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With over $225 million in annual funding and 800,000 square feet of space, Children's Hospital Boston is home to the world's largest and most active research enterprise at a pediatric center. The research mission of Children's Hospital encompasses basic research, clinical research, community service programs and the postdoctoral training of new scientists. The National Institutes of Health is our largest sponsor. Our investigators hold numerous prestigious honors and awards, including many "research firsts." And we train leaders: over a third of the chiefs of pediatric departments across the country trained at Children's Hospital Boston.
In our laboratories and clinics, hundreds of scientists seek to identify the factors that contribute to both childhood and adult diseases and to develop effective treatments for them. Our investigators are Harvard Medical School faculty -- basic scientists, clinical researchers, and epidemiologists -- who are accelerating the pace of medical discovery from brainstorm to bench to bedside.
In the 20th century, scientists at Children's were instrumental in eradicating some of the serious illnesses that for generations had threatened young lives. In the 21st century, they are bringing genomics, proteomics, informatics, and other cutting-edge disciplines to bear on age-old diseases, including infections, hereditary illness, congenital disorders, and cancers. Beyond the laboratory, in clinical trials and community-based research, Children's investigators continue to demonstrate that high-touch care and high-tech methodology are synergistic, not mutually exclusive.
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