Please join us in congratulating Dr. Robin Shook (Robin Shook). He received a grant from Kansas City Royals Foundation to create a free, public facing, searchable central repository of youth physical activity programs in the Kansas City region. Learn more: bit.ly/Shook-KansasCi…

Please join us in congratulating Azadeh Wickham. She received a grant from Patient Care Services Research here at Children's Mercy to study clean intermittent catheterization (CIC) determinants & adherence. Learn more: bit.ly/Wickham-CIC

It's Medical Laboratory Professionals Week - an annual celebration of medical laboratory professionals & pathologists who play a vital role in health care. The Clinical Pharmacology administrative coordinators went all out with decorations, gifts, and activities for the team!

Happening today!

Q&A: 'More Than a Decade of Rapid Genomic Sequencing: Where Are We Now?' by Carol J. Saunders w/ experts: Luca Brunelli, Michael J. Deem, Emily G. Farrow, Madhuri Hegde & Zornitza Stark @childrensmercy @researchCM
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Please join us in congratulating Dr. Mark Clements (Mark Clements, M.D., Ph.D.). He received a grant from JDRF International to study psychosocial technology for youth with type 1 diabetes #T1D . Learn more about his research: bit.ly/Clements-JDRF-…

Happening right now at #AACR24 : @kucancercenter and Children's Mercy Research Institute faculty member Dr. Erin Guest presenting “A human induced pluripotent stem cell model of KMT2A rearranged leukemia,” in session PO.TB06.01 - Developmental Origins & Drivers of Pediatric Cancer.

Children's Mercy Research Institute’s Dr. Brooke Fridley contributed to the study “spatialGE: Empowering researchers to study the tumor microenvironment leveraging spatial transcriptomics,” being presented right now in session PO.BCS01.01 - Application of Bioinformatics to Cancer Biology 1. #AACR24

.@kucancercenter members contributed to 'Long-read sequencing of pediatric leukemia identifies clinically relevant genomic rearrangements,' being presented #AACR24 : session PO.MCB08.02 - Genomic Characterization of Cancers & Cancer Subgroups. Children's Mercy Research Institute
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.@kucancercenter & Children's Mercy Research Institute members contributed to “Suppression of stress granule formation is a novel vulnerability imposed by mutant p53. Make your way to session LBPO.MCB02 - Late-Breaking Research: Molecular/Cellular Biology & Genetics 2. #AACR24 bit.ly/43T9KSj

Our co-PIs, Mario Castro, MD, MPH, and Steve Leeder, PharmD, PhD, discussing information from the morning sessions at #TS24Vegas .

A new paper from our own Eric, The Biologist, Dr. Rebecca McLennan, Cas LeMaster, and Dr. Todd Bradley: 'Autoantibodies to ACE2 and immune molecules are associated with COVID-19 disease severity'.

Please join us in congratulating Drs. Pastinen, Grundberg, and Bradley. Their study focusing on early prediction of type 1 diabetes ( #T1D ) received funding from A World Without 1. Read more about their research: bit.ly/CM-T1D-GPPAD

We greatly enjoyed the excellent TRS presentations and discussion on neuroblastoma from Dr. Kevin Campbell and neural crest cell biology from Dr. Emma Moore Zajic Emma Moore Zajic. Thank you to our speakers, attendees, and support! Children's Mercy Research Institute Stowers Institute DevelopmentalDynamic

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

Kristin Stegenga of Children’s Mercy (Children's Mercy Research Institute) spoke with CURE® about active music engagement and how it relieves stress in children with #cancer and their parents and #caregivers .

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In 2012, Dr. Romina Barral joined Children's Mercy as a physician-researcher and has recently focused on research aimed at reducing disparities in reproductive and sexual health care for youth from communities that have been marginalized. Learn more: bit.ly/Romina-Barral

We look forward to having Juliet Emamaullee MD PhD of
Keck School of Medicine of USC @childrensLA as the guest speaker for our next Academic Scholarship Conference. ▶️ April 12 at 11:30 a.m. ▶️ Topic: 'Immune exhaustion as a central mediator of inflammation in the liver immune microenvironment'

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Erin Guest. She received a grant from Noah's Bandage Project for her study that focuses on pediatric #leukemia in which the #KMT2A gene is rearranged. Learn more here: bit.ly/Guest-NBP

📣Research study for teens!📣 Teens ages 12 to 17 with type 1 #diabetes are invited to join a virtual Children's Mercy Research Institute study. Teens will follow an eating plan for 6 months and work with a registered dietitian. Sign up to learn more: cmkc.link/3Pm3zQz