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Pediatric Health
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
CAPSTONE Centers for Multidisciplinary Research in Child Abuse and Neglect
Overview
NIH has funded research on the prevalence, causes, course, and immediate and long-term consequences of physical, sexual, and emotional child abuse and neglect—now called child maltreatment—for the past few decades. Results of these efforts indicate that child and adolescent victims of abuse are likely to have a legacy of physical and mental problems well into adulthood.
Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units (MFMU) Network
NIH has published two MFMU Requests for Applications (RFAs): RFA-HD-23-016: NICHD MFMU Network: Clinical Centers (UG1 Clinical Trial Optional) and RFA-HD-23-017: NICHD MFMU Network: Data Coordinating Center (U24 Clinical Trial Optional) .
Neonatal Research Network (NRN)
Overview
Formed in 1986 through NICHD’s Pregnancy and Perinatology Branch , the NRN is a collaborative network of neonatal intensive care units across the United States. It comprises 15 clinical centers and a data coordinating center.
Sergey Leikin Lab: Section on Physical Biochemistry
Welcome to Section on Physical Biochemistry @ NICHD.NIH
Our mission is to develop methods for diagnostics, monitoring and treatment of diseases based on better understanding their molecular mechanisms. We focus on the following studies: