Research at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is a leader in the advancement of basic and clinical research, and it is home to one of the nation's largest pediatric research programs, spanning virtually every area of pediatric medicine.
Joseph Stokes Jr. Research Institute
Clinical and basic research activities are conducted through the Joseph Stokes Jr. Research Institute, under whose auspices more than 150 investigators and their staffs are pursuing hundreds of active research projects at any given time. Children's Hospital ranks among the top two pediatric hospitals nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding.
The Leonard and Madlyn Abramson Pediatric Research Center
The 1995 opening of The Leonard and Madlyn Abramson Pediatric Research Center provided a new home for the Stokes Institute and nearly doubled the space available for its investigators. Approximately two-thirds of the research conducted at Children's Hospital is dedicated to basic research, while the remaining one-third is clinical research.
The Abramson Research Center supports research by providing state-of-the-art equipment and a laboratory design that maximizes efficiency and supports innovation. Through common areas like informal lounges, the Abramson building also provides the means for collaboration among researchers form various disciplines.
The 440,000 square-foot, 12-story building houses nine floors of laboratories for basic research and one for clinical research, as well as a conference center, kitchen, cafeteria, and two levels of underground parking.
The basic research floors feature:
- Six core laboratories
- Sixty-three lab modules, each serving up to 18 investigators and technicians
- Offices
- MRI
The clinical research floor features materials for biostatistical analysis, epidemiological research and computer-based studies.
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