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Two @childrensmercy.org researchers were named to the Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers list for 2025: Dr. Andrea Gaedigk and Dr. J. Steven Leeder. This is nothing new for them, as Dr. Gaedigk has been named to this list 7 times and Dr. Leeder 5 times! 👏👏👏 bit.ly/HighlyCitedR...
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November 20, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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What an honor to be 1 of 10 Distinguished Poster Award Winners at #AMIA2025! The Navigator role has helped researchers at @research.childrensmercy.org feel connected with & supported by informatics resources available to them. @markhoffmankc.bsky.social @frontiersctsi.bsky.social @amia.org
November 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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🚨 We’re #Hiring: Division Director – Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology 🚨
This is an opportunity to transform pediatric pharmacology through research and discovery while fostering partnerships across Children’s Mercy and CMRI.
📍 Location: Kansas City
🔗 Apply Now: bit.ly/CM-Division-...
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November 18, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Help us congratulate some members of our research community who are celebrating their @childrensmercy.org work anniversaries this month. 👏 We're extremely lucky to have these amazing people as part of our team!
This graphic has two shades of yellow as its background: a lighter yellow on the left and a marigold yellow on the right. On the left is a list of names and departments of those celebrating 5, 10, and 15 years at Children's Mercy. On the right are photos, their names and departments of the three people who are celebrating 20 and 30 years.
November 17, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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#AMIA2025 Come meet Abby Kietzman @abbykietz.bsky.social and learn about the Reasearch Informatics Navigator role at Children's Mercy @research.childrensmercy.org . Poster #P78 Sunday Nov. 16.
November 16, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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We look forward to having Dr. Chad Bousman, University of Calgary, as the guest speaker for our next Academic Scholarship Conference. ▶️ Dec. 12 at 12 p.m. ▶️ Presentation: "Navigating Pharmacotherapy in Youth Mental Health with a Pharmacogenomic Compass" #MentalHealth #Pharmacogenomics
This graphic is on a white colored background. On the left is the following text: Academic Scholarship Conference. Guest Speaker: Chad Bousman, PhD, University of Calgary, Dept. of Medical Genetics, Canada. "Navigating Pharmacotherapy in Youth Mental Health with a Pharmacogenomic Compass". On the right is a portrait of Dr. Bousman. He is wearing glasses, has a beard.
November 13, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Please join us in congratulating Dr. Rose Gelineau-Morel! She received funding from the NICHD to study precision drug treatment for #dystonia, a debilitating movement disorder often experienced by children with cerebral palsy. #CerebralPalsy Learn more: bit.ly/cmri-dystonia
This graphic is on a medium blue colored background. On the right is a portrait of Rose Gelineau-Morel, MD, Neurology. On the left is text that explains who she received funding from and for what project: "K23 award from the National Institutes of Health – Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development". Study: “Pharmacogenomic Contribution to the Biotransformation of Trihexyphenidyl and Development of a Precision Dosing Model for Children with Dystonia and Cerebral Palsy”.
November 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Our very own Dr. Jennifer Goldman, pediatric infectious diseases expert at @childrensmercy.org, discusses her team's study that offers critical insight into how kids’ immune systems develop — and why exposure to common illnesses is part of growing up.
During cold and flu season, the youngest kids really are the germiest
A recent study of schoolchildren finds that the youngest students harbor the most germs. Researchers looked at nasal swabs and symptom reports of more than 800 students and staff in Kansas City, Misso...
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November 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Discover how @childrensmercy.org is revolutionizing genetic diagnosis to provide faster answers and brighter futures for children in the latest episode of Transformational Pediatrics. Available wherever you get podcasts. #GeneticDiagnosis #ChildrensMercy
Faster Answers, Brighter Futures: How Children’s Mercy Is Transforming Genetic Diagnosis
Children’s Mercy is transforming pediatric genetic diagnosis with a single, advanced sequencing test. Learn how this breakthrough is delivering faster answers, fewer tests, and new hope for families f...
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October 31, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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#LegacyContent: Characterization of Reference Materials for DPYD: A GeT-RM Collaborative Project. Authors from @research.childrensmercy.org @mayoclinic.org

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October 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Scientific breakthroughs with real-world impact: Google’s VP & Head of Research shares how Children’s Mercy researchers used DeepSomatic to uncover 10 new genetic variants in samples of childhood leukemia, opening doors to more precise diagnoses and treatments for kids.
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October 25, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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Help us congratulate some members of our research community who are celebrating their @childrensmercy.org work anniversaries this month. We're extremely lucky to have these amazing people as part of our team!
This graphic has a gold background color with a lighter gold on the left and a darker gold on the right. It contains on the right photos of Beth Orrick and Dr. Geetha Raghuveer, who are celebrating 20 years at Children's Mercy in October. It also has a photo of Jami Penny, who is celebrating 25 years. Below their photos are their names, the department they work for and the number of years they are celebrating. On the left is text that lists those who are celebrating 5, 10, and 15 years at Children's Mercy. Each person listed also includes their department.
