Pediatric Research Now

Those who experience both parental incarceration and juvenile justice involvement as children were nearly three times more likely to have depression or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) compared to peers without any experience with the criminal justice system, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.  Read the Pediatric Research News summary here.  PRN had the opportunity to sit down with the study's lead author, Nia Heard-Garris, MD, MSc, a pediatrician at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's hospital of Chicago. We discussed how the idea for this study originated, the importance of physicians recognizing the scope and impact of parental incarceration and juvenile justice involvement, and what changes she would like to see in the support networks available to these children and young adults.   

Featured in news headlines throughout May and June, 2019, a recent publication by Dr. Amanda Perak and her colleagues is the first known study to assess trends in apolipoprotein B at the population level among US kids. The study is featured in a recent PRN summary. Click here.  The Pediatric Research Now team was able to sit down with Dr. Perak at Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago, and hear about her road to the study's surprising finds, as well as how the results are already informing future research. 

Welcome to the first official Pediatric Research Now Podcast, an interview with Dr. Stacey Martiniano of Children's Hospital Colorado. She discusses recent research on the treatment of non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections in patients with cystic fibrosis. Check out PRN's summary of the study.   Pediatric Research Now highlights examples of the latest articles in pediatric research from around the United States and around the world. Our expert faculty at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital translate the findings and publish easy-to-digest summaries for health professionals on the go. All content, including our newsletters, is cost-free.  The PRN Podcast takes things a step beyond and digs in to the stories behind the studies. We want to know the inspirations, the challenges, the unexpected outcomes and the future implications associated with recent journal publications... as told by the investigators themselves.

We know that your time is short. It can be difficult to keep up with the latest science focusing on children’s health, and to understand what you’re reading from across the full research spectrum. Brought to you by Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Pediatric Research Now is a new multi-channel tool that makes it easier for you. We pick great examples of the latest articles in pediatric research from around the United States and around the world. Our expert faculty at Lurie Children’s translate the findings for you. The PRN Podcast takes things a step beyond and digs in to the stories behind the studies. We want to know the inspirations, the challenges, the unexpected outcomes and the future implications associated with recent journal publications... as told by the investigators themselves. We designed PRN to be easy to access (no membership fee), easy to use (brief article summaries), and easy to share (through your favorite social media platforms). Sign up for our alerts, and we make sure that you will know when we feature another article or podcast. Why PRN, and why now? At Lurie Children’s, we want to celebrate high-quality research that focuses on children. We also want to make research accessible and understandable for anyone who wants to know more and learn more about kids’ health, today and tomorrow.