The path to a career in research is not always a straight line. Case in point: Dr. Alexandra Prosser-Dombrowski, Hematology/Oncology/BMT. Learn more about her work and the stories behind it: bit.ly/prosser-domb...

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Brooke Fridley, Dr. Tomoo Iwakuma, Dr. Alejandro Parrales Briones, and Dr. Atul Ranjan! They each received grants from the Masonic Cancer Alliance for their studies to advance pediatric #cancer research. Read more about each specific study here: bit.ly/cm-mca2026

Science doesn’t stop at the lab, and neither do we! 🔬✨ We brought to the lab to the community room with our recent Spring into Science event, a day of discovery filled with tornadoes in a jar, lava lamps, Hot Wheels races and microscope moments. The best part? Watching patients' faces light up 💙

Last week we wrapped up our month-long celebration of all things research. Our closing event included a great connect to purpose talk from a former research participant, remarks by leaders in our organization, presentation of awards, and lots of laughs & connection with colleagues. #ResearchMonth

May is special for us because it's when we take extra time to celebrate research at @childrensmercy.org. As part of the celebrations, all month we're sharing responses from our colleagues about how their work is paving the way for a brighter future for kids. #ResearchMonth

May is special for us because it's when we take extra time to celebrate research at @childrensmercy.org. As part of the celebrations, all month we're sharing responses from our colleagues about how their work is paving the way for a brighter future for kids. #ResearchMonth

This week we held our last #ResearchMonth lunch and learn: The Impact of the Digital Divide on Pediatric Health & Research. Thank you to our Community Engaged Research colleagues for putting it together and to KC Digital Drive and members of our research community advisory board for participating.

May is special for us because it's when we take extra time to celebrate research at @childrensmercy.org. As part of the celebrations, all month we're sharing responses from our colleagues about how their work is paving the way for a brighter future for kids. #ResearchMonth

Help us congratulate some members of our research community who are celebrating their @childrensmercy.org work anniversaries this month. 👏 👏 👏 We're extremely lucky to have these amazing people as part of our team!

May is special for us because it's when we take extra time to celebrate research at @childrensmercy.org. As part of the celebrations, all month we're sharing responses from our colleagues about how their work is paving the way for a brighter future for kids. #ResearchMonth

Bold science. 🔬 Brighter futures. ✨ We pause in reflection, recognition and admiration for all that research has made possible — and for the people behind it helping create brighter futures for kids and families at @childrensmercy.org. youtube.com/shorts/dWp-6...

May is special for us because it's when we take extra time to celebrate research at @childrensmercy.org. As part of the celebrations, all month we're sharing responses from our colleagues about how their work is paving the way for a brighter future for kids. #ResearchMonth

May is special for us because it's when we take extra time to celebrate research at @childrensmercy.org. As part of the celebrations, all month we're sharing responses from our colleagues about how their work is paving the way for a brighter future for kids. #ResearchMonth

May is special for us because it's when we take extra time to celebrate research at @childrensmercy.org. As part of the celebrations, all month we're sharing responses from our colleagues about how their work is paving the way for a brighter future for kids. #ResearchMonth

May is special for us because it's when we take extra time to celebrate research at @childrensmercy.org. As part of the celebrations, all month we're sharing responses from our colleagues about how their work is paving the way for a brighter future for kids. #ResearchMonth

This week we held our 3-day Research Showcase: Organization-wide Poster Session. Each day bustled with people as participants got a chance to talk about their posters with attendees and judges. #ResearchMonth

May is special for us because it's when we take extra time to celebrate research at @childrensmercy.org. As part of the celebrations, all month we're sharing responses from our colleagues about how their work is paving the way for a brighter future for kids. #ResearchMonth

This week we heard presentations from the 4 top scoring abstracts in our #ResearchMonth poster session. Topics ranged from expanding resident knowledge & self-efficacy in addressing medical mistrust to early prediction of SSRI treatment response in adolescents with depression using machine learning.

May is special for us because it's when we take extra time to celebrate research at @childrensmercy.org. As part of the celebrations, all month we're sharing responses from our colleagues about how their work is paving the way for a brighter future for kids. #ResearchMonth

May 20 is Clinical Trials Day! It recognizes the day in 1747 that James Lind started what is often considered to be the first randomized clinical trial. In honor of #ResearchMonth & #ClinicalTrialsDay, our building is glowing in the colors of purple, blue and green from May 17-23.

May is special for us because it's when we take extra time to celebrate research at @childrensmercy.org. As part of the celebrations, all month we're sharing responses from our colleagues about how their work is paving the way for a brighter future for kids. #ResearchMonth

Read more about our collaboration with Basepath Health, which allows us to expand our cell and gene therapy program so more families can access these highly specialized treatments—closer to home, and in a pediatric environment built just for them: cmkc.link/4dhxfe3

May is special for us because it's when we take extra time to celebrate research at @childrensmercy.org. As part of the celebrations, all month we're sharing responses from our colleagues about how their work is paving the way for a brighter future for kids. #ResearchMonth

May is special for us because it's when we take extra time to celebrate research at @childrensmercy.org. As part of the celebrations, all month we're sharing responses from our colleagues about how their work is paving the way for a brighter future for kids. #ResearchMonth

May is special for us because it's when we take extra time to celebrate research at @childrensmercy.org. As part of the celebrations, all month we're sharing responses from our colleagues about how their work is paving the way for a brighter future for kids. #ResearchMonth

May is special for us because it's when we take extra time to celebrate research at @childrensmercy.org. As part of the celebrations, all month we're sharing responses from our colleagues about how their work is paving the way for a brighter future for kids. #ResearchMonth

This week we held our 2nd #ResearchMonth lunch & learn, which was all about post docs! We learned about the new @childrensmercy.org Post Doctoral Fellows Office and four post docs presented on their research.

