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STEELE MEMORIAL CHILDREN'S
RESEARCH CENTER

Fayez K. Ghishan, M.D., Director

The Steele Memorial Children's Research Center, established in 1986, represents a multidepartmental and interdisciplinary approach to research related to various medical problems facing children. The goals of the Center include:

  1. Coordinate, focus, facilitate and increase research related to children's health
  2. Foster multidisciplinary research on medical problems related to children
  3. Expand research training and education programs, thereby facilitating the training of future researchers
  4. Enhance the rapid application of research observations to patient care

Special emphasis will be placed on molecular genetics, immunology, neurology, gastroenterology and nutrition, behavioral sciences, developmental biology, cancer biology, cardiology, asthma and lung injury.

The Center's research programs are closely tied to the educational and clinical activities of the Department of Pediatrics which include extensive outreach programs in numerous communities throughout the state, and general and subspecialty pediatric clinics and inpatient services at University Medical Center, Tucson Medical Center and Kino Community Hospital.

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