Child Health Research Institute (CHRI)

CHRI Members (and potential CHRI Members) - submit your research abstract for an opportunity to present at the CHRI Scientific Conference on Nov. 8, 2024. Abstracts are due by this upcoming Monday, November 7, end of day. Abstract and Conference information here - https://lnkd.in/gZX_9P5B Submitted research will also be eligible for one of three faculty development awards. Spread the word! Ann Anderson Berry Jaclyn Ostronic William B Rizzo Eric Peeples Lisa Runco

CHRI member Aditya Bade, PhD, assistant professor of the UNMC Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, is building a research program that aims to uncover how fetal exposure to certain antiretroviral drugs can impair neurodevelopment. #hiv Ann Anderson Berry University of Nebraska Medical Center #antiretroviral #neurodevelopment Aditya Bade PhD

We are so excited for the upcoming #Pediatric #Neuroscience Mini-Summit on October 4! Ann Anderson Berry Mystera Samuelson James Gehringer Andréa Baraldi Cunha Jenni Blackford Karoly Mirnics Raul Chavez-Valdez

Exciting news for our CHRI Scholar, Christopher Cummings, MD, PhD. He was accepted into NIH's Rare Disease Clinical Research Training Program. The year-long program offers instruction in the areas of networking in the global rare disease research community, achieving research success, gaining exposure to patient and family groups, increasing diversity in rare disease patient participation and in the rare disease workforce, and working with small populations. Congratulations to Dr. Cummings!

Exciting finding from CHRI member Mohan Kumar Krishan, PhD, and his team! Congratulations!

Want to know more about the Child Health Research Institute? Here's a video that showcases how CHRI and its members are committed to improving and saving lives through pediatric research. As our executive director Ann Anderson Berry often says, "The kids we are taking care of today can't wait for tomorrow's innovations." https://lnkd.in/gN8NTrsx

CHRI hosted its annual Pediatric Cancer Research Symposium today with three keynote speakers, opening statements from H. Dele Davies, Dr. Don Coulter and Ann Anderson Berry, a panel discussion featuring Team Jack Foundation Executive Director Kylie Dockter and multiple research collaboration presentations. The Pediatric Cancer Research Symposium brings together stakeholders across research, medicine, government, philanthropy and patient families to generate solutions to treat and prevent pediatric cancer. Today’s event focused on brain tumors and was led by Pediatric Cancer Research Group co-champion Sidharth Mahapatra. Thank you to all who made our event a success. Rajeev Vibhakar Kylie Tielke Dockter Mateusz Koptyra Surinder Batra Paul Trippier DJ Murry Aaron Mohs Afshin Salehi Kyle Hewitt Kishor Bhakat Ram Mahato and Drs. Robert Wechsler-Reya and Kate Hyde.

Congratulations to Children's Nebraska leaders Ann Anderson Berry, M.D., Ph.D., and Angeline Larson, MBA, FACHE, who were both named to Greater Omaha Chamber's Leadership Omaha Class 47! Dr. Anderson Berry is Children's vice president of Research, division chief of Neonatology, executive director of the Child Health Research Institute (CHRI) and medical director of the Nebraska Perinatal Quality Improvement Collaborative. Larson serves as director of Strategic & Business Operations for Children's Criss Heart Center. The duo was selected for the Chamber's 10-month, cohort-based leadership development program for 2024-25.   #BelieveInBetter #WeDontCoast #leadership #Omaha #Nebraska

A subset of CHRI's Pediatric Cancer Research Group empowers researchers by creating human bone marrow organoids (#HBMOs) for #research. #pediatrics #cancer Ann Anderson Berry

Promising research from CHRI researcher Eric Peeples. Ann Anderson Berry