Pediatric Cancer Research Group leaders Don Coulter, MD and Sid Mahapatra, MD, PhD starting the symposium with a review of the scope and an introduction to the teams that are working on the big questions in #PediatricCancer research at Child Health Research Institute (CHRI) and University of Nebraska Medical Center #TeamScience

Dr Rajeev Vibhakar’s work on gene regulation as a target for High Risk Medulloblastoma Therapy is using cutting edge technology to help pediatric patients and their families. Important to see this work at the Child Health Research Institute (CHRI) PCRG Symposium University of Nebraska Medical Center Children's Hospital Colorado CU School of Medicine

Wonderful opening comments and presentations at the Pediatric Cancer Research Symposium from H. Dele Davies, MD, MS, MHCM Ann Anderson Berry, MD, PhD Sidharth Mahapatra and Don Coulter, MD.

Understanding where the science of chemotherapeutic agents started helps us move the science forward! Robert Wechsler-Reya, PhD is leading the quest for better therapies for Medulloblastoma. #PediatricCancer Child Health Research Institute (CHRI) University of Nebraska Medical Center #PCRG

Our Child Health Research Institute (CHRI) PCRG symposium morning was an incredible journey on the process of scientific discoveries going from bench to bedside. Now our speakers and community partner Team Jack are engaged in a panel discussion with our audience. Robert Wechsler-Reya

ARDS across the lifespan- from neonates to social security recipients. A new review. Congratulations to all involved on a thorough mechanistic review! journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… UNMC PCCM

A special thanks to KBRX Radio for supporting the upcoming Team Jack Radiothon, sponsored by The Home Agency. We invite everyone to tune in this Thursday and hear inspiring stories from families affected by childhood brain cancer. #fundthecure #thehomeagency #kbrx #topdogincountry

Dr. Eleanor Gradidge of our Critical Care Division recently presented a virtual education event on bronchiolitis for the region. Thank you for this important work!

Jack Hoffman, his family and Team Jack have changed the landscape of cancer research in Nebraska and beyond. He embodied the strength and courage of all those who battle pediatric brain tumors. Thank you Jack for the live you lived and for the legacy you leave behind.

CHRI will be cohosting a Brain Tumor Working Group Mini Summit on March 11. More information is available here including the registration link - unmc.edu/chri/news/mini… #braintumor #pediatriccancer

Congratulations to Rashmitha Dachepally, MD, of our Division of Critical Care. She was accepted to the American Thoracic Society (ATS) Guideline Methodology Training Program. 👏👏👏

CHRI member, Eleanor Gradidge, MD, will have the article, “Inter-facility transfer and admission to PICUs in the United States: Survey of referral communications in 2023" published in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. Great job!

Thank you, Will Compton! We appreciate your support! #GBR

Let's hear if for the pediatricians on the #nationaldoctorsday! Thank you for providing excellent care, educating the next generation of physicians and contribution to life changing children's research. University of Nebraska Medical Center UNMC College of Medicine

I am speaking along with my incredible team at The Council on Medical Student Education in Pediatrics (COMSEP) 2025 Annual Meeting. Please check out my talk if you're attending the event! - via #Whova event app ⁦COMSEP⁩

New treatments for medulloblastoma are desperately needed to give these children a fighting chance at life and one free from side effects. We are committed to making this a reality and have invested $3.4 million in medulloblastoma research. #BrainTumorAwarenessMonth #wedontquit

Thank you to Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen for declaring May Nebraska Brain Tumor Awareness Month. The move will be tremendously valuable for raising awareness and generating support for families and research. Thank you Sidharth Mahapatra for playing an important role in this effort.

Thank you to our board chair, Bri Hoffman, for continuing to share her family's story to raise awareness for childhood brain cancer. ❤️

Today CHRI and Ann Anderson Berry, MD, PhD are representing Children's Nebraska at the Children's Hospital Association's Family Advocacy Day Science Fair in Washington D.C. Our poster describes the research of Sidharth Mahapatra on brain tumors and how it has been empowered by federal support.

Each summer we have the honor of introducing pediatric research to bright, young minds through the Summer Undergraduate Research Program. Congratulations and good luck to our SURP graduates. Can't wait to see what the future holds. UNMC Research