Center for Pediatric Research CoBRE

Researching Children’s Health in the Upper Midwest

The Center for Pediatric Research fosters a collaborative and supportive environment for its innovative pediatric research laboratories. We contribute to enhancing children’s health research in South Dakota and across the Upper Midwest.

What We Research

The Center for Pediatric Research provides a framework for scientists performing research related to understanding the basic biology of human development. Researchers work in either a unique disease-based model or as it relates to the manifestation of clinical abnormalities that present during childhood.

Our interdisciplinary center applies genetic, biochemical, cell, and molecular biology approaches across model organisms to characterize alterations during development as they pertain to pediatric diseases.

How We Support the Scientific Community

The center supports and mentors investigators (project leaders) researching the developmental origin and mechanisms of pediatric disorders. The leadership team provides project leaders with an individualized mentorship plan to enhance their professional skills and further their research goals..

The center also supports two interdisciplinary cores:

1. Biochemistry Core
2. Functional Genomics and Bioinformatics Core

These provide center affiliates and regional scientists with key expertise and access to the latest technology.

COBRE Funding Acknowledgment & Foreign Component Policy

Use of COBRE-supported Core facilities is intended to support research that complies with NIH requirements for COBRE awards, including restrictions related to foreign components.

What this means for your publications:

• COBRE support may be acknowledged only when the work is fully compliant with NIH policy
• NIH has clarified that collaborations with investigators at foreign institutions resulting in co-authorship are considered a foreign component
• Because foreign components are not allowable under COBRE awards, publications that include foreign co-authors should not acknowledge COBRE support

Before publishing:

• Confirm that COBRE funding can be appropriately attributed to your work
• If you are unsure, please contact the Tracey McMahon prior to submission: Tracey.McMahon@sanfordhealth.org  

COBRE Core facilities do not determine authorship decisions; however, it is the responsibility of the investigator to ensure that acknowledgment of COBRE support is appropriate and compliant with NIH policy.

For full details, please refer to the COBRE Foreign Component Policy

Our Publications

To learn more about the research center, see the published research under its CoBRE grant.

All Publications