A key reason for the expertise found in specialised paediatric care at Shriners Hospitals for Children is the organisation’s strong commitment to research. Shriners’ researchers are noted as world leaders in their fields, and are respected for the impact of their work on the lives of children everywhere.

To highlight Shriners Hospitals’ research efforts, we are pleased to present Biomedical Research Highlights. The latest edition highlights orthopaedic research in process at our Chicago Hospital and others. Areas of research highlighted include outcomes in children with facial skeletal deformities, analysis of three pressure ulcer skin risk assessment scales, and optimizing activity & participation of children with cerebral palsy

Through increased understandings of orthopaedic conditions, Shriners Hospitals for Children – as well as other physicians the world over – will ultimately be able to offer more effective treatments that will improve the lives of people around the globe.

Shriners Hospitals have world-renowned research experts helping lead the way in other areas, including rehabilitation, spinal cord injury and burns. Some of their work will be showcased in future editions of Biomedical Research Highlights.

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