Center for Children’s Healthy Lifestyles & Nutrition
About the Team
The Center for Children's Healthy Lifestyles and Nutrition (CHLN) is a joint center between the University of Kansas Medical Center and Children's Mercy focused on generating and disseminating the latest evidence regarding pediatric healthy lifestyles, from its biological origins to their societal impact. The center supports collaborative research across our regional institutions through ongoing seminars, special interest groups, clinical-research likages, mentoring, trainee positions and pilot awards. The center focuses on major projects within our five key strategic areas: education, research, advocacy, community and clinical. There are over 100 members who are working across the research translation spectrum. Visit our public facing website below to learn more about our work, our members and our offerings.
Leader
Ann Davis, PhD, MPH, ABPP, is Director of the CHLN. She is passionate about helping underserved children and families live healthier lives. Her focus is on conducting rigorous clinical trials of intervention research with underserved children and families.
- Research Areas
- Labs and Research Teams
- Baby Health and Behavior Lab
- Baby Lab
- Bactrim Lung Failure Team
- Behavioral Pain Innovations Lab
- Center for Children’s Healthy Lifestyles & Nutrition
- Community Engaged Research Team
- Developmental and Behavioral Health Research Group
- Fridley Lab
- Laboratory of Immunogenomics
- Milkovich Lab
- Nadler Lab
- Orthopedic Surgery Research Team
- Pediatric Brain Cancer Research Team/Yadav Lab
- Ramsey Lab
- Rising Above Pain Syndrome (RAPS) Lab
- Varberg Lab
- Younger Lab
Director, Center for Children's Healthy Lifestyles & Nutrition; Adjunct Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine; Professor of Pediatrics, University of Kansas School of Medicine