May is special for us because it's when we take extra time to celebrate research at @childrensmercy.org. As part of the celebrations, all month we're sharing responses from our colleagues about how their work is paving the way for a brighter future for kids. #ResearchMonth

May is special for us because it's when we take extra time to celebrate research at @childrensmercy.org. As part of the celebrations, all month we're sharing responses from our colleagues about how their work is paving the way for a brighter future for kids. #ResearchMonth

May is special for us because it's when we take extra time to celebrate research at @childrensmercy.org. As part of the celebrations, all month we're sharing responses from our colleagues about how their work is paving the way for a brighter future for kids. #ResearchMonth

Last week we kicked off our #ResearchMonth lunc & learns with a panel discussion between early career investigators. A huge thank you to Dr. Dana Bakula, Dr. Kate Kyler, & Dr. Craig Smail for sharing how they got to where they are now, what their work involves & what they've learned along the way!

May is special for us because it's when we take extra time to celebrate research at @childrensmercy.org. As part of the celebrations, all month we're sharing responses from our colleagues about how their work is paving the way for a brighter future for kids. #ResearchMonth

May is special for us because it's when we take extra time to celebrate research at @childrensmercy.org. As part of the celebrations, all month we're sharing responses from our colleagues about how their work is paving the way for a brighter future for kids. #ResearchMonth

May is special for us because it's when we take extra time to celebrate research at @childrensmercy.org. As part of the celebrations, all month we're sharing responses from our colleagues about how their work is paving the way for a brighter future for kids. #ResearchMonth

May is special for us because it's when we take extra time to celebrate research at @childrensmercy.org. As part of the celebrations, all month we're sharing responses from our colleagues about how their work is paving the way for a brighter future for kids. #ResearchMonth

Our researchers are looking for parents and their infants aged 9 to 24-month-olds to join our #ResearchStudy! Families who join will participate in research activities & enjoy a music enrichment program earning up to $475. Learn more: cmhredcap.cmh.edu/surveys/?s=R...

May is special for us because it's when we take extra time to celebrate research at @childrensmercy.org. As part of the celebrations, all month we're sharing responses from our colleagues about how their work is paving the way for a brighter future for kids. #ResearchMonth

Our new paper dropped! Ethical considerations for using alternative methods of consent in neonatal clinical trials: recommendations from a modified Delphi consensus process pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42062057/

We officially kicked off Research at @childrensmercy.org Month on Monday with our opening celebration. It's a time to connect with colleagues, learn about the different research teams and resources available, play some games, win some prizes, and hopefully have some laughs! #ResearchMonth

May is special for us because it's when we take extra time to celebrate research at @childrensmercy.org. As part of the celebrations, we're sharing responses from our colleagues about how their work is paving the way for a brighter future for kids. #ResearchMonth

Help guide the future of genetic research at Children’s Mercy! In these Community Conversations, you’ll hear about a potential genetic research program, share your opinions & be compensated for your time. You do not need to know about genetics. Learn more/sign up: cmhredcap.cmh.edu/surveys/?s=P...

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Todd Bradley! Through an NIDDK grant to Duke University, Dr. Bradley received funding to study inflammation and chronic kidney disease #CKD in people living with #HIV. Learn more: bit.ly/bradley-hiv-...

Members of our Biostatistics & Computational Biology Core + Fridley Lab represented @childrensmercy.org at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting #AACR26. It was a was a great opportunity to connect with colleagues in the field + the team got to enjoy the California weather!

Help us congratulate some members of our research community who are celebrating their @childrensmercy.org work anniversaries this month. 👏 👏 👏 We're extremely lucky to have these amazing people as part of our team!

World Intellectual Property Day is April 26, and the Children’s Mercy Office of Technology Transfer and Commercialization would like to take a moment to thank all researchers for sharing their creativity and ingenuity for the benefit of all. Thank you! #WorldIntellectualPropertyDay

We're spotlighting CMRI team members who play an integral part in making research happen but whose role may be more behind-the-scenes. Meet Sean Bender, Sr. Research Business Partner. Find out what drew him to a career with us, what's on his bucket list, and more! www.childrensmercy.org/5-questions

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Kathryn Pavia! Her project is the latest to receive funding & mentorship through an NIH K12 National Career Development Program. Her study looks at critically ill children treated with tri-azole antifungals. Learn more: bit.ly/pavia-tri-az...

“Biostatistics is a foundation of biomedical science because we help with study design and downstream data analysis for all basic, clinical, translational and population-based studies." - Dr. Brooke Fridley, Biostatistics & Computational Biology Core Director. Read about their work: bit.ly/bcb-team

Clinical trials are essential to progress in pediatric oncology. Kevin Ginn, MD, discusses what pediatricians should know and how they can support families through trial conversations. 👂 Listen and claim CME: bit.ly/pediatrics-i...

A new American Heart Association Scientific Statement authored by Drs. Lori Erickson & Jami Gross-Toalson shares insights from a decade of emerging research & highlights the importance of pediatric heart disease family-centered care. Read the statement & hear from the authors: bit.ly/AHA-scientif...