The mission of the UNM Signature Program in Child Health Research is to improve child health and well-being through research. We are an interdisciplinary group of basic scientists and clinicians who aim to promote and support collaborative investigations on important pediatric topics. We do this through regular informal gatherings, structured events, and our pilot grant program. Please contact us if you would like to join, or if you have questions about upcoming activities or grant cycles.
CHRSP members meet monthly to hold journal club, and to share research ideas, plan upcoming events, and to review pilot grant applications and awardee progress. Meetings currently take place via Zoom. Please contact us if you would like to join!
Upcoming meeting: Friday, October 27 from noon - 1:00 PM
Join Zoom Meeting
https://hsc-unm.zoom.us/j/91285847428
Meeting ID: 912 8584 7428
Passcode: 123
The meeting for November and December will be the 2nd Tuesday of the month from 12pm-1pm.
Join Zoom Meeting (2nd Tuesday in Nov and Dec @ noon)
https://hsc-unm.zoom.us/j/96090983280
Meeting ID: 960 9098 3280
Passcode: CHRSP
The CHRSP regularly holds structured events showcasing and supporting child health research, thereby increasing awareness of research resources and activities.
The CHRSP and the UNM Brain & Behavioral Health Institute hosted Dr. Julie Croff, Co-Director for the Center for Integrative Research on Childhood Adversity at Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, Tulsa, in a joint Science Seminar on May 8, 2023. Dr. Croff’s research focuses on periconceptional and perinatal health behaviors among diverse cohorts of women. In her presentation “Bio-behavioral Approaches to Studying Adverse and Protective Childhood Experiences”, she discussed how adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) significantly increase the likelihood of physical and mental health problems, as well as promising and novel methodologies for extending the study of biological and behavioral mechanisms of action.
Upcoming Structured Events:
Upcoming events are in the planning stages. Please check our website again for updates.
The CHRSP solicits annual applications from all HSC faculty members – senior as well as junior investigators – for collaborative pilot projects on child health. Research may be prospective or retrospective, and clinical/basic science/translational in nature, but projects must involve two or more HSC schools or departments. Successful applications propose exploratory hypotheses intended to generate original data that can be used for future projects. Funding periods begin on July 1 and last 12 months. Requests for new applications are issued in early March, and applications are due mid-May.
Current Grant Cycle:
Past CHRSP Grant Awardees:
FY 2023: Katie Kivlighan, PhD, PI and Emilie Sebesta, MD, Co-PI. “Maternal-infant thermoregulation and early lactation performance”
FY 2024: Ethan Hill, PI and Lexi O’Donnell, Co-PI (SOM Department of Orthopedic Surgery, and the College of Population Health, respectively) for “A bone strength analysis of a pediatric postmortem CT sample from New Mexico”
CHRSP members support and participate in a variety of pediatric research activities around the HSC campus, including:
Department of Pediatrics Grand Rounds - Learn from experts and earn CME credits at this weekly lecture series:
https://hsc-unm.zoom.us/j/500241417, Passcode: 001954
Please share with us if there are additional pediatric research activities that you would like to see listed here.
The UNM Child Health Grand Challenge presented a workshop ‘Understanding child maltreatment and its concomitants in New Mexico’ on November 8 as part of the 2nd UNM Research & Discovery Week.
Video Passcode: BZPMfj^9
CHRSP members meet monthly to hold journal club, and to share research ideas, plan upcoming events, and to review pilot grant applications and awardee progress. Meetings currently take place via Zoom. Please contact us if you would like to join!
Upcoming meeting: Friday, October 27 from noon - 1:00 PM
Join Zoom Meeting
https://hsc-unm.zoom.us/j/91285847428
Meeting ID: 912 8584 7428
Passcode: 123
The meeting for November and December will be the 2nd Tuesday of the month from 12pm-1pm.
Join Zoom Meeting (2nd Tuesday in Nov and Dec @ noon)
https://hsc-unm.zoom.us/j/96090983280
Meeting ID: 960 9098 3280
Passcode: CHRSP
The CHRSP regularly holds structured events showcasing and supporting child health research, thereby increasing awareness of research resources and activities.
The CHRSP and the UNM Brain & Behavioral Health Institute hosted Dr. Julie Croff, Co-Director for the Center for Integrative Research on Childhood Adversity at Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, Tulsa, in a joint Science Seminar on May 8, 2023. Dr. Croff’s research focuses on periconceptional and perinatal health behaviors among diverse cohorts of women. In her presentation “Bio-behavioral Approaches to Studying Adverse and Protective Childhood Experiences”, she discussed how adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) significantly increase the likelihood of physical and mental health problems, as well as promising and novel methodologies for extending the study of biological and behavioral mechanisms of action.
Upcoming Structured Events:
Upcoming events are in the planning stages. Please check our website again for updates.
The CHRSP solicits annual applications from all HSC faculty members – senior as well as junior investigators – for collaborative pilot projects on child health. Research may be prospective or retrospective, and clinical/basic science/translational in nature, but projects must involve two or more HSC schools or departments. Successful applications propose exploratory hypotheses intended to generate original data that can be used for future projects. Funding periods begin on July 1 and last 12 months. Requests for new applications are issued in early March, and applications are due mid-May.
Current Grant Cycle:
Past CHRSP Grant Awardees:
FY 2023: Katie Kivlighan, PhD, PI and Emilie Sebesta, MD, Co-PI. “Maternal-infant thermoregulation and early lactation performance”
FY 2024: Ethan Hill, PI and Lexi O’Donnell, Co-PI (SOM Department of Orthopedic Surgery, and the College of Population Health, respectively) for “A bone strength analysis of a pediatric postmortem CT sample from New Mexico”
CHRSP members support and participate in a variety of pediatric research activities around the HSC campus, including:
Department of Pediatrics Grand Rounds - Learn from experts and earn CME credits at this weekly lecture series:
https://hsc-unm.zoom.us/j/500241417, Passcode: 001954
Please share with us if there are additional pediatric research activities that you would like to see listed here.
The UNM Child Health Grand Challenge presented a workshop ‘Understanding child maltreatment and its concomitants in New Mexico’ on November 8 as part of the 2nd UNM Research & Discovery Week.
Video Passcode: BZPMfj^9
Rebecca Girardet, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Email: rgirardet@salud.unm.edu
Cheryl Garcia
Administrative Assistant
Email: chergarcia@salud.unm.edu
CHRSP roster (coming soon)
Physical Location:
Para Los Niños Clinic
625 Silver SW
Albuquerque, NM 87102-8720
Tel: 505-272-6849
Fax: 505-272-6844
