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New Cell-Based Therapy Drives Progress Toward Diabetes Treatment, Prevention - Seattle Children's Research -
Dr. David Rawlings

Using new gene-editing techniques, researchers in Seattle Children’s Research Institute’s Center for Immunity and Immunotherapies (CIIT) have created a novel cell-based therapy with the potential to transform the treatment and/or prevention of Type I diabetes, as well as other autoimmune, allergic and autoinflammatory diseases.

New RSV Vaccine Offering Protection for Infants Approved, Dr. Janet Englund - Seattle Children's Pulse -
Dr. Janet Englund

New RSV Vaccine Offering Protection for Infants Approved with the Help of Research from Seattle Children’s.

Dr. Hannibal Person Joins the Center for Diversity and Health Equity as Medical Director!  -
Dr. Hannibal Person

Dr. Hannibal Person will join the Center for Diversity and Health Equity (CDHE) as the medical director beginning November 2023.

Listen for Cues to Kids’ Back-To-School Worries -
Dr. Yolanda Evans

With the start of the school year approaching, adolescent medicine expert Dr. Yolanda Evans says this season of change is a key time for parents to be attuned to changes in their children’s mental health.

Most Childhood Cancers Are Curable, but Effective, Low-Cost Drugs Are Often Scarce -
Dr. Sarah Leary

“Most people don’t realize that over 80 percent of pediatric cancers are curable,” Dr. Sarah Leary, told The Epoch Times.

Top 5 Things to Know about Malaria, According to a Seattle Children’s Infectious Disease Researcher -
Alexis Kaushansky, PhD

Eight cases of locally acquired malaria have been confirmed in Florida and Texas this summer. Dr. Alexis Kaushansky, a malaria expert, weighs in. 

Congratulations to our Providers Recognized in Seattle Met’s 2022 List of Top Doctors -
Top Doctors Seattle Met

The Top Doctor's list was created by Seattle Met magazine in collaboration with Professional Research Services. Read more about the process and the doctors who made the list. 
 

Congratulations to Dr. Jarrad Scarlett, PhD -
Dr. Jarrad Scarlett

Dr. Jarrad Scarlett, PhD is the new Pediatric Residency Associate Program Director. 

Children’s Health and the Air they Breathe -
Dr. Catherine Karr with a Patient

“One of the things I commonly encounter in my everyday clinical practice is kids with asthma, which is a really important and unfortunately common chronic disease for children,” Dr. Catherine Karr says. 

 
Congratulations to Dr. Beth Lawlor, PhD! -
Dr. Beth Lawlor

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Beth Lawlor, PhD, has been selected as July's Transformer of the Month.