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Children's Mercy Research Institute @research.childrensmercy.org · 1d

Discover how @childrensmercy.org is revolutionizing genetic diagnosis to provide faster answers and brighter futures for children in the latest episode of Transformational Pediatrics. Available wherever you get podcasts. #GeneticDiagnosis #ChildrensMercy

Faster Answers, Brighter Futures: How Children’s Mercy Is Transforming Genetic Diagnosis

Children’s Mercy is transforming pediatric genetic diagnosis with a single, advanced sequencing test. Learn how this breakthrough is delivering faster answers, fewer tests, and new hope for families f...

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The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics @jmdiagn.bsky.social · 4d

#LegacyContent: Characterization of Reference Materials for DPYD: A GeT-RM Collaborative Project. Authors from @research.childrensmercy.org @mayoclinic.org

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Children's Mercy @childrensmercy.org · 8d

Scientific breakthroughs with real-world impact: Google’s VP & Head of Research shares how Children’s Mercy researchers used DeepSomatic to uncover 10 new genetic variants in samples of childhood leukemia, opening doors to more precise diagnoses and treatments for kids.
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Children's Mercy Research Institute @research.childrensmercy.org · 4d

Help us congratulate some members of our research community who are celebrating their @childrensmercy.org work anniversaries this month. We're extremely lucky to have these amazing people as part of our team!

This graphic has a gold background color with a lighter gold on the left and a darker gold on the right. It contains on the right photos of Beth Orrick and Dr. Geetha Raghuveer, who are celebrating 20 years at Children's Mercy in October. It also has a photo of Jami Penny, who is celebrating 25 years. Below their photos are their names, the department they work for and the number of years they are celebrating. On the left is text that lists those who are celebrating 5, 10, and 15 years at Children's Mercy. Each person listed also includes their department.

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Children's Mercy Research Institute @research.childrensmercy.org · 5d

We're spotlighting CMRI team members who play an integral part in making research happen but whose role may be more behind-the-scenes. Meet Freddie Karumbi, CORE Accountant, Research & Sponsored Projects Administration, @childrensmercy.org: childrensmercy.org/5-questions

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Children's Mercy Research Institute @research.childrensmercy.org · 9d

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Chase Sakitis! He received funding from @frontiersctsi.bsky.social for his project to develop Bayesian statistical models and software to analyze ovarian cancer data, with the ultimate goal of helping with treatment decisions. Learn more: bit.ly/sakitis-fron...

This graphic is on a medium blue colored background. On the right is a portrait of Chase Sakitis, PhD, Health Services & Outcomes Research. On the left is text that describes who he received funding from and for study project it's being used on: "TL1 Post-Doctoral Trainee Award from National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) via a Frontiers CTSI subaward". Study: “Bayesian models for the analysis of spatial proteomic data with application to ovarian cancer”

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Children's Mercy Research Institute @research.childrensmercy.org · 12d

A diagnosis in just 4 weeks? Long-read sequencing (LRS) is changing the game for rare disease families. 🎧 Hear Dr. Tomi Pastinen on KCUR 89.3 explain how this first-of-its-kind study is speeding up answers. <18 min listen! #RareDisease #BuiltForKids

Kansas City’s Children’s Mercy Hospital debuts a new way of sequencing genes

Dr. Tomi Pastinen, director of Genomic Answers for Kids, led the first clinical study of five-base long read sequencing, recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Pediatric...

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Children's Mercy Research Institute @research.childrensmercy.org · 18d

A patient’s address can reveal a lot about the health risks, resources and contextual factors that impact medical outcomes. The problem? Incorporating that data has historically been challenging. A solution: the geocoding tool known as GeoMarker, developed by our Research Informatics team.

GeoMarker App Offers New Insights Around Social Determinants of Health

A patient’s address can reveal a lot about the health risks, resources and contextual factors that impact medical outcomes. The problem? Incorporating that data has historically been challenging.

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Children's Mercy @childrensmercy.org · 19d

Children’s Mercy researchers led the way at the world’s largest NEC conference! 🧠💙 Dr. Sampath, Dr. Cuna & Dr. Chan shared groundbreaking insights, and Dr. Chan received the prestigious Care Award for his impact on NEC diagnosis & outcomes. Congrats to all! @research.childrensmercy.org

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Children's Mercy Research Institute @research.childrensmercy.org · 19d

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Todd Bradley! He received a grant from the NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for his project to develop a vaccine to prevent Hand Foot Mouth Disease #HFMD. Learn more: bit.ly/Bradley-R21-...

This graphic is on a medium blue background. On the right is a portrait of Todd Bradley, PhD, Genomic Medicine Center. He's wearing a blazer and a plaid shirt underneath it. On the left is text that describes who he received the funding from and for what study it's being used for: "R21 award from the National Institutes of Health – National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases". Study: "Development of mosaic enterovirus mRNA vaccine to prevent hand, foot and mouth disease".

