Harbor-UCLA
Harbor-UCLA

Research

The Department of Pediatrics at Harbor-UCLA includes a diverse research agenda among faculty, as well as many research opportunities for interested residents. Research efforts are supported by various organizations including the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and other non-profit research foundations such as the National Foundation/March of Dimes and the American Heart Association. Industry-sponsored grants and contracts also contribute to the research activities offered at Harbor-UCLA.

Harbor-UCLA is a Los Angeles County hospital affiliated with the Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation, formerly known as LA Biomed. Lundquist is one of the most prominent independent research institutions in the United States. With an annual budget of $75 million, it provides the physical and organizational infrastructure for the extensive basic science and clinical research programs conducted by Harbor-UCLA faculty.

In addition, Lundquist and Harbor-UCLA are part of the UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI). Many investigators participate in the CTSI, which includes inpatient and outpatient facilities that were formerly part of the General Clinical Research Center and Perinatal Clinical Research Center. With the mission of creating a borderless clinical and translational research institute that brings UCLA innovations and resources to bear on the greatest health needs of Los Angeles, the CTSI is an academic-clinical-community partnership designed to accelerate scientific discoveries and clinical breakthroughs to improve health in Los Angeles County.

About The Lundquist Institute

Harbor-UCLA Medical Center is a Los Angeles County hospital affiliated with the Lundquist Insititute (previously known as LA BioMed). The Lundquist Insititute is one of the country’s leading nonprofit biomedical research institutes. It conducts biomedical research, trains young scientists and provides community services, including childhood immunization and nutrition assistance. Watch this video to learn more:

Health Outcomes Research

What we do

We evaluate the impact and efficacy of particular health care practices on the health of children. The results of our studies are reported so that the information can be applied within other organizations and in other locales. Our group is concerned with the conceptual frameworks and structures that underlie the delivery of health care. We also examine the personal, social, economic, genetic and environmental determinants of health. Our goal is to integrate the evidence from our research into health care policy and practice in order to improve the health of the population.

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