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Children’s Mercy Is Home to the World’s Most Advanced System for Rare Disease Diagnosis
Using cutting-edge technology, the Genomic Answers for Kids team is now able to sequence the full genome and interpret its function, accelerating answers for children with rare diseases.
Drs. Whitney Nolte, Irina Pushel, Atul Ranjan Receive Funding to Further Cancer Research, Aiming to Improve Treatments
Whitney Nolte, PhD, Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Irina Pushel, PhD, Genomic Medicine Center, and Atul Ranjan, PhD, Research Scientist, Division of Hematology & Oncology, were all recipients of...
Courtney Berrios Receives PCORI Award To Identify Shared Research Priorities Among Patients With Rare Diseases, Their Parents, Clinicians, and Researchers(2)
Find a Researcher Researcher Network Donate Follow Us See All Stories Courtney Berrios Receives PCORI Award To Identify Shared Research Priorities Among Patients With Rare Diseases, Their Parents...
Two Children’s Mercy Researchers Named Frontiers CTSI FY23 KL2 Scholars
Two Children’s Mercy Researchers received the FY23 KL2 Mentored Career Development Award from the National Institutes of Health (National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences) via a University of...
Dr. John Perry Receives Funding to Study Bone Marrow Responses to Radiation, How to Reduce Damage from Radiation Exposure
John Perry, PhD, Doctoral Research Faculty, is one of three primary investigators collaborating on a U01 grant from National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) to...
Dr. Daniel Forsha Receives Funding to Study Skeletal Muscle System in Teens with Single Ventricle Circulation
Dr. Forsha’s study, “A comprehensive and non-invasive assessment of skeletal muscle in adolescents with single ventricle circulation,” focuses on adolescents who have had the Fontan procedure (the third of...
Project RISE Receives Grant to Create Paid Internship Program, Conference for People with Disabilities, Chronic Health Conditions
Project RISE is a premier program at Children’s Mercy, creating meaningful employment opportunities and volunteer experiences for people with disabilities, many of whom are former Children’s Mercy...
Drs. Nedved, El Feghaly Use Grant to Study Drivers of Health Inequity in Antibiotic Prescribing for Respiratory Infections in Pediatric Urgent Care Clinics
The team’s collaborative is using QI methodology to identify primary drivers of health equity in antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) and develop, implement, and study the effect of interventions to narrow the...
Bradley Receives Funding to Continue Research on Antibody Responses to SARS-CoV-2
The research will focus on antibodies that are generated to the enzyme angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), which is used by SARS-CoV-2 to enter and infect cells.
Dr. Shayla Sullivant Receives Grant from Menorah Heritage Foundation to Expand Prepped and Ready Program
Prepped and Ready is a program to help equip parents for the transition into parenting teenagers. The goal is to empower parents and caregivers to address the hard topics that can be very uncomfortable.
Dr. Doug Myers Receives Grant to Study How Tumor Microenvironment Suppress Tumor Killing Capabilities of CAR T Cells
The funding is being used for Dr. Myers’ study “Role of macrophages and tumor structure in modulating chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell activity in solid tumors.”
Andrea Bradley-Ewing Receives PCORI Award to Help Advance the Study of Health Disparities Among Black and Latinx Youth with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
The group's project, “Addressing Health Disparities in Black Youth with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD)” will partner with historically marginalized communities to develop a...
Dr. Helena Laroche Receives Funding to Study Social Risk Factor Screening and Referral Evaluations
The study’s goal is to evaluate recent changes that Children’s Mercy Integrated Care Solutions (CMICS) implemented to screening and referrals for social determinants of health risk factors.
Kara Hansen Receives Funding from Children’s Mercy Patient Care Services Research to Study Depression Screening in a Fetal Care Center
This study’s goal is to help fill the current gap in the literature.
Dr. Kevin Latz Receives Grant to Collaboratively Streamline Access to Pediatric ACL Care
Dr. Latz’s project, “Decreasing Delays in Pediatric ACL Care,” will develop a set of feasible, collaborative initiatives that improve access to pediatric ACL care.
Bradley Receives Grant to Develop Novel Cellular Immunotherapies for Those With B-cell Lymphoma
Dr. Todd Bradley’s study, “Dual-targeting Immunotherapy to Target B-cell Lymphoma,” will build on current therapies that use the patient’s own immune cells to engineer CAR-T cells.
Mokhallati Awarded Grant for School-based Telemedicine Program for Students With Asthma
The project, which is working with four Kansas City Public Schools where it was determined asthma prevalence and severity is high, has received a $55,460 grant from the Health Forward Foundation.
Dr. Tomoo Iwakuma Receives NIH Grant to Organize International Conference Focusing on Cancer Research, Promoting Scientific Interactions
Dr. Iwakuma used the funding to co-organize the 10th International MDM2 Workshop which took place Oct. 15-18, 2023, in Tokyo, Japan.
Community Advisory Board and Youth Research Advisory Board
As part of the commitment to community engagement, the CMRI established the Community Advisory Board (CAB) in 2020 and the Youth Research Advisory Board (YRAB) in 2022. Board members provide input on CMRI...
Dr. Kaela Varberg Awarded NIH Grant to Investigate the Role of ASCL2 in Trophoblast Cell Lineage Development
Dr. Varberg’s study titled, “Regulation of Invasive Trophoblast Cell Lineage Development,” will identify gene targets of Achaete-Scute Family Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factor 2 (ASCL2) and place...