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University of Nebraska Medical Center

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.

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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.

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.

CHRI director Ann Anderson Berry, MD, PhD

A Closer Look at the Institute

Dr. Ann Anderson Berry talks about how the Child Health Research Institute empowers pediatric research.

By the Numbers

Our key metrics

375

Institute members

235

Current studies

1,104

Patients enrolled

About the Institute

Who we are and what we are about.

Recent Member Research Successes

Dr. Aditya Bade

Aditya Bade, PhD, Studies Impact of Maternal HIV-1 Medication on Infants

CHRI member Aditya Bade, PhD, assistant professor of the Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, is building a research program that aims to uncover how fetal exposure to certain antiretroviral drugs can impair neurodevelopment.

Dr. Russell McCulloh

Russell McCulloh, MD, Ashley Deschamp, MD, Receive R01 Funding for Obesity Study

Russell McCulloh, MD, associate vice chancellor for clinical research, UNMC, and director of clinical and translational research operations, Children’s Nebraska, and Ashley Deschamp, MD, associate professor, Division of Pulmonology, Allergy and Sleep Medicine, UNMC, and pulmonologist, Children’s, have received R01 funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for leading Nebraska’s involvement in a national R01 study to examine interventions for treating pediatric obesity among underserved rural children and families.

Dr. Ram Subramanyan

Ram Kumar Subramanyan, MD, PhD, Implements First Ever NIH-Sponsored Stem Cell Trial for Children with HLHS Heart Disease (ELPIS) at Children's Nebraska

Ram Kumar Subramanyan, MD, PhD, chief, Division of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, at Children’s Nebraska and UNMC, has implemented the first National Institutes of Health-sponsored ELPIS Stem Cell Trial at Children's Nebraska. Dr. Subramanyan serves as the national trial's lead surgical advisor on the executive committee.

Upcoming Events

11-08-2024

Annual CHRI Scientific Conference

All Day

UNO Scott Conference Center

12-06-2024

Pediatric Academic Workshop

9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Children's Nebraska