Children's Hospital Los Angeles

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• Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Welcomes Members Added to the CHLA Board of Directors in 2020

  11/18/2020

  Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is pleased to announce the election of four new independent members—Diana M. Bontá, RN, DrPH; George H. Brown; Byron Pollitt; and Sheri Sani, CPA—and the appointment of one new ex-officio member to the CHLA Board of Directors, which establishes and guides the vision, mission and goals of one of the top pediatric academic medical centers in the United States.

• Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Surgeon Establishes First-Ever Guidelines for Pediatric Opioid Prescribing

  11/11/2020

  Children’s Hospital Los Angeles surgeon, Lorraine Kelley-Quon, MD, forms team of health care providers and community advocates to establish recommendations for safe opioid use

• Fourth Annual Walk & Play L.A. Benefiting Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Goes Virtual

  5/7/2020

  KOST 103.5’s on-air personality Ellen K and Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner and his wife Kourtney serve as honorary hosts for the family-friendly event supporting CHLA’s everyday heroes

• Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Shows Therapeutic Cooling Targets Site of Brain Injury

  2/20/2020

  Study published in Journal of Pediatrics uses advanced imaging techniques to optimize a leading-edge therapy for babies with oxygen deprivation

• Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Study Reveals Component of Human Breast Milk Enhances Cognitive Development

  2/12/2020

  Maternal factors, such as breast milk, have been shown to affect a baby’s development, and previous animal studies have determined that a carbohydrate, the oligosaccharide 2’FL found in maternal milk, positively influences neurodevelopment.

• Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Study Shows Risk of Lead Exposure is Linked to Decreased Brain Volume in Adolescents

  1/13/2020

  In a study involving nearly 10,000 adolescents, researchers reveal a relationship between lead exposure risk and brain structure in lower-income families

• Hyundai Hope On Wheels Presents Children's Hospital Los Angeles With $300,000 Hyundai Scholar Hope Grant To Support Pediatric Cancer Research

  9/16/2019

  The Hyundai Hope On Wheels non-profit embarks on a nationwide tour this September during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month to award new grants for pediatric cancer, surpassing $160 million in lifetime funding for research   [16-September-2019]   LOS ANGELES , Sept. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --  Hyundai Hope On Wheels®  (HHOW), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization supported by

• Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Receives $1.7M to Study How GI Tract Repairs After Injury

  7/22/2019

  Chemotherapy and radiation target cancer cells but these treatments produce unwanted side effects on healthy tissue.

• Anonymous $25 Million Gift will Expand Neurological and Interventional Radiology Resources at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

  7/17/2019

  While wishing to remain anonymous, a generous donor has provided $25 million to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles to support the expansion of the CHLA Neurological Institute and the hospital's capacity in Interventional Radiology.

• Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Has Treated 14 Patients With Retinal Degeneration Using Gene Therapy

  7/12/2019

  More than a year after becoming one of the first medical institutions nationally to complete a revolutionary gene replacement surgery to restore vision in patients with retinal degeneration, surgeons at The Vision Center at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles have successfully completed the procedure on an additional 13 patients.

• Neurodevelopment of 2-Month-Old Infants Shows Effect of Maternal Stress

  4/9/2019

  Stress creates risk, maternal education provides resilience

• Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Awarded $1.36M Grant to Adapt Innovative Model of Diabetes Care

  3/4/2019

  Children’s Hospital Los Angeles has been awarded a $1.36M grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to adapt a patient-driven model of care that Clinical Diabetes Director, Jennifer Raymond, MD, MCR, developed to increase treatment compliance among difficult to reach populations.

• In Pediatric Heart Disease: Understanding Post-Fontan Risks, Improving Parental Bonding, and Video Telemedicine

  2/18/2019

  A panel of experts in pediatric heart disease shared the latest findings from their research at a large national conference hosted by the Cardiac Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in partnership with Children's Hospital Los Angeles.

• CORRECTING and REPLACING CAPTION Scientists at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Investigate How Blood Flow in the Brain is Affected by Autism

  2/8/2019

  With autism diagnoses on the rise, science is on the hunt for answers.

• Translational Research on Recurrent Metastatic Neuroblastoma Occurring at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

  10/4/2018

  Proof-of-concept study using dinutuximab and activated natural killer cells leads to a clinical trial

• Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Team Identifies Developmental Stage for No. 1 Eye Tumor in Children

  9/18/2018

  Investigators at Children's Hospital Los Angeles have been able to pinpoint the exact stage of development of the human retina, when cells can grow out of control and form cancer-like masses. The finding could open the door for future interventions in retinoblastoma (RB), a tumor of the retina that affects children under five years of age.

• Hyundai Hope On Wheels Presents Children's Hospital Los Angeles With Hyundai Hope Scholar And Young Investigator Grant Totaling $500,000 To Support Pediatric Cancer Research

  9/6/2018

  The Hyundai Hope On Wheels Foundation embarks on a nationwide tour this September in honor of National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month to award $14.1 million to 38 researchers, surpassing $145 million in total giving

• International Childhood Oncology Network to Host Inaugural Meeting at Annual ASCO Conference

  6/1/2018

  The International Childhood Oncology Network (ICON) will host its inaugural meeting at the annual American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) conference in Chicago.

• Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Treats First Patient on the West Coast Using Gene Therapy

  3/21/2018

  The goal is to improve vision using this revolutionary one-time treatment

• Children's Hospital Los Angeles to Conduct Brain Imaging Research in Premature Babies to Identify Biomarkers Linked to Cognitive and Behavioral Disorders

  10/20/2017

  Natasha Leporé, PhD, a principal investigator in the Department of Radiology and Imaging at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, has been awarded $1.7 million from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering of the NIH.