Welcome to Research Horizons
Explore highlights of the exciting research happening at Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation with Research Horizons. Each issue features recent studies published by Cincinnati Children's investigators. By combining cutting-edge research and education with the best in pediatric care, we are striving to improve the lives of children and families everywhere.
This issue features the following news briefs:
In addition, you will find the following feature stories that highlight some of our many world-class researchers:
The Cincinnati Children's community is a global one, and this is seen in our research as well as our patient care. In this issue of Research Horizons we examine some of our internationally focused programs and our researchers from outside the United States. [more]
"Developing better methods for individual drug dosing" is how Alexander (Sander) Vinks, PharmD, PhD, describes the motivating force behind his current clinical pharmacology research projects. [more]
Mary Staat, MD, MPH, is a clinician and researcher in the Division of Infectious Diseases. She is also founder and director of the International Adoption Center (IAC) at Cincinnati Children's, as well as the mother of three internationally adopted children. A long-time interest in international health has led these paths to cross. [more]
Systemic-onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis is one of the most devastating rheumatic diseases in childhood. Spiking fevers, rash, and enlarged lymph nodes, spleen and liver are characteristic manifestations of systemic inflammation that can also involve the heart, lungs and blood vessels. Alexei Grom, MD, of the Division of Rheumatology at Cincinnati Children's is working to to identify an "early diagnostic signature" that would identify patients bound to develop severe joint damage. [more]
Ardythe Morrow, PhD, is an academic entrepreneur with an intense commitment to improving child health. Recruited to direct and develop the Center for Epidemiology and Biostatistics and recognized for her research on human breast milk, Dr. Morrow also is working to create a cohesive international presence for Cincinnati Children's. [more]
As a researcher and clinician, Amal Assa'ad, MD, willingly takes on challenges so that patients with food allergies may be able to avoid food challenges -- a distasteful way of identifying food allergens -- as well as challenges of living with food allergies. [more]
