New Study Discovers Antibiotic Resistant Genes in Healthy Kids

CDI-funded researcher Gautam Dantas, PhD, and his colleagues found that microbes in the intestinal tracks of American children have numerous antibiotic resistance genes. The results of this recently published study raises red flags about the future effectiveness of antibiotics. ...Learn More

Envisioning a Future Without Congenital Heart Disease

Through an interdisciplinary research initiative, researchers at the Children’s Discovery Institute seek to identify genetic and metabolic factors that affect the risk of developing congenital heart defects. ...Learn More

On a Mission to Improve Diabetes Drugs

Today, more than one-third of our nation’s children and adolescents are overweight or obese, putting them at increased risk for developing type-2 diabetes. Cutting-edge methods to study the structure of a specific protein pave the way for better treatments....Learn More

Finding Hope for Jessica

Interdisciplinary research funded by the CDI takes aim at the genetic causes of chronic lung disease, giving hope to kids like Jessica Filla....Learn More

Understanding the Causes of Community-Associated Infection

Faculty scholar awardee gets to the bottom of antibiotic-resistant Staph infections....Learn More

2013 CDI Investor Symposium Highlights The sixth annual CDI Symposium gave investors a glimpse into the minds and work of just some of the talented researchers at the Children's Discovery Institute... CDI More Info

New CDI-Funded Forum Accelerates Pediatric Research The Washington University Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences (ICTS), with funding from the Children’s Discovery Institute (CDI), created the Research Forum-Child Health (RF-CH) to facilitate and expedite pediatric medical research from bench to bedside. ... CDI More Info

CDI Researcher Takes American Thoracic Society Helm Thomas W. Ferkol, MD, the Alexis Hartmann, MD, Professor of Pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been installed as president-elect of the American Thoracic Society (ATS).... CDI More Info

CDI Spring Funding Cycle Announced The Children’s Discovery Institute spring funding cycle recently allocated more than $2.4 million to important pediatric research initiatives at St. Louis Children’s Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. ... CDI More Info

CDI-funded Researcher Receives Academy of Science-St. Louis Innovation Award Katherine Henzler-Wildman, PhD, assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics at Washington University School of Medicine, received the 2013 Academy of Science-St. Louis Innovation Award. This award recognizes a scientist or engineer – age 40 or under – who has demonstrated exceptional potential for future accomplishments in science, engineer or technology. ... CDI More Info