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CHRI Pediatric Research Seminar Series

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The 2026 CHRI Pediatric Research Seminars are held on the third Friday of the month from noon to 1 p.m. Seminars will be held only via Zoom for the foreseeable future. CME credits are available.

The 2026 Seminar Series calendar is now open. If interested in presenting, please email CHRI.

2026 Research Seminar Series

2026 Research Seminar Series
Date Speaker Topic
Jan 16    
Feb 20 

Rebecca Barall, M.Ed., CBIS, BCBA, LBA

Matt Sandbulte, PhD

"Promoting Social Communicative Gestures by Children with Autism"

"National Institutes of Health Common Forms"

Mar 20

Benjamin Gephart 

"Combining CCL21 Immunotherapy and Metronomic Chemotherapy for Neuroblastoma Treatment"

Apr 17 Yingying Wang, PhD "What we can learn from functional and structural brain imaging data"
May 15

Matt Sorensen, MD

Gleb Haynatzki, PhD

"Project ADAM: Long-Term Outcomes"

TBD

Jun 19    
Jul 17  Jabeen Taiba, PhD, MPH "Associations between Phthalate Metabolite Concentrations in Follicular Fluid and Reproductive Outcomes among Women Undergoing Assisted Reproduction"

Aug 21    
Sep 18  Jenni Blackford, PhD "Developmental changes in unpredictable threat anticipation"
Oct 16  Gleb Haynatzki, PhD TBD
Nov 20

Kari Neeman, MD

Jason Michaud, MD, PhD

TBD 

TBD

Dec 18    
2026 Research Seminar Series