Partnerships
We believe that advancement in science and innovation comes through collaboration and partnerships.
Academic Affiliation
The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is the primary academic affiliation for faculty at Children’s National Hospital. The Department of Pediatrics in the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is dedicated to improving the health and well-being of all children through superior research, education and outreach. Housed at Children’s National Hospital, the department’s cutting-edge technology, innovative practices and renowned physicians and researchers provide students and faculty with an unmatched environment to learn and grow.
Children’s National Research Institute’s partnerships and collaborations with academic partners take many shapes. The complex questions that science thrives to answer provide many of the opportunities for faculty and staff with different expertise and backgrounds to contribute to the answers by working together. Many formal and informal collaborations take place between organizations, programs and individual investigators to support collaborative scientific discovery through research and joint training programs.
Academic Partnerships
Georgetown University
Georgetown University is a District of Columbia Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (DC-IDDRC) partner. Visit the DC-IDDRC Lab.
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The George Washington University
Children’s National Research Institute’s partnerships and collaborations with academic partners take many shapes. The complex questions that science thrives to answer provide many of the opportunities for faculty and staff with different expertise and backgrounds to contribute to the answers by working together. Many formal and informal collaborations take place between organizations, programs and individual investigators to support collaborative scientific discovery through research and joint training programs.
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Howard University
Howard University is a District of Columbia Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (DC-IDDRC) partner. Visit the DC-IDDRC Lab.
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University of Maryland
Children’s National Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation and University of Maryland Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices are the founding partners of the National Capital Consortium for Pediatric Device Innovation.
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Research & Innovation Campus Partners
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Virginia Tech
Children’s National Hospital and Virginia Tech announced a formal partnership that includes the launch of a 12,000-square-foot Virginia Tech biomedical research facility within the Children’s National Research & Innovation Campus.
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JLABS @ Washington DC
The 32,000-square foot JLABS facility is a science and healthcare incubator. The state-of-the-art site is open to entrepreneurs and innovators and startups.
For Profit & Non-for-Profit Partnerships
Additional Partners
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Contact
For more information about partnership opportunities, please contact us.
Research Networks
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Research Networks
- District of Columbia Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (DC-IDDRC)
- UCDC, Urea Cycle Rare Disorders Network
- Children’s Oncology Group PEP-CTN
- NAMDC, North American Mitochondrial Disease Network
- DSD-TRN (Differences of Sex Development Translational Research Network) (NICHD-funded; role: National executive coordinator)
- Capital Area Advanced Research and Education Network (CAAREN)
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Contact
For more information about partnership opportunities, please contact us.
National Organizations
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National Organizations
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Contact
For more information about partnership opportunities, please contact us.
International Partners
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International Partners
- Institut National de Recherche Biomedicale (INRB), Kinshasa, DR Congo
- University of Kinshasa
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
- University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, Durban, South Africa
- Hospital General de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
- Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University, Versailles, France
- National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP), Tokyo, Japan
- E-IMD: European Inborn Metabolic Disorders
- FHI360
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Contact
For more information about partnership opportunities, please contact us.
Global Health Initiative
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Research at the Global Health Initiative
The providers within GHI at Children’s National Hospital are passionately working to improve the care of pediatric patients in low- and middle-resource settings, as well as here at home.
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Education with the Global Health Initiative
The Global Health Initiative offers several training opportunities for providers so they can help build capacity and better support the care of the children of the world.