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Topics
- Adolescent Sexual Activity
- Childhood Leukemia
- Congenital Heart Disease
- Congenital Muscular Dystrophy
- Duchenne/Becker Muscular Dystrophy
- Osteogenesis Imperfecta
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy
- Child Abuse & Neglect Research
- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)
- Pediatric Cardiomyopathy
- Polycystic Kidney Disease
- Pediatric Cancer
- Spina Bifida
- Childhood Injury
- Underage Drinking
- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
- Childhood Obesity
- Teenage Pregnancy
- Conditions Affecting the Embryonic & Fetal Periods
- Conditions Originating in the Perinatal Period
- Infant Mortality
- Preterm, Low Birth Weight & Health of the Newborn
- Unintentional Childhood Injury
- Youth Violence
- Youth Violence Prevention
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Kevin F. O'Connell
Research TopicsThe ultimate goal of my lab is to understand the molecular mechanisms that are used to control the number and size of centrosomes. These tiny org…
Kenneth H. Fischbeck
Research TopicsDr. Fischbeck investigates the causes of hereditary neurological diseases, with the goal of developing effective treatments for these disorders. …
Javed Khan
Research TopicsMission of the Oncogenomics SectionThe mission of the Oncogenomics Section is to harness the power of high throughput genomic and proteomic metho…
Gregory George Germino
Research TopicsCurrent ResearchThe function of the kidney critically depends on the proper structure of its tubule system, yet regulation of tubular diameter is…
Deborah M. Hinton
Research TopicsOur overall goal is to elucidate how the process of transcription initiation and activation is regulated at a molecular level.Current ResearchCon…
David M. Bodine
Research TopicsHematopoiesis is the process of generating all of the different types of blood cells (erythrocytes, lymphocytes, platelets, etc.) circulating thr…
Barry R. O'Keefe
Research TopicsOur research efforts are generally split into two study areas: 1) cell-free assay development and identification of active compounds from chemica…
Jill Heemskerk, Ph.D.
Jill Heemskerk, Ph.D., has more than 20 years of distinguished service at the National Institutes of Health. She was appointed as Deputy Director at NIBIB in 20…