Innovation District: Latest Advances from Children's National

Researcher to decipher how viruses affect the developing brain with nearly $1M NIH award
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded Children’s National Hospital nearly $1M of research support toward uncovering the specific cellular response that happens inside a developing brain once it is infected with a virus.
Gene therapy offers potential long-term treatment for limb-girdle muscular dystrophy 2B
Researchers from Children’s National Hospital developed the first non-muscle targeted gene therapy that enhances diseased muscle fiber repair and improves muscle function.
Study with the largest cohort in the Western world sheds light on very rare disease
Children’s National Hospital experts provided a contemporary description of the epidemiology, clinical presentation and management of chronic active Epstein-Barr virus.
Personalized T cell immunotherapy for brain tumors closer to becoming reality
Researchers from Children’s National developed a new approach that helped them generate personalized T cells to target and kill tumors.

The Latest in Research and Innovation from Children’s National

Headache disorders and mental health worsened during pandemic

August 5, 2022/by Innovation District

Robert Freishtat, M.D., M.P.H., named as Connor Family Professor in Research and Innovation

July 20, 2022/by Innovation District

Five leading children’s hospitals secure funding to enhance future pandemic readiness

July 19, 2022/by Innovation District

Second dose of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine safe for children with allergic reaction to first dose

July 13, 2022/by Innovation District

Children’s National receives sustainability award for reducing anesthetic gases

July 7, 2022/by Innovation District

Mary Donofrio, M.D., FAAP, FACC, FASE, named as The Van Metre Companies Professor of Fetal Cardiology

July 6, 2022/by Innovation District

William D. Gaillard, M.D., named as first endowed Professor of Epilepsy and Neurophysiology

June 30, 2022/by Innovation District

Marshall Summar, M.D., receives Lifetime Achievement Award for rare disease work

June 27, 2022/by Innovation District

Research into a new way to combat solid tumors earns part of a $25M award

June 27, 2022/by Innovation District

Catherine Bollard, M.D., M.B.Ch.B., selected to lead global Cancer Grand Challenges team

June 16, 2022/by Innovation District

Children’s National named to U.S. News & World Report’s Best Children’s Hospitals Honor Roll

June 14, 2022/by Innovation District

Pediatric medical device competition names finalists

June 3, 2022/by Innovation District

LIFU successfully delivers targeted therapies past the blood-brain barrier

June 1, 2022/by Innovation District

News Briefs

June 15, 2021

For fifth year in a row, Children’s National Hospital nationally ranked a top 10 children’s hospital

November 5, 2020

Boeing gives $5 million to support Research & Innovation Campus

March 3, 2020

Yves d’Udekem, M.D., Ph.D., named Chief of Cardiac Surgery and Co-Director of the Children’s National Heart Institute

February 25, 2020

Thinking small for newborns with critical congenital heart disease

February 14, 2020

Keeping it Renal: Global Cuisine for Kids

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Perspectives From Our Doctors

May 24, 2022

2022: Pediatric colorectal and pelvic reconstructive surgery today

March 10, 2022

Increasing access to autism spectrum disorder services through enhanced training

February 16, 2022

Changing the surgical evaluation of epilepsy

February 15, 2022

Tackling bias – the power of one

February 15, 2022

Q&A with Carmelo Cuffari, M.D., on inflammatory bowel disease

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