Research and Breakthroughs

Historically, middle- and higher-income White families and individuals of European ancestry have been the vast majority of participants in clinical trials

Five important questions that parents should ask about participating in a cancer clinical trial.

The Summer Oncology Research Fellowship (SORF) at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and USC encourages medical students from around the nation to pursue research.

The zebrafish is one of the most powerful biomedical research tools in use today. CHLA is using them to better understand what causes pediatric cancer.

Kids from lower opportunity areas were more affected by firearm injuries during the pandemic.

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles dedicates annual research symposium events to childhood obesity as a driver of chronic lifetime health issues including diabetes, heart disease and liver disease.

The ambitions of pediatric researchers are global in scale: Beyond patients at their own hospital, they look to shape national and international standards for pediatric care.

Dramatic advances in cancer research and treatment over the past two decades have made it possible for more children to survive a cancer diagnosis.

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles annual research symposium events focused on the role of nutrition and other factors in childhood and lifetime health.

Findings may lead to better diagnosis and treatment of childhood kidney cancer.