Honoring Ambassador Chris Stevens: New Medical Exchange Creates Cultural Understanding Across Borders

When Dr. Anne Stevens thinks of her brother, she remembers his wide-eyed awe about the world around him. That love of discovery is what led her brother, former Ambassador Chris Stevens, to a career in diplomacy with the U.S. State Department. “Chris was a big believer in international exchange and experiences,” said Stevens, a pediatric […]

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Seattle Children’s Launches STEM Internships at Research Institute

At Seattle Children’s Research Institute, doctors and researchers work every day to develop treatments and cures for childhood diseases. With the launch of the Seattle Children’s STEM internships for high school students this year, young people became scientific investigators themselves, working side by side with researchers in the lab. As part of the new program, […]

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New SIDS Research Shows Carbon Dioxide, Inner Ear Damage May Play Important Role

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) may be linked to the build-up of carbon dioxide and existing inner ear damage according to a new study in the journal Neuroscience. Author Dr. Daniel Rubens, an anesthesiologist and researcher at Seattle Children’s Research Institute, says the finding could help researchers understand the sequence of events and risk factors that lead […]

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New Trial Uses MRI to Study Obesity and Brain Signaling in Children

Are brain signals in obese children different than brain signals in normal weight children? Researchers at Seattle Children’s hope to answer that question with a new trial that uses magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to study brain signaling in children ages 9-11. Dr. Christian Roth, a pediatric endocrinologist and researcher at Seattle Children’s Research Institute, is […]

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Researcher Launches Childhood Chemical Exposure Study With NIH

Babies and children are exposed to chemicals when they play, eat and go outside, and a $157 million new initiative launched by the National Institutes of Health aims to create a comprehensive understanding of how chemicals and environmental factors like air pollution impact childhood development. Dr. Sheela Sathyanarayana, a pediatric environmental health researcher at Seattle […]

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