October 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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We're spotlighting CMRI team members who play an integral part in making research happen but whose role may be more behind-the-scenes. Meet Freddie Karumbi, CORE Accountant, Research & Sponsored Projects Administration, @childrensmercy.org: childrensmercy.org/5-questions
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October 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Please join us in congratulating Dr. Chase Sakitis! He received funding from @frontiersctsi.bsky.social for his project to develop Bayesian statistical models and software to analyze ovarian cancer data, with the ultimate goal of helping with treatment decisions. Learn more: bit.ly/sakitis-fron...
This graphic is on a medium blue colored background. On the right is a portrait of Chase Sakitis, PhD, Health Services & Outcomes Research. On the left is text that describes who he received funding from and for study project it's being used on: "TL1 Post-Doctoral Trainee Award from National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) via a Frontiers CTSI subaward". Study: “Bayesian models for the analysis of spatial proteomic data with application to ovarian cancer”
October 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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A diagnosis in just 4 weeks? Long-read sequencing (LRS) is changing the game for rare disease families. 🎧 Hear Dr. Tomi Pastinen on KCUR 89.3 explain how this first-of-its-kind study is speeding up answers. <18 min listen! #RareDisease #BuiltForKids
Kansas City’s Children’s Mercy Hospital debuts a new way of sequencing genes
Dr. Tomi Pastinen, director of Genomic Answers for Kids, led the first clinical study of five-base long read sequencing, recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Pediatric...
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October 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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A patient’s address can reveal a lot about the health risks, resources and contextual factors that impact medical outcomes. The problem? Incorporating that data has historically been challenging. A solution: the geocoding tool known as GeoMarker, developed by our Research Informatics team.
GeoMarker App Offers New Insights Around Social Determinants of Health
A patient’s address can reveal a lot about the health risks, resources and contextual factors that impact medical outcomes. The problem? Incorporating that data has historically been challenging.
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October 15, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Children’s Mercy researchers led the way at the world’s largest NEC conference! 🧠💙 Dr. Sampath, Dr. Cuna & Dr. Chan shared groundbreaking insights, and Dr. Chan received the prestigious Care Award for his impact on NEC diagnosis & outcomes. Congrats to all! @research.childrensmercy.org

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October 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Please join us in congratulating Dr. Todd Bradley! He received a grant from the NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for his project to develop a vaccine to prevent Hand Foot Mouth Disease #HFMD. Learn more: bit.ly/Bradley-R21-...
This graphic is on a medium blue background. On the right is a portrait of Todd Bradley, PhD, Genomic Medicine Center. He's wearing a blazer and a plaid shirt underneath it. On the left is text that describes who he received the funding from and for what study it's being used for: "R21 award from the National Institutes of Health – National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases". Study: "Development of mosaic enterovirus mRNA vaccine to prevent hand, foot and mouth disease".
October 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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The gorgeous weather was the bow on top of the present as we celebrated our employees this week! Thank you to each of our research team members for bringing your heart and talent to our organization every day. Your help making science bolder in turn makes kids' futures brighter. ☀️
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October 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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We're spotlighting CMRI team members who play an integral part in making research happen but whose role may be more behind-the-scenes. Meet John Means, PhD, Assistant Director, Patient Cells Models, Genomic Medicine Center: childrensmercy.org/5-questions
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October 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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"So much of what I do is research, innovation, pushing the envelope. It's so exciting to be at the forefront of surgery and medicine and to be able to offer interventions that were previously not offered." Meet Dr. Inna Lobeck. youtu.be/AeDcdYvVPcM
Meet the Experts: Inna Lobeck, MD, FACS, FAAP – Elizabeth J. Ferrell Fetal Health Center
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October 7, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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We look forward to having Dr. Meghan J. Chenoweth, University of Toronto, as the guest speaker for our next Academic Scholarship Conference. ▶️ Oct. 10 at 12 p.m. ▶️ Presentation: "Pharmacogenomics of smoking and vaping: from youth to adulthood"
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September 30, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Please join us in congratulating Dr. Pastinen & Dr. Grundberg! They received a nearly $3.3 million grant from the NIH's NICHD for their study that aims to identify novel parent of origin effects of genetic signatures and their role in human disease. bit.ly/Pastinen-Gru...
This graphic is on a medium blue background. On the right are photos of Tomi Pasitnen, MD, PhD, Clinical and Research Integration, Genomic Medicine Center, and Elin Grundberg, PhD, Genomic Medicine Center. On the left is text that explains who the funding is from and for study study it's being used on: National Institutes of Health (NIH)’s Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD). Study: “Complete human parent-of-origin genome: functional signatures and developmental determinants of disease”.
September 29, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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🔬✨ Bringing science to life! Thanks to a collaboration with some of our brilliant researchers and incredible hospital-based schoolteachers, @childrensmercy.org patients explored hands-on experiments at multiple interactive stations, including sink or float tests & dry ice volcanoes 🌋
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September 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Help us congratulate some members of our research community who are celebrating their @childrensmercy.org work anniversaries this month. We're extremely lucky to have these amazing people as part of our team!
This graphic has a gold background color with a lighter gold on the left and a darker gold on the right. It contains on the left a photo of Anna Egan, PhD, who is celebrating 20 years at Children's Mercy in September. Below her photo is her name, the department she works for and the number of years she is celebrating: 20. On it is tex on the right are lists of those who are celebrating 5, 10, and 15 years at Children's Mercy. Each person listed also includes their department.
September 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM