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 take place via Zoom on the 2nd Thursday of each month at noon. Please feel free to join us!
Meeting link: https://hsc-unm.zoom.us/j/98213722309
Meeting ID: 982 1372 2309
Passcode: CHRSP
The CHRSP regularly holds structured events showcasing and supporting child health research, thereby increasing awareness of research resources and activities.
Upcoming Structured Events:
The CHRSP will recognize Child Abuse Prevention Month on April 18 with a community fair at UNM Children's Hospital in the Barbara and Bill Richardson Pavilion, 2211 Lomas Boulevard from 10 a.m –2 p.m. Come network and learn about risk and protective factors, and promising interventions in New Mexico. For more information HERE.
Join us for the CHRSP Collaboration Day on April 26 from 9-11 a.m. in Domenici North Wing, Room 3710 1001 Stanford Drive NE, where we will share short presentations and interactive discussions that explore topics in pediatric research. You can sign up to attend and let us know if you would like to present HERE.
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 take place via Zoom on the 2nd Thursday of each month at noon. Please feel free to join us!
Meeting link: https://hsc-unm.zoom.us/j/98213722309
Meeting ID: 982 1372 2309
Passcode: CHRSP
The CHRSP regularly holds structured events showcasing and supporting child health research, thereby increasing awareness of research resources and activities.
Upcoming Structured Events:
The CHRSP will recognize Child Abuse Prevention Month on April 18 with a community fair at UNM Children's Hospital in the Barbara and Bill Richardson Pavilion, 2211 Lomas Boulevard from 10 a.m –2 p.m. Come network and learn about risk and protective factors, and promising interventions in New Mexico. For more information HERE.
Join us for the CHRSP Collaboration Day on April 26 from 9-11 a.m. in Domenici North Wing, Room 3710 1001 Stanford Drive NE, where we will share short presentations and interactive discussions that explore topics in pediatric research. You can sign up to attend and let us know if you would like to present HERE.
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
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