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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. 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...
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. 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...
Dr. Scott Younger Receives $3.1 Million NIH R01 Grant to Better Distinguish Genetic Variants that Cause Congenital Birth Defects
Dr. Younger’s project, “Systematic Identification and Phenotypic Characterization of Causal Genetic Variants in Rare Disease-Associated Birth Defects,” looks to distinguish specific genetic variants that...
Adelante Kansas City Receives Funding from Multiple Organizations to Grow Program
Dr. Cowden received a one-year, $100,000 grant from the Health Forward Foundation that wrapped up in July 2023 as well as a one-year, $70,000 grant from the REACH Healthcare Foundation. Both grants are...
Dr. Alexandra Prosser Receives Funding to Study Connection Between Ribosome Protein Gene RPL30 and Bone Marrow Failure
Dr. Prosser’s study, “Functional evaluation of a novel RPL30 mutation and its role in Diamond Blackfan anemia: A model for studying ribosomopathies,” aims to describe the functional role of the novel RPL30...
Dr. Emily Farrow Receives Grant to Develop, Test Comprehensive Panel for Early Detection of Angelman Syndrome
Dr. Farrow’s project will address the current limitations of diagnostic testing for Angelman Syndrome by utilizing a novel long read (LR) based sequencing approach, capturing multiple disease categories...
Three Investigators Receive Braden’s Hope Grants to Further Childhood Cancer Research
Three Children’s Mercy investigators received new pediatric cancer research awards, totaling $700,000. The grants, independently awarded by Braden’s Hope for Childhood Cancer, will further collaborations...
Dr. Terrie Flatt Receives Grant to Increase Participation of Hispanic Children in Clinical Trials
This grant supports a Spanish-speaking Clinical Research Assistant to ensure that more Hispanic children can be treated on clinical trials.
Dr. Friedman Receives EPA Funding to Increase Lead and Pesticide Safety Outreach to In-Home Daycares
The project focuses on lead and pesticide outreach and education efforts for in-home daycare centers located within vulnerable communities identified by the EPA in St. Louis, MO.
Emerging Principal Investigators: Dr. Kaela Varberg
Kaela Varberg, PhD, Independent Investigator, Neonatology, is fascinated by maternal-fetal interaction and the field of developmental origins of health and disease (DOHaD).
Dr. Warady Receives Nearly $5.8 Million Award for the “Chronic Kidney Disease in Children” Study
Children with chronic kidney disease (CKD) face increased health risks beyond their primary kidney disorder. CKiD V continues the observational CKiD study that began in 2003 and that follows 1,100 children...
Dr. Erin Guest Receives New Grant from Noah’s Bandage Project for Study Focusing on Leukemia in which the KMT2A Gene is Rearranged
Dr. Guest and her study team will address this unmet need for children with leukemia in which the KMT2A gene is rearranged by defining new genes and genetic pathways involved in leukemia progression and...
Dr. Paprocki Receives Award from Foundation for Prader-Willi Research to Gather Data Surrounding Growth Hormone Therapy, Sleep Disturbances
Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a genetic disorder that can cause intellectual disabilities, behavioral problems, sleep abnormalities, and obesity due to extreme hunger. In infancy, signs and symptoms...
Dr. Vivekanand Yadav Receives Noah’s Bandage Project Grant to Study Novel CAR T Cell Therapy to Treat Childhood Brain Tumors
The funding is being used for Dr. Yadav’s study, “Determining the Therapeutic Efficacy of Novel Bi-specific CAR T Cells (anti-B7H3-GD2) in H3G34R/Vmutated Pediatric High-Grade Gliomas (pHGGs).” The study...