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Researcher Focus Area Department Haber, Idith, PhD Cardiac MRI Cardiac Surgery Cardiology Harmon, William, MD Pediatric kidney transplantation Nephrology Harrison, Stephen, PhD Viral structure Molecular Medicine Hauschka, Peter, Ph.D. Molecular and cellular processes of bone growth Orthopedic Surgery He, Xi, PhD Wnt family Neurobiology Program Neurology He, Zhigang, PhD, BM Axon regeneration Neurobiology Program Neurology Healy, Gerald, MD Restoring hearing Otolaryngology Heeney, Matthew, MD Sickle cell disorders Hematology/Oncology Hensch, Takao, PhD Critical periods in brain development Neurobiology Program Neurology Herrin, John, MBBS Kidney transplantation Nephrology Hickey, Paul, MD Anesthesia in cardiac surgery Anesthesiology Hirschhorn, Joel, MD, PhD Obesity genetics Complex trait genetics Endocrinology Genetics Genomics Program Holm, Ingrid, MD, MPH Endocrine genetics Genetics Genomics Program Hunter, David G., MD, PhD Eye muscles Ophthalmology Husson, Robert N., MD Molecular 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Diseases Lencer, Wayne, MD Mucosal epithelial cell biology Gastroenterology Leviton, Alan, MD Epidemiology of brain damage in preterm newborns Neurology Levy, Ofer, MD, PhD Innate immunity of the human newborn Infectious Diseases Levy, Sharon, MD, MPH Drug use treatment strategies Developmental Medicine General Pediatrics Lieberman, Judy, MD, PHD Cytotoxic T-lymphocytes Hematology/Oncology Linden, Bradley, MD Minimally Invasive Surgery General Surgery Lock, James, MD Catheter-implanted devices for heart defects Cardiology Look, Thomas, MD Leukemogenesis Hematology/Oncology Ludwig, David, MD, PhD Obesity Endocrinology Luo, Hongbo R., PhD Signal transduction Laboratory Medicine Lux, Samuel, MD Anemias Hematology/Oncology Madsen, Joseph, MD Epilepsy Neurosurgery Majzoub, Joseph, MD Neuroendocrinology Endocrinology Malley, Richard, MD Pneumococcal infections Infectious Diseases Mandl, Kenneth, MD, MPH Biomedical informatics Emergency Medicine Informatics Program Mao, Charlotte, MD, MPH 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Alex, PhD Molecular basis of lung injury and repair Newborn Medicine Mooney, David P., MD, MPH Trauma care General Surgery Moses, Marsha A., PhD Regulation of angiogenesis Urinary proteomics Vascular Biology Program Mulkern, Robert, PhD magnetic resonance (MR) imaging spectroscopy Radiology Mulliken, John B., MD Vascular anomalies Cranioplasty Craniofacial Anomalies Plastic Surgery Munir, Kerim, MD, MPH, D Autism Developmental Medicine General Pediatrics Psychiatry Muret-Wagstaff, Sharon, PhD Health services research General Pediatrics Murray, Martha, MD Sports medicine Orthopedic Surgery Nakamura, Mari, MD, MPH Vaccine health services research Health information technology Infectious Diseases Nathan, David G., MD Gene transfer for anemia Hematology/Oncology Neault, Marilyn, PhD Cochlear implants Otolaryngology Nelson, Charles, PhD Developmental medicine Developmental Medicine General Pediatrics Neufeld, Ellis, PhD Bleeding disorders Hematology/Oncology Neutra, Marian, PhD Mucosal immunity Gastroenterology Newburger, Jane, MD Kawasaki disease Cardiology Ng, Man Wai, DDS, MPH Pediatric dentistry Dentistry Nigrin, Daniel J., MD, MS Informatics Endocrinology Informatics Program Notarangelo, Luigi Daniele, MD Cellular bases of congenital immunodeficiencies Immunology Nurko, Samuel, MD, MPH Gatsrointestinal motility disorders Gastroenterology Research Areas Biomedical investigators in each of Children's 36 departments and divisions conduct research, whether through exploring the molecular basis of disease in laboratories, testing new treatments in clinical trials, or identifying factors that promote disease or health in the community. 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