Research Institute Leadership
James B. Hendricks, PhD
President
F. Bruder Stapleton,
MD
Chair, Center Director Advisory Committee
Chief Academic Officer, Children's Hospital
Senior Vice President, Children’s Hospital
Chair, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine
Erik M. Lausund
Vice President, Research Operations and Logistics
John M. Streck
Chief, Research Operations
Seattle Children's Hospital Research Institute
Research Centers Leadership
Childhood Cancer
Irwin Bernstein, MD
Director
Hartmann Professor and Head, Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, University of Washington School of Medicine
Member and Head, Pediatric Oncology Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Clinical Research Professor, American Cancer Society
Genetics and Development
Phillip Chance, MD
Director
Chief, Allan and Phyllis Treuer Endowed Chair, Division of Genetics and Developmental Medicine, Children’s Hospital
Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology, University of Washington School of Medicine
Child Health, Behavior and Development
Dimitri Christakis, MD, MPH
Director
Professor of Pediatrics, Adjunct Professor of Health Services, University of Washington School of Medicine
Tissue and Cell Sciences
Allison Eddy, MD
Director
Chief, Division of Nephrology, Children’s Hospital
Professor of Pediatric Nephrology, University of Washington School of Medicine
Program Director, University of Washington Child Health Research Center
Neurosciences
Sidney Gospe, MD, PhD
Acting Director
Professor, Neurology and Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine
Chief, Division of Neurology, Children’s Hospital
Director, Epilepsy Center, Children’s Hospital
Program Director, Neurology Education and Neurology Residency, Children’s Hospital
Clinical and Translational Research
Bonnie Ramsey, MD
Director
Director, CF Therapeutics Development Network (TDN) Coordinating Center
Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine
Vice Chair for Research, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine
Co director, Pediatric Clinical Research Center, Children’s Hospital
Immunity and Immunotherapies
David Rawlings, MD
Director
Head, Section of Immunology, Children's Hospital
Professor of Pediatrics and Immunology, University of Washington School of Medicine
Childhood Infections and Prematurity Research
Arnold Smith, MD
Director
Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine
Developmental Therapeutics
Charles Smith, PhD
Director
Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine