About CHRI

Executive Director Dr. Anderson Berry at the 2022 CHRI Pediatric Research Forum

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 Hospital & Medical Center, the University of Nebraska Medical Center, partner institutions, and the communities that 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.
CHRI Leadership
Executive Director

Scientific Director

Administrative Director

Director, Pediatric Cancer Research Group

Senior Research Manager

Finance and Business Manager

Primary Care - Pediatric Research Expansion Program Director

Director of Research Informatics

CHRI National Scientific Advisory Board
- Margaret (Peggy) K. Hostetter, MD, Professor Emerita, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, former B. K. Rachford Chair and Director of the Research Foundation, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
- Carl L. Bose, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Phyllis A. Dennery, MD, Professor and Sylvia K. Hassenfeld Chair of Pediatrics; Professor of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University; Pediatrician in Chief, Hasbro Children's Hospital
- Kevin Johnson, MD, MS, FAAP, FAMIA, FACMI, Vice President of Applied Informatics at the University of Pennsylvania Health System and David L. Cohen University Professor of Pediatrics, Informatics, Engineering and Communication, Perelman School of Medicine, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Annenberg School of Communication at the University of Pennsylvania
- Joseph P. Neglia, MD, MPH, Ruben Benston Professor and Head, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota
- Frederick Suchy, MD, Senior Research Strategist, Professor of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado School of Medicine
CHRI Administrative Staff
Finances & Grants Coordinator
Workstation Specialist III
Accountant II

Communications Strategist

Administrative Associate II

Operations/Programs Manager

Administrative Projects Associate

Research Project Coordinator

Grant and Scientific Writer

Finance and Grants Coordinator
