Pediatric Research Collaboration and Scientific Investigation Improve the Health of Children Worldwide Developing Vaccines and Treatments to Prevent Illness and Make Children Healthier Researching Ways to Reduce Healthcare Disparities and Improve Outcomes Bringing Discoveries and Innovations from Bench to Bedside Developing Future Scientists Through Mentorship, Unlocking the Potential of Our Trainees Our research has improved the health of children. A century ago, children routinely died of infections and nutritional deficiencies. A decade ago there were few treatment options for childhood cancer, premature birth, and congenital heart or brain diseases. We have made a difference in these areas. However, our work is far from done. Our challenge now is to help our patients live healthier lives as they move into adulthood. We aim to discover how to prevent childhood diseases, limit complications from treatment, and effectively manage chronic illness. Explore our research and learn more about how we plan to improve child health through research. Happening Now LungMAP: How Do Normal Human Lungs Grow & Heal? Researchers have never before created a comprehensive map that specifically measures lung development from birth through childhood. They will study lung development right down to the individual cell and gene level. Human Lung Molecular Atlas Program, or LungMAP Gene Therapy: How Can We Deliver DNA to a Cell’s Nucleus? Understanding how DNA and proteins move through cell cytoplasm could lead to huge leaps in gene therapy effectiveness, and potentially allow researchers to make strides in research for many currently-untreatable diseases. Researchers Receive $1.4M to Study Gene Therapy and DNA Delivery Congenital Herpes Tied to Lower Test Scores in Infants Our study showed that babies with congenital HHV-6 infections scored several points lower than those not infected. "Will it get worse as they get older?" Lead researcher Mary Caserta, M.D. said, “We need to take the next step.” Congenital Herpes Tied to Lower Developmental Test Scores in Infants