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 needs of clinical researchers are vast, ranging from nursing and bionutrition, to body composition and bioinformatics. Thanks to the General Clinical Research Center (GCRC), all of these resources and more are available to researchers at Cincinnati Children's. [more]
When James Heubi, MD, arrived at Cincinnati Children's in 1975 for his fellowship, he never envisioned that he would still be a part of the hospital's fabric 30 years later. In those 30 years, Dr. Heubi has expanded his scope significantly and is now, in addition to being a practicing pediatric gastroenterologist, the program director for the General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) at Cincinnati Children's. [more]
Families of children with traumatic brain injuries often suffer great burden and distress after the injury. But how do you make it easy for them to access therapy? Shari Wade looks at the feasibility of an online intervention. [more]
With more teenagers developing type 2 diabetes, researchers at Cincinnati Children's are focusing on identifying the causes, progression, prevalence and incidence of the disease. [more]
As a fetal and pediatric surgeon at Cincinnati Children's, Timothy Crombleholme, MD, FACS, FAAP, knows that the groundbreaking clinical advances of today would not be possible without the years of extensive research that preceded them. [more]
Along with the other considerable demands of their profession, health care professionals must make a commitment to a lifetime of continuous education. [more]
