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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.

 

36th Annual Research Symposium Features Keynote Address by Madhusmita Misra, MD, Chair of Pediatrics, UVA, Physician-in-Chief, UVA Health Children’s,

On Thursday, May 30, 2024, The Child Health Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, hosted its 36th Annual Research Symposium. The renowned event began with an invigorating keynote lecture by Madhusmita Misra, MD, MPH “My Journey from Bone to the Brain.” Dr. Misra is the Benjamin Armistead Shepherd Professor and Chair of Pediatrics, UVA, Physician-in-Chief, UVA Health Children’s, and Fritz Bradley Talbot and Nathan Bill Talbot Professor of Pediatrics, Emerita, Harvard Medical School. R. Ariel Gomez, MD, Director of the Child Health Research Center (CHRC) gave the introduction and welcoming remarks.

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One Vaccine to Rule Them All

UVA Health’s Dr. Steven L. Zeichner and his colleague at Virginia Tech, Dr. Xiang-Jin Meng are developing a vaccine that could help contain both current and future variants of the COVID-19 virus – including the Delta variant currently plaguing the United States, and other variants that might crop up in the coming months and years.

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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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After 60 Year, Scientists Find the Missing Link in Our Body's Blood Pressure Control

University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have determined the location of natural blood-pressure barometers inside our bodies that have eluded scientists for more than 60 years.

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36th Research Symposium 2024

On Thursday, May 30, 2024, The Child Health Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, hosted its 36th Annual Research Symposium. The renowned event began with an invigorating keynote lecture by Madhusmita Misra, MD, MPH “My Journey from Bone to the Brain.” Dr. Misra is the Benjamin Armistead Shepherd Professor and Chair of Pediatrics, UVA, Physician-in-Chief, UVA Health Children’s, and Fritz Bradley Talbot and Nathan Bill Talbot Professor of Pediatrics, Emerita, Harvard Medical School. R. Ariel Gomez, MD, Director of the Child Health Research Center (CHRC) gave the introduction and welcoming remarks.

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R. Ariel Gomez, MD Awarded $4.3M NIH P50 Grant to Study the Fate of Kidney Vascular Cells During Development and Disease

The post R. Ariel Gomez, MD Awarded $4.3M NIH P50 Grant to Study the Fate of Kidney Vascular Cells During Development and Disease appeared first on Child Health Research Center.

2021 Circulation Research Best Manuscript Awards

Congratulations to Dr. Maria Luisa Sequeira-Lopez and colleagues for receiving a 2021 Circulation Research Best Manuscript Award for your article “Renin Cell Baroreceptor, a Nuclear Mechanotransducer Central for Homeostasis” published…

Renin Cell Baroreceptor, a Nuclear Mechanotransducer Central for Homeostasis

CHRC scientist, Dr. Maria Luisa Sequeira-Lopez and team publish article. Citation: Watanabe, H., Belyea, B. C., Paxton, R. L., Li, M., Dzamba, B. J., DeSimone, D. W., Gomez, R. A.,…

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10/23/23: Bruna Leal Lima Maciel, PhD, Associate Professor Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte Natal, Brazil

Bruna Leal Lima Maciel, PhD Associate Professor Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte Natal, Brazil “Complementary feeding in young children: relations with the intestinal barrier function and undernutrition” Battle…

04/21/23: Seham Ebrahim, PhD Principal Investigator, Ebrahim Lab Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics Center for Membrane and Cell Physiology

Seham Ebrahim, PhD Principal Investigator, Ebrahim Lab Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics Center for Membrane and Cell Physiology “Cytoskeletal control of self-renewing epithelia in vivo - a framework for interrogating…

03/27/23: Konark Mukherjee, MBBS, PhD Assistant Professor Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Konark Mukherjee, MBBS, PhD Assistant Professor Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University “Developmental or degenerative: It is all in the etiological timing” Child Health Research…

03/24/23: Benjamin M. Gaston, MD, Vice Chair for Translational Research Wells Center for Pediatric Research Riley Hospital for Children

Please join us for this CHRC Seminar in-person in the Quayle Center The Zoom link can be found below or on our website: : UVA Children’s Child Health Research Center…

 

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