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...

CNI is Hiring a Post-Doctoral Associate for the Training Program
The Children’s Neuroscience Institute at Pittsburgh, PA, USA is seeking a hard-working and enthusiastic individual to obtain advanced training in a multidisciplinary program focused on lipidomics and informatics. Lipidomics and Informatics Post-Doctoral Associate candidates with a background in chemistry, cell/redox biology, and Ph.D. in any of the following fields are invited to apply: lipidomics, metabolomics, proteomics, bioinformatics, system...Read more...

CNI-Sponsored Speaker
Dr. Agrawal joins us from Harvard Medical School, where he is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Merton Bernfield Chair in Newborn Medicine, Director of the Neonatal Genomics Program, and Medical Director, Manton Center Gene Discovery Core.Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Duis dapibus bibendum erat, id ultricies ligula mattis non. Sed lacus nulla, congue sed ante sit amet, sagittis pharetra ipsum. Vivamus in commodo lib...Read more...

CNI-Sponsored Speaker
Please join us for a CNI seminar by Dr. Sujatha Kannan, M.B.B on “Nanotherapeutics for Brain Injury: Progression from Bench to Bedside”. Dr. Kannan joins us from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where she is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and Pediatrics. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Duis dapibus bibendum erat, id ultricies ligula mattis non. Sed lacus nulla, congue sed a...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.