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Seattle Children’s Research Division

At the forefront of pediatric medical research, the research division at Seattle Children’s is working to cure childhood disease and improve outcomes for children all over the world.

Featured Research

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New Cell-Based Therapy Drives Progress Toward Diabetes Treatment, Prevention

Using new gene-editing techniques, Dr. David Rawlings and his lab team have created a novel cell therapy to potentially transform the treatment of autoimmune diseases.

Researchers Awarded Funding to Support Environmental Exposures Investigation in Washington

Researchers at the Center for Childhood Health, Behavior and Development awarded funding to support environmental exposures study in Washington.

Summer Scholars Program Provides Path to Science Careers

This summer, 49 college students assisted with 44 lab and clinical research projects involving 39 principal investigators.

Shaun Jackson Receives $3 Million Lupus Research Alliance Team Award

The pediatric rheumatologist and nephrologist will co-lead kidney imaging studies with a multidisciplinary team studying pediatric lupus nephritis.

A History of Groundbreaking Discoveries

Since the first research lab opened in 2004, researchers at Seattle Children’s have focused on discovering and improving treatments. Seattle Children’s Research Institute and Seattle Children’s Therapeutics are internationally recognized for their work in cancer therapies, genetics, neuroscience, immunology, infectious disease and bioethics. 

Research Institute

Our researchers are improving pediatric healthcare by leading and participating in hundreds of research projects.

Therapeutics

Learn about our novel non-profit therapeutics development enterprise, devoted to envisioning and testing next-generation cell and gene therapies for pediatric diseases.

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Upcoming Research Events

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Explore Our Campus Virtually

Take a virtual tour of the Research Division for an insider's view of our buildings, labs and collaborative spaces.

Invent at Seattle Children’s Postdoctoral Scholars Program

The Invent at Seattle Children’s Postdoctoral Scholars Program is an investment in training early career scientists historically underrepresented in or excluded from biotech in the development of therapeutics for childhood conditions. Learn more.

Find a Research Study or Clinical Trial

Our dedicated researchers are working relentlessly to improve treatments for more than 200 diseases and conditions to discover the most effective, least invasive and best options for the kids who need it most through research studies and clinical trials.

Donate to Research

More than half of the kids who come to Seattle Children’s live with serious conditions that they will have for the rest of their lives. Research can give them a different future. Your donation makes it possible.

Seattle Children’s complies with applicable federal and other civil rights laws and does not discriminate, exclude people or treat them differently based on race, color, religion (creed), sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin (ancestry), age, disability, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local law. Financial assistance for medically necessary services is based on family income and hospital resources and is provided to children under age 21 whose primary residence is in Washington, Alaska, Montana or Idaho.

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