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Research Trainee Spotlight: Vini John, PhD

January 24, 2025

Postdoctoral Fellow Vini John, PhD, is exploring the mechanisms through which intra-epithelial lymphocytes interact with intestinal epithelial cells to help control intestinal inflammation.

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Hospital News

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles has Best Pediatric Liver Transplant Survival Rates in the Country

January 23, 2025

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles has the best one- and three-year post-transplant patient and graft survival rates in the nation for pediatric liver transplants, according to newly released 2025 data

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Research and Breakthroughs

A Simple Plasma-Based Biomarker Could Predict Liver Fibrosis in Latino Adolescents With Obesity

December 13, 2024

A recent study led by Principal Investigator Michael Goran, PhD, and Rachel Schenker, MD, a Fellow in the CHLA Liver Transplant Program, has found a novel combination of plasma-based biomarkers that

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Research and Breakthroughs

Calming the Itch of Liver Disease

December 3, 2024

A new class of drugs can relieve itching for cholestatic childhood liver disease and potentially lengthen time until a liver transplant is necessary.

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Care Innovation

Advanced Endoscopy Procedures Help Kids Avoid Surgeries

November 1, 2024

The CHLA program has one of the most comprehensive advanced endoscopy offerings for children in the country.

Press Release

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Named Among Nation’s Top 10 Children's Hospitals 16 Years in a Row

October 8, 2024

LOS ANGELES (Oct. 8, 2024)—As a leader in pediatric academic medicine, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) has continued to fulfill its mission by making discoveries and advances to enhance health

Work That Matters

Research Faculty Spotlight: Mallory Chavannes, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FAAP

October 7, 2024

Dr. Mallory Chavannes’s research is focused on establishing pediatric standards for the use of intestinal ultrasound to monitor patients with irritable bowel disease.

Work That Matters

Research Staff Spotlight: Sirikorn Boonsawat

September 11, 2024

Clinical Research Coordinator Sirikorn Boonsawat explored careers in pharmacy and law before finding her niche working with Dr. Rohit Kohli at CHLA.

Work That Matters

Research Faculty Spotlight: Atu Agawu, MD, MPH, MSCE

September 11, 2024

Dr. Agawu is investigating strategies to help caregivers prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections in children with intestinal failure.

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Our Patients

A Surgical Breakthrough at CHLA Frees Teen From Chronic Pancreatitis

July 8, 2024

After enduring years of severe abdominal pain, a teenager becomes the first pediatric patient in Southern California to undergo a rare procedure called TPIAT.

Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition News

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