Research Stats and Fast Facts

2012

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The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital is one of the fastest growing pediatric research centers in the United States. Among free-standing children’s hospitals, Nationwide Children's currently ranks in the top ten based on NIH funding.

In 2012, The Research Institute faculty and staff included:

51 Research Fellows
43 Graduate Students
934 Employees
160 Principal Investigators*

*(Includes faculty from The Research Institute and faculty from Nationwide Children's Hospital with $50,000 or more in research funding support)

Also in 2012:

Publications from Nationwide Children's research faculty totaled 522
27 patents were filed
5 patents were issued
Number of inventions totaled 29

Endowed Chairs

Endowed chairs represent the most prestigious and significant recognition of a scientist's or a clinician's work. At Nationwide Children's, we are proud to be home to many faculty members whose dedication and achievements are worthy of this distinction.

		Lauren Bakaletz, PhD Tillie Coleman Endowed Chair in Pediatric Research This endowed chair supports research in genetics and molecular medicine at Nationwide Children's				John Barnard, MD Ann I. Wolfe Endowed Chair in Research Leadership This endowed chair is in recognition of the ongoing transformative contributions Ann Isaly Wolfe makes to Nationwide Children’s as a leader, fundraiser and philanthropist
		John Cheatham, MD George H. Dunlap Endowed Chair in Interventional Cardiology This endowed chair is part of a $50 million gift to Nationwide Children's from the Nationwide Foundation				Gail Besner, MD H. William Clatworthy Jr, Professorship in Surgery at The Ohio State University College of Medicine This endowed chair is designated for a distinguished scholar in pediatric surgery. The chair is named in honor of the first pediatric surgeon at Nationwide Children’s
		Mark Galantowicz, MD Murray D. Lincoln Endowed Chair in Cardiothoracic Surgery This endowed chair is part of a $50 million gift to Nationwide Children's from the Nationwide Foundation				Tim Feltes, MD Andy Paxton Endowed Chair in Cardiology This endowed chair ensures that funds are available in perpetuity to retain a highly prominent physician in a leadership position in the Section of Cardiology at Nationwide Children's
		Jerry R. Mendell, MD Dwight E. Peters and Juanita R. Curran Endowed Chair in Pediatric Research This endowed chair supports Dr. Mendell's research on neuromuscular disorders and is intended to benefit children for generations to come				Peter Houghton, PhD Elizabeth M. & Richard M. Ross Endowed Chair in Pediatric Research This endowed chair supports research into the molecular basis of various childhood cancers at Nationwide Children's
		Gary Smith, MD, MPH Dimon R. McFerson Endowed Chair in Injury Research This endowed chair is part of a $50 million gift to Nationwide Children's from the Nationwide Foundation				Octavio Ramilo, MD Henry Cramblett Chair in Medicine This endowed chair provides salary and program support in the Department of Pediatrics for a distinguished pediatrician who is nationally noted for leading research and patient care in the area of infectious diseases
		Veronica Vieland, PhD Battelle Chair in Quantitative and Computational Biology This endowed chair supports research in mathematical medicine, quantitative and computational biology				William Smoyer, MD Robert Kidder Chair in Clinical and Translational Research This endowed chair supports research in pediatric clinical and translational research
		Chris Walker, PhD Wilby S. Cowan Endowed Chair in Pediatric Research This endowed chair supports research in genetics and molecular medicine at Nationwide Children's

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