Welcome to the Children's Neuroscience Institute (CNI), the destination for pediatric neuroscience research, education, and patient care.
One of the most common causes of death and disability in US children is brain injury. It can be extremely challenging to accurately diagnose and provide prognostication of neurological diseases in children. Currently, translation of therapies from laboratory to patients takes a very long time, thus, transformative approaches are... Read more...
INCLINE Grant Awarded to Ericka Fink, MD, MS
Pediatric critical care investigator Ericka Fink, MD, MS has been awarded an INCLINE grant from the Neurocritical Care Society to support the pediatrics arm of the Global Consortium Study of Neurological Dysfunction in COVID-19 (GCS NeuroCOVID).“In adults with COVID-19, we know that a third or more suffer from neurological complications that may persist upon hospital discharge as adverse cognitive and emotional health outcomes,” explained Ericka ...Read more...
CNI Member Successfully Defends Thesis for Doctorate Degree
Medical Scientist Training Program student Andrew Lamade, PhD successfully defended his thesis titled “Deciphering the Roles of Regulated Necrotic Cell Death in Acute Injury: Ferroptosis, Necroptosis, Parthanatos.” Dr. Lamade will continue his studies to complete medical school at the University of Pittsburgh to obtain a dual MD/PhD degree. His primary mentor for the PhD thesis was Hülya Bayır, MD and his committee included Adam C. Straub, PhD (c...Read more...
$4.3 Million Awarded to Hülya Bayır, MD, and Valerian E. Kagan, PhD, DSC
The necessity for protection against ionizing radiation comes from terrorism, nuclear accidents, occupational exposures, and radiotherapy. There is emerging need for new medical products that can mitigate and/or treat the short- and long-term consequences of radiation exposure. The design of radiomitigators requires deciphering mechanisms of radiation injury.The teams led by Dr. Bayır and Dr. Kagan put forward a new concept that radiation trigger...Read more...
The Children’s Neuroscience Institute (CNI) is a unique constellation of the brightest and most highly creative professionals with interest and passion in experimental and clinical research with the overarching goals of developing healthy brains and minds in children across all age groups. Topic-wise, the CNI encompasses and facilitates interdisciplinary fundamental and applied paradigm-shifting research. This research is aimed at the development of innovative concepts, methodologies, and approaches enabling breakthrough exploratory studies that lead to profound mechanistic understanding of normal neuro-development, the identification of aberrant pathogenic pathways of neurological diseases, and the discovery of personalized treatment strategies for neurologically ill and injured children.
The CNI Vision: Become a “conceptual crystallization center," an incubator for pioneering technologies and innovative studies; serving as the world’s premier destination for pediatric neuroscience research, education, and patient care.