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Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center is a leading medical research and teaching hospital consistently ranking among the top 10 pediatric hospitals in the nation. We are also the second-highest ranking recipient of research grants from the National Institutes of Health among pediatric institutions.
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Stephanie Ware, MD, PhD, was awarded a prestigious Burroughs Wellcome Fund Clinical Scientist Award in Translational Medicine grant to help bridge medical research from “the bench to the bedside.” The five-year, $750,000 grant will allow Dr. Ware, a physician-scientist at the Cincinnati Children's Heart Institute, to explore the genetic causes of heterotaxy and how it relates to congenital heart defects.
Cincinnati Children’s Makes US News’ America’s Best Children’s Hospitals Honor RollJim Feuer, 513 636 4656 Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center is one of only 10 pediatric hospitals in the United States to be included on the Honor Roll in U.S.
Obese children as young as 11 have increased thickness and stiffness (atherosclerosis) of their carotid arteries – factors associated with a higher risk of stroke and heart attacks in adults. Moreover, abnormal carotid arteries, which supply blood to the brain, are found in obese adolescents who do not yet have type 2 diabetes.
