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Dr. Rachel Chevalier Receives Grant To Study Variability in Therapeutic Response to EoE Treatment
Find a Researcher Researcher Network Donate Follow Us See All Stories Dr. Rachel Chevalier Receives Grant To Study Variability in Therapeutic Response to EoE Treatment Rachel Chevalier, MD...
Dr. Jay Vivian Receives Grant To Further Research on Therapies for Vici Syndrome
Find a Researcher Researcher Network Donate Follow Us See All Stories Dr. Jay Vivian Receives Grant To Further Research on Therapies for Vici Syndrome Jay Vivian, PhD, Children’s Mercy Research Institute...
Stancil Receives Funding to Study Neuroimaging as a Biomarker of Drug Response for Adolescents with Eating Disorders
The project, “Eating Disorder Individualized Therapeutics-Naltrexone Neuroimaging (EDIT-N2),” aims to understand individual response to naltrexone in the brain and shed light on why some patients respond...
Emerging Infections a New Area of Emphasis at the Children's Mercy Research Institute
The new Area of Emphasis is dedicated to recognizing and surveilling new and reemerging pediatric infectious diseases around the world...
Congenital Heart Surgeries: Public Reporting on Procedural Outcomes Study
Natalie Jayaram, MD, Heart Center, recently received a $673,598 K23 award from the National Institutes of Health to study public reporting for congenital heart surgery.
Cystic fibrosis treatments: Dr. Hugo Escobar receives renewed funding to continue research
The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation renewed funding of their Therapeutics Development Network project led by Hugo Escobar, MD, Pulmonology. The $254,699 Therapeutics Development Center Award is for one year and...
Drs. Laura Plencner and Molly Krager Receive Funding to Broaden Food Security Initiatives, Including Healthcare-Based Food Pantry System at Children’s Mercy
Laura Plencner, MD, Pediatrics and Hospital Medicine, and Molly Krager, MD, Pediatrics and Hospital Medicine, and co-chairs of the Children’s Mercy Kansas City Hunger Free Hospital Council received a...
Children's Mercy's PROTECT Team Receives Funding to Improve Suicide Screening and Data Collection
The grant project, “Children's Mercy Suicide Prevention: Current Practice, Collaborative Initiatives, Continued Improvement,” will be conducted through the Zero Suicide initiative.
Project Will Study Housing Assistance During Childhood
Jeffrey Colvin’s study is titled “Childhood Housing Assistance and Adult Health: Life Course Critical Periods and Cumulative Impact.”
Matthew McLaughlin Receives Funding to Study Gabapentin Use for Neuropathic Pain Management
McLaughlin’s study, “Variability in Gabapentin Exposure,” aims to improve medication management in the pediatric rehabilitation population.
New NIH Supplement Awards Expand Study of Asthma in African American Children
The project studies the potential links of chronic stress to biological (epigenomic) changes in immunity impacting asthma risk and morbidity in African American children.
Dr. Jessica Markham Receives Funding to Study Sources of Antibiotic Prescribing Variability Among Front-Line Providers
Dr. Markham’s study “Standardizing Antibiotic Prescribing for Children Hospitalized with Infections using Novel Metrics and Electronic Clinical Decision Support Tools” will address inappropriate antibiotic...
Dr. Scott Younger Receives Funding from BioNexus KC to Study Genetic Variation Detected in Children Living with Undiagnosed Rare Disease
Dr. Younger’s study, “Scalable systems for the identification of splice-disrupting genetic variants in pediatric rare disease genomes,” will develop scalable systems to evaluate the molecular consequences...
Dr. Shayla Sullivant Receives Funding to Increase Prepped and Ready Program Engagement in Kansas City, MO
Dr. Sullivant will use the funding for her “Prepped and Ready: Experts Edition” program. Prepped and Ready is designed to empower parents. The goal is to make homes safer for children with actionable...
Children’s Mercy’s STAR 2.0 Program Receives Funding to Further Program Expansion, Support Student Needs While Participating
Children’s Mercy Kansas City’s STAR 2.0 Program received a one-year, $5,000 grant from the BlueScope Foundation as well as a one-year, $25,000 grant from the Abe and Anna Bograd Memorial Trust to support...
Dr. Jeffrey Colvin Receives Grant to Investigate Differences in Sudden Unexpected Infant Death by Age
Jeffrey Colvin, MD, FAAP, Pediatrics, received a 2-year, $70,000 grant award from the American SIDS Institute for his study “Using Machine Learning to Differentiate Mechanisms of SUPC from Other SUID...
Dr. Srivastava Receives Funding to Study Connection Between Scaffold Protein and Nephrotic Syndrome
Tarak Srivastava, MD, FASN, Nephrology, was awarded a 1-year grant shared with his collaborator Mukut Sharma, PhD, at Kansas City VA Medical Center through the Pediatric Glomerular Disease Accelerator...
Dr. Vivekanand Yadav Receives Funding to Study Gene Mutations of Lethal Pediatric Brain Tumor with Goal of New Potential Therapies
Dr. Yadav’s study, “Epigenetically activated ID1 is a key transcriptional regulator of DIPG invasion and is targetable with cannabidiol,” will explore the gene responsible for the lethal pediatric brain...
Dr. Jordan Jones Receives Funding to Study Patient Understanding of Ehlers Danlos Syndrome Diagnosis, Develop Educational Tool
Dr. Jones’ project, “Patient Understanding of Disease and Clinical Needs After Diagnosis of Ehlers Danlos Syndrome,” aims to gain more knowledge about patients’ and families’ understanding of Ehlers Danlos...