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
500
Institute members
235
Current studies
1,104
Patients enrolled
About CHRI
Our people and purpose.
Upcoming Events
Recent Member Research Successes
Children’s NICU Partners in NIH-Supported Study of Hospital-to-Home Transition for Infants with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
Children’s Nebraska is participating in a new NIH-funded study aimed at maximizing continuity and personalization of care for premature infants treated for bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), particularly in the months and years after their stay in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Monti Sharma, MD, assistant professor of Neonatology and Pediatric Pulmonology, and neonatologist and pulmonologist at Children’s Nebraska, is the site principal investigator at Children’s.
Russell McCulloh, MD, Leads Pediatric Participation in National Long COVID Study
Data from University College London and Dartmouth College indicates that one in seven individuals experience symptoms lasting more than four weeks post-infection of COVID-19. These symptoms include respiratory, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal and neuro-cognitive issues that often impact the patient’s quality of life.
Research Team Publishes Findings on Osteogenesis Imperfecta: How Genetic Variants Associate with Clinical Outcomes
A team of Child Health Research Institute (CHRI) researchers, together with CHRI staff members, recently published an article in JBMR Plus1 (a journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research) that describes their genetics study in individuals with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI). The collaborative work was led by Maegen Wallace, MD, formerly of the UNMC’s Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, and Danita Velasco, MD, of the UNMC’s Division of Pediatric Genetics. UNMC medical student Jay Byrd was the lead author.
Research and More
