Atlanta: Home to a Top Pediatric Research Program
How Is Children’s Leading Innovative Research?
Without innovative medical research, we wouldn’t have knowledge of or access to lifesaving treatments available to patients today. And without collaboration with our academic and scientific partners, our healthcare institution wouldn’t be prepared to tackle the many medical issues our specialized pediatric doctors see each and every day.
In collaboration with our metro Atlanta partners, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta pediatric research studies are conducted by our physicians, scientists, and a mix of other clinical practitioners and academics. These researchers seek to answer questions about the health of our patient population, which includes infants, toddlers, teens and young adults up to 18 years old. Some studies involve an innovative medical treatment, such as a new medicine, medical instrument or test, while others focus on a new technique or innovative clinical method.
By using what we discover through clinical trials and studies, Children’s provides current evidence-based quality care to children and helps make sure our doctors and clinical staff—as well as medical professionals worldwide—know about recent breakthroughs in pediatric care.
Our research covers everything from a better understanding of how a cell and its molecular machinery work (basic research) to applying this knowledge to pediatric diseases in the lab (translational research) and exploring new medical strategies and treatments in children (clinical trials), as well as looking at large groups of children with a particular disease to better understand it (epidemiological studies).
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The Marcus Center for Cellular Therapy: Gene Therapy Enables Kyle’s Dream
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Our Pediatric Research Collaborations
We work with neighboring academic and scientific institutions to answer questions about the most difficult childhood medical conditions through research. Collaborations with the following institutions have helped shape groundbreaking research for decades:
A Look Back at Research at Children’s
Precision Medicine in Cancer Treatments
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Edward's Journey with Targeted Therapy
Edward and 15% of patients using genetic testing through the Precision Medicine Program of the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center receive a targeted therapy.
View Our Past Research Reports
Seeking Pediatric Researchers
After 65 years of innovation and partnership, Children’s and Emory are seeking to recruit 30 new world-class child health researchers over the next five years. To learn more, email peds.research@emory.edu, or view a list of available opportunities.
Our team of innovative researchers is involved in more than 1,500 active studies in the community, with an emphasis on:
View AllFellowships, Residencies and Internships
Choosing Children’s for your fellowship, residency or internship enables you to collaborate with some of the best academic and medical research centers in the country while also gaining experience at one of the nation’s largest pediatric healthcare systems. Learn more about our programs.