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Children's Mercy Research Institute @research.childrensmercy.org · 22d

The gorgeous weather was the bow on top of the present as we celebrated our employees this week! Thank you to each of our research team members for bringing your heart and talent to our organization every day. Your help making science bolder in turn makes kids' futures brighter. ☀️

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Children's Mercy Research Institute @research.childrensmercy.org · 24d

We're spotlighting CMRI team members who play an integral part in making research happen but whose role may be more behind-the-scenes. Meet John Means, PhD, Assistant Director, Patient Cells Models, Genomic Medicine Center: childrensmercy.org/5-questions

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Children's Mercy Research Institute @research.childrensmercy.org · 25d

"So much of what I do is research, innovation, pushing the envelope. It's so exciting to be at the forefront of surgery and medicine and to be able to offer interventions that were previously not offered." Meet Dr. Inna Lobeck. youtu.be/AeDcdYvVPcM

Meet the Experts: Inna Lobeck, MD, FACS, FAAP – Elizabeth J. Ferrell Fetal Health Center

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Children's Mercy Research Institute @research.childrensmercy.org · Sep 30

We look forward to having Dr. Meghan J. Chenoweth, University of Toronto, as the guest speaker for our next Academic Scholarship Conference. ▶️ Oct. 10 at 12 p.m. ▶️ Presentation: "Pharmacogenomics of smoking and vaping: from youth to adulthood"

This graphic is on a white background. A photo of Meghan J. Chenoweth, MSc, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Department of Psychiatry, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, is on the right. Below her photos is a light blue banner that says "Children's Mercy Research Institute." Text on the left says: Academic Scholarship Conference and the title of Dr. Chenoweth's talk: Pharmacogenomics of smoking and vaping: from youth to adulthood

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Children's Mercy Research Institute @research.childrensmercy.org · Sep 29

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Pastinen & Dr. Grundberg! They received a nearly $3.3 million grant from the NIH's NICHD for their study that aims to identify novel parent of origin effects of genetic signatures and their role in human disease. bit.ly/Pastinen-Gru...

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Children's Mercy Research Institute @research.childrensmercy.org · Sep 24

🔬✨ Bringing science to life! Thanks to a collaboration with some of our brilliant researchers and incredible hospital-based schoolteachers, @childrensmercy.org patients explored hands-on experiments at multiple interactive stations, including sink or float tests & dry ice volcanoes 🌋

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Children's Mercy Research Institute @research.childrensmercy.org · Sep 23

Help us congratulate some members of our research community who are celebrating their @childrensmercy.org work anniversaries this month. We're extremely lucky to have these amazing people as part of our team!

This graphic has a gold background color with a lighter gold on the left and a darker gold on the right. It contains on the left a photo of Anna Egan, PhD, who is celebrating 20 years at Children's Mercy in September. Below her photo is her name, the department she works for and the number of years she is celebrating: 20. On it is tex on the right are lists of those who are celebrating 5, 10, and 15 years at Children's Mercy. Each person listed also includes their department.

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Children's Mercy @childrensmercy.org · Sep 22

Our new study in Journal of the American Medical Association Pediatrics shows a single long-read sequencing test can ID rare genetic conditions in kids faster & more accurately. This means fewer tests, quicker answers & a potential breakthrough.
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Unlocking Answers Faster: Children’s Mercy Revolutionizes Genetic Disease Diagnosis with a Single-Test

Children’s Mercy, one of the nation’s top independent pediatric health systems, is once again leading the way in genomic medicine. In a landmark study, published in the prestigious Journal of the Amer...

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Children's Mercy @childrensmercy.org · Sep 21

This August, we celebrated 10 years of SPARK Bash at Children’s Mercy! 💡

SPARK is our annual pitch + maker fair, where bold ideas turn into real impact for kids’ health. Thanks to philanthropic support for seed funding, it’s all about empowering innovation. 💙

Excited for what’s next!

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Children's Mercy Research Institute @research.childrensmercy.org · Sep 19

Scientific imagery as stunning works of art - that's the idea behind BioNexus KC's Science2Art exhibit! 🔬🎨 The scientific art of our own Dr. Avner Meoded is among those on display. All proceeds from the auction go to supporting STEAM education initiatives in our region. bionexuskc.org/science2art/

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Children's Mercy Research Institute @research.childrensmercy.org · Sep 18

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Cuna & Dr. Park! This year's Children's Mercy Research Partners selected their research projects, out of five pitches and 23 applicants, to accelerate. Learn more about their projects: bit.ly/cm-research-...

This graphic has a medium blue background. On the right are portraits of Alain Cuna, MD, Neonatology, and Taeju Park, PhD, Hem/Onc/BMT. On the left is text that explains who they received funding from and for what projects: "Children's Mercy Research Partners 2025". Dr. Cuna Project: "Postbiotics for Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) in preterm infants". Dr. Park Project: "Peptide Therapeutics for brain tumors".

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Children's Mercy Research Institute @research.childrensmercy.org · Sep 16

We're spotlighting CMRI team members who play an integral part in making research happen but whose role may be more behind-the-scenes. Meet Addison Leabo, MS, Biostatistician II, Biostatistics & Computational Biology (BCB) Core, Health Services and Outcomes Research: childrensmercy.org/5-questions

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Children's Mercy Research Institute @research.childrensmercy.org · Sep 12

So proud of Dr. Avner Meoded, who runs our Advanced Neuroimaging Lab at @childrensmercy.org! He's racing in his first Ironman to help raise funds for pediatric brain research: "It has been an intense yet enriching journey." 💙 ironmanfoundation.donordrive.com/participants...

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Children's Mercy Research Institute @research.childrensmercy.org · Sep 10

Today's Google Doodle is all about DNA, the genetic code that makes each individual unique! Our Genomic Answers for Kids program is changing the landscape of pediatric genomics through what may be the most advanced system for rare disease diagnosis in the world www.childrensmercy.org/childrens-me...

The Google Doodle for Sept. 10, 2025: The word "Google" made to look like purple and pink inflated letters with DNA aspects.

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Children's Mercy Research Institute @research.childrensmercy.org · Sep 10

It was her passion for learning about people and their origin stories that brought Dr. Ana Cohen to the field of genetics. Learn about her career path that currently focuses on expanding access to rare disease genomic testing in rural populations.

Emerging Principal Investigators: Dr. Ana Cohen

Originally from Portugal, Dr. Ana Cohen moved to the U.S. in 2017 and joined Children’s Mercy in 2020, now serving as Assistant Director of Molecular Genetics and Assistant Professor of Pathology at U...

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