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We make great strides every day on our mission of improving the health and wellbeing of children through state-of-the-art translational research. Here you can find the latest news and feature stories on the groundbreaking work of the Children’s Mercy Research Institute investigators and research teams, and how their discoveries and work are changing the future of pediatric medicine.

Thanks to ground-breaking research at the Genomic Medicine Center at Children’s Mercy, new treatments provide hope to infants with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a rare cancer of the blood and bone marrow that has a very poor prognosis. Watch as baby Brisia joins just 49 other infants.

News from the Children's Mercy Research Institute

Dr. Jessica Wallisch Receives American Heart Association Funding to Study New Way for Early Detection of Brain Injury in ECMO Patients

March 21, 2025

Children’s Mercy’s Facility Dog Program Receives Two Grants to Maintain, Expand Program

March 14, 2025

Lynette Lartey Receives Grant to Learn How Doulas, Community Health Workers (CHWs) Culturally Broker Communication for Pregnant Clients

February 27, 2025

Dr. Venkatesh Sampath Receives $2.5 Million NIH Grant to Study Mechanisms Underlying Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Premature Infants

February 18, 2025

Dr. Mollie Walton Receives Grant for Study about Beta Blocker Therapy for those with Marfan Syndrome

February 4, 2025

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Our latest discoveries and stories

Emerging Principal Investigators: Dr. Craig Smail

Learn about his projects and collaborations

Kulesa Lab Applies New Technology to Research Childhood Cancer and Other Diseases

Learn about the team's important research

Emerging Principal Investigators: Dr. Emily Hurley

Learn what motivated her research

Training the Next Generation: Creating Opportunities for Tomorrow’s Researchers

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