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Children’s Research Institute at Children’s Mercy appoints chief scientific officer
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Tom Curran, PhD, FRS, has been hired as chief scientific officer and executive director of Children’s Research Institute at Children’s Mercy Kansas City.
The Children’s Research Institute at Children’s Mercy Kansas City, established last year, is designed to focus the hospital’s future research efforts in four key areas: pediatric genomic medicine, clinical pharmacology, health services and outcomes, and health care delivery.
Tom Curran, PhD, FRS
“Children’s Mercy — and all of Kansas City — is fortunate to have one of the top scientific researchers, educators and medical leaders joining us to accelerate Children’s Mercy’s efforts to bring translational research and precision medicine to all children in our region,” Michael Artman, MD, chairman of the department of pediatrics, said in a press release.
Curran — past president of the American Association for Cancer Research — served as deputy science director at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia since 2006. He also served as director of basic scientific research in the Center for Childhood Cancer Research at CHOP, as well as professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He also held positions at Roche Institute of Molecular Biology and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
His current laboratory focus is on pediatric brain tumors, brain development and genomics, with the hope of identifying new treatments for brain tumors in children.
“I am thrilled by the opportunity to come to Children’s Mercy Kansas City and build the Children’s Research Institute,” Curran said in the press release. “Children’s Mercy puts children first, and our goal is to build a research institute seamlessly integrated with the hospital that ensures our patients can take advantage of the latest scientific advances. Science and medicine should not be viewed as distinct entities but rather as close partners, working in concert to improve the health and well-being of all children.”