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ACL Injury and Recovery: Michael's Story
For 17-year-old Michael Shultz, football isn’t just a game—it’s an experience—an experience that’s about suiting up with his teammates, jogging out to the field, warming up, then playing his heart out for...
Bactrim Lung Failure Team
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Dr. Craig Smail Receives R21 NIH Grant to Better Understand Biology of Complex Rare Diseases
Dr. Smail’s study, “Novel computational approaches to characterize the effects of rare functional outlier variants on cis- and trans-regulatory disease processes,” will work to understand the genome-wide...
Dr. Jonathan Wagner Receives Grant to Study Ways to Improve Drug Dosing and Outcomes for Patients with Fontan Associated Liver Disease
This study focuses on children who have had the Fontan procedure. These are children with severe heart disease with only one functional ventricle.
Headaches and kids: what parents need to know
It’s back to school time, which can add a lot of excitement and stress to life. If your kid experiences frequent headaches, you are not alone. More than 40,000 kids in the Kansas City metro suffer from...
Research to Curb Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission
HIV Infant Tracking System (HITS) 2.0 targets elimination of mother-to-child HIV transmission in Kenya.
Eosinophilic Asthma: Hunter's Story
In a matter of a few hours, Hunter Box went from being a healthy, active 17-year-old, to a severely ill teen struggling for his next breath. After two hospitalizations, he was diagnosed with eosinophilic...
Infant Sleep Disorders: Children’s Mercy Researchers Conduct First Large Study
Children’s Mercy Research Institute tapped into a huge database to conduct the first large study of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) in infants.
Apply for the Pediatric Residency Program
We are so excited to begin application review for 2026-2027 recruitment season. To support students applying to our residency program and due to recommendations by APPD, Children’s Mercy Pediatric...
Community Engaged Research Team
This team helps ensure research seeks answers important to the community and implements patient, family, and community centered recruitment, data collection, and dissemination methods.
Evidence Based Strategies: Caring About Creatinine: Acute Kidney Injury Follow-Up in the Pediatrician’s Office
Column Author: Bahar Barani, MD | Chief Resident Darcy Weidemann, MD, MHS | Associate Professor Division of Nephrology Column Editor: Angela D. Etzenhouser, MD, FAAP | Associate Director, Pediatric...
Vaccine Update: Recent Measles Cases Highlight the National and Global Rise of this Highly Contagious Disease
Column Author: Christine Symes, RN, MSN, CPNP-PC Column Editor: Angela Myers, MD, MPH | Pediatric Infectious Diseases; Division Director, Infectious Diseases; Medical Director, Center for Wellbeing...
Vaccine Update: ACIP Recommends Primary Polio Series for All Adults
Column Author: Maria Martinez, RN, BSN, MSN, MBA, CPN | Immunization Coordinator Column Editor: Angela Myers, MD, MPH | Pediatric Infectious Diseases; Division Director, Infectious Diseases; Medical...
Outbreaks, Alerts and Hot Topics: Lawn Mower Injuries
Column Author: Chris Day, MD | Pediatric Infectious Diseases; Director, Transplant Infectious Disease Services; Medical Director, Travel Medicine; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of...
Wise Use of Antibiotics: Animal and Human Bites … How Do You Manage?
Column Author & Editor: Rana El Feghaly, MD, MSCI | Director, Clinical Services | Director, Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship Program | Associate Professor of Pediatrics, UMKC School of Medicine Now that...
Evidence Based Strategies: Guidance for Acute Gastroenteritis
Column Author: Brittany Moore, MD | Pediatric Resident Column Editor: Angela D. Etzenhouser, MD, FAAP | Associate Director, Pediatric Residency Program Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of...
Vaccine Update: Global Vaccine Efforts Result in Significant Impact Over the Last Fifty Years
Column Author: Christine A. Symes, MSN, APRN, CPNP Column Editor: Angela Myers, MD, MPH | Pediatric Infectious Diseases; Division Director, Infectious Diseases; Medical Director, Center for Wellbeing...
State of the Art Pediatrics: Precision Medicine – Where Are We Today? The GOLDILOKS® Clinic- Genomic- and Ontogeny-Linked Dose Individualization and cLinical Optimization for KidS
Column Author: Tracy Sandritter, PharmD, BCPPS | Clinical Specialist, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Therapeutic Innovation; Adjunct Professor, UMKC School of Pharmacy. Alexa Pagano...
Evidence Based Strategies: First Steps of Identifying Musculoskeletal Infections in Children
Column Author: Bahar Barani, MD | Chief Resident Column Editor: Kathleen J. Berg, MD, FAAP | Medical Director, Office of Evidence-Based Practice, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of...
Outbreaks, Alerts and Hot Topics: Bird Flu in Bovines
Column Author: Kathleen J. Berg, MD, FAAP | Medical Director, Office of Evidence-Based Practice Column Editor: Chris Day, MD | Director, Transplant Infectious Disease Services; Medical Director, Travel...