Major Research Areas

Diseases That We Research

Our students do cutting-edge research designed to cure and prevent diseases and improve the lives of children around the world.

Disease Areas

  • ADHD
  • Allergic Disorders
  • Allergy
  • Alzheimer's
  • Anophthalmia & Glaucoma
  • Asthma
  • Atrial Septal Defect
  • Attention Deficit
  • Autisms
  • Autoimmune Disease
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Birth Defects
  • Brain Tumors (Medulloblastoma)
  • Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD)
  • Cancer (Sarcomas, Neuroblastoma, Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors)
  • Cardiac Arrhythmias (Av Block, Sick Sinus Syndrome, Ventricular Tachycardia)
  • Cardiac Hypertrophy
  • Childhood Neuropsychiatric Disorders
  • Cleft-Lip-And-Palate
  • Congenital Bleeding Disorders
  • Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection
  • Congenital Deafness
  • Congenital Defects in Digestive and Respiratory Systems
  • Congenital Disorders of the Digestive System
  • Congenital Heart Defects
  • Congenital Heart Disease
  • Congenital Heart Malformation
  • Congenital Malformations Of The Ear
  • Cystic Fibrosis
  • Deafness
  • Developmental Brain Anomaly
  • Developmental Disorders
  • Diabetes
  • Dilated Cardiomyopathy
  • Ebola Virus Hemorrhagic Fever
  • Eczema
  • Ehlers Danlos Syndrome
  • Exostoses
  • Eye Diseases
  • Eye Disorders
  • Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
  • Food Allergy
  • Germ Cell Tumors
  • Hearing Loss
  • Heart Failure
  • Heart Valve Disease
  • Hepatitis C
  • Heterotaxy
  • Hirschsprung Disease
  • Hollow Visceral
  • Holt-Oram Syndrome
  • Hydronephrosis
  • Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Hypereosinophilic Syndromes
  • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
  • Immunity To Viral Infection
  • Infertility
  • Inflammation
  • Interstitial Lung Disease
  • Intestinal Neoplasia & Metaplasia
  • Intrauterine Growth Retardation
  • Leukemia
  • Lung Cancer
  • Lung Infections
  • Lymphoma
  • Measles
  • Megacystis Mmicrocolon Intestinal Hypoperistalsis
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Muscular Dystrophy
  • Myopathy
  • Nasal Cancers
  • Neurodegenrative Diseases
  • Neurofibromatosis Type 1 & 2
  • Neuromuscular Disorders
  • Obesity
  • Obessive-Compulsive Disorder
  • Odor Dysfunctions
  • Olfactory Losses
  • Optic Nerve Aplasia/Hypoplasia
  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Pneumonia
  • Pre-Eclampsia
  • Proximal Tubular Acidosis
  • Pulmon. Malformat & Genetic Disorder
  • Pulmonary Hypertension
  • Pulmonary Fibrosis
  • Renal Fanconi Syndrome
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome
  • Rieger Syndrome
  • Schizophrenia
  • SCID
  • Sepsis
  • Short-Bowel Syndrome
  • Simpson-Golabi-Behmel Dysmorphia (SGBD)
  • Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome
  • Spinal Cord Injury
  • Spondyloarthritis
  • Spontaneous Abortion
  • Stroke
  • Substance Abuse
  • Tourettes Syndrome
  • Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Trisomy 21
  • Uveitis
  • Valvular Heart Disease (Aortic Stenosis And Ebstein Anomaly Of The Tricuspid Valve)
  • Viral Diseases
  • Viral Pathogenesis

 

Contact Us

For more information about the Molecular and Developmental Biology Program at Cincinnati Children's and the University of Cincinnati, email mdbprog@cchmc.org or call 513-636-4545. You can also apply online at our application page.