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CHOC participation in multi-center quality improvement initiative seeks improved growth outcomes in NICU babies who undergo intestinal surgery
Clinicians face challenges in delivering proper nutrition to this fragile population of infants.
Dr. Terrie Inder named to new position of director of the Center for Perinatal and Infant Research at CHOC
Dr. Inder will lead the development of a robust research program focused on clinical and comparative outcomes.
CHOC Research partners with ScaleHealth to accelerate diabetes breakthroughs through mentorship program and roundtable
Four-part mentor series program to provide challenge winners with feedback on business development and research and development plans.
NIH award continues landmark study of brain development in babies born very preterm
Despite health care advances that are keeping babies born very preterm alive, such newborns — who total more than 50,000 in the United States alone each year — face an elevated risk of long-term neurological and developmental difficulties.
National brain mapping study receives its first ‘magical’ gift from patient with cancer
Ethan Nguyen is the first pediatric patient to become part of an NIH-funded study that began in 2022 and is led by UC Irvine.







