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.
In addition, you will find the following feature stories that highlight some of our many world-class researchers:
At Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, we believe that collaboration can change the outcome for children. Our newest research facility, opened in November 2007, is designed to promote opportunities for productive collaboration across disciplines. Clinical, translational, health services and outcomes researchers work side by side with bench scientists. We intentionally located them in close physical proximity to broad, overlapping areas of scientific interest to stimulate the sharing of ideas — and the new knowledge that cures disease. [more]
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center has opened a new 12-story, 415,000-square-foot research building that strengthens and expands our leadership in conducting pediatric research focused on changing the outcome for children around the world. [more]
Over the course of nearly two decades as a molecular cardiovascular biologist at Cincinnati Children’s, Jeffrey Robbins, PhD, has developed groundbreaking methods to understand the cellular functions of the heart, providing medical science with new insights into the genetic mysteries of heart disease. But one insight that came rather unexpectedly ultimately led to his discovery that many of the protein characteristics found in brain diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and others are similar to those found in heart disease. [more]
A new Child Policy Research Center will give policymakers and others evidence-based information about effective strategies to improve quality and eliminate disparities in children’s health care. Making the quality of children’s health care matter to policymakers and the public matters a great deal to Lisa Simpson, MB, BCh, MPH, a pediatrician and the director of the center. [more]
When Jeffrey Whitsett, MD, began his remarkable research career at Cincinnati Children’s in 1976, he was entering a field that was on the cusp of great discovery and advancement. In the ensuing three decades, Dr. Whitsett, now Chief of the Section of Neonatology, Perinatal and Pulmonary Biology at Cincinnati Children’s, has been both a witness and one of the key contributors to an era of enormous breakthroughs in the field of pulmonary biology. [more]
Research shows that 17 to 25 percent of children and adolescents in the United States have chronic conditions requiring extended treatment periods. For these patients, adhering to treatment and managing their condition are vital components to their long-term health. According to Cincinnati Children’s psychologist Dennis Drotar, PhD, as many as 50 percent or more of these young patients do not follow prescribed treatment plans, leading to worse health outcomes and higher health care costs. Dr. Drotar, a nationally recognized leader in behavioral pediatrics, recently joined Cincinnati Children’s in the Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology, to tackle this problem. [more]
As medical science continues to make strides against severe childhood diseases, children and adolescents with chronic conditions are becoming an increasingly important focus of pediatric care in the United States. At Cincinnati Children’s, Maria Britto, MD, MPH, is taking an innovative approach to understanding and improving the care delivery methods of this rapidly expanding segment of the patient population. [more]
