Children’s Discovery Institute

The Children’s Discovery Institute supports broad, interdisciplinary research initiatives within four specific centers:

• McDonnell Pediatric Cancer Center focuses on the etiology and treatment of pediatric cancer with special emphasis on brain cancer and genetic and genomic approaches to discovery.
• Center for Musculoskeletal and Metabolic Diseases focuses on the genetic basis of musculoskeletal birth defects, childhood arthritis, metabolic diseases, and related disorders.
• Center for Pediatric Pulmonary Disease focuses on the biology of the pulmonary system and genetic mechanisms in lung diseases.
• Congenital Heart Disease Center focuses on the environmental and genetic etiology of congenital heart disease and the development of novel diagnostic and therapeutic approaches.

All funding initiatives are organized through these four centers and submitted proposals must be immediately relevant to the research programs outlined above. For more detailed information please visit the Children's Discovery Institute site.

Heather Reed (Reed_H@kids.wustl.edu)