy Kansas City as a physician-researcher and has recently focused on research aimed at decreasing disparities in reproductive and sexual health care for...
Dr. Warady Receives Nearly $5.8 Million Award for the “Chronic Kidney Disease in Children” Study
Children with chronic kidney disease (CKD) face increased health risks beyond their primary kidney disorder. CKiD V continues the observational CKiD study that began in 2003 and that follows 1,100 children...
Drs. Hampl, Dreyer Gillette, Laroche Join NIH-funded MPI Study to Improve Weight-Related Outcomes Among Youth and Adults with Obesity
The study evaluates the short- and long-term clinical and implementation outcomes of Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Obesity Care (CMOC) in 20 federally qualified health centers in urban and rural areas of...
Emerging Principal Investigators: Dr. Kaela Varberg
Kaela Varberg, PhD, Independent Investigator, Neonatology, is fascinated by maternal-fetal interaction and the field of developmental origins of health and disease (DOHaD).
Dr. Friedman Receives EPA Funding to Increase Lead and Pesticide Safety Outreach to In-Home Daycares
The project focuses on lead and pesticide outreach and education efforts for in-home daycare centers located within vulnerable communities identified by the EPA in St. Louis, MO.
Dr. Jonathan Wagner Receives Grant to Study Ways to Improve Drug Dosing and Outcomes for Patients with Fontan Associated Liver Disease
This study focuses on children who have had the Fontan procedure. These are children with severe heart disease with only one functional ventricle.
New Angelman Syndrome Clinic
In December 2022, a new Angelman Syndrome Clinic opened up at Children's Mercy. It is a medical home for patients but also serves as an important hub for innovative new research.
Dr. Meagan Vacek Receives Award from Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation to Study Infant Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Dr. Vacek's study will use single cell genomics to investigate transcriptomic changes during hematopoietic differentiation of human iPSCs engineered to express the KMT2A:AFF1. It will also compare the iPSCs...
Dr. Terrie Flatt Receives Grant to Increase Participation of Hispanic Children in Clinical Trials
This grant supports a Spanish-speaking Clinical Research Assistant to ensure that more Hispanic children can be treated on clinical trials.
Emerging Principal Investigators: Dr. Rose Gelineau-Morel
Rose Gelineau-Morel, MD, Neurology, has always had an interest in how the brain works. “I remember in high school thinking about what makes people tick. It’s fascinating that everyone has a brain with the...
Dr. Puls Receives Award to Study Home Visiting in Child Maltreatment Prevention
To better understand the efficacy of home visiting (HV) in child maltreatment prevention, this study will assess the effects protective factors like economic self-sufficiency and positive parenting...
Dr. Mark Hoffman a co-PI on Study that Uses De-Identified Data to Research Health Effects of Climate Change
The project, “Using massive, multi-regional EHR data to estimate the impacts of climate change on fungal disease epidemiology in the U.S.,” will investigate the health effects of climate change on fungal...
Fridley Lab
About the Lab The Fridley lab is focused on the development of novel statistical and bioinformatic methods to answer questions that arise in cancer and pediatric research. Recently, the lab has been working...
Research Summer Scholars
Children’s Mercy Kansas City offers an exciting and competitive research opportunity for highly motivated undergraduate students with an interest in biomedical research. For over 25 years, Children’s Mercy...
Dr. Kaela Varberg Awarded NIH Grant to Investigate the Role of ASCL2 in Trophoblast Cell Lineage Development
Dr. Varberg’s study titled, “Regulation of Invasive Trophoblast Cell Lineage Development,” will identify gene targets of Achaete-Scute Family Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factor 2 (ASCL2) and place...
Blazing a Trail in Genetic Cancer Testing for Children
A genetic test for all children newly diagnosed with cancer or those who experience a relapse of their disease allows researchers and physicians to better understand treatment options for a child’s cancer...
Summer Training in Academic Research (STAR) Program 2.0
June 20 to July 28, 2022 | The STAR Program 2.0 provides high school students with hands-on, high-quality research experience.