Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development

CCHBD Labs

The Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development (CCHBD) has made major contributions to pediatric medicine in a variety of fields. CCHBD's labs and research groups are working toward the next generation of discovery, prevention and cures for issues that affect the mental and physical health of children globally.

Christakis Lab

The Christakis Lab studies how the early environment impacts childhood behavior and development, and develops strategies that help parents optimize their children's social, cognitive, and emotional development.

Garrison Lab

The Garrison Lab studies the interactions between sleep, media use and physical activity, and how these affect child and adolescent health, behavior and development.

Innovation in Child Healthcare Delivery Lab

The Innovation in Child Healthcare Delivery Lab’s goal is to reduce socioeconomic and racial/ethnic disparities in child health and healthcare.uses a community-engaged approach to develop innovative ways to deliver healthcare. The lab’s current research includes investigating, designing and implementing new methods of delivering primary care services to children in low-income communities.

Mangione-Smith Lab

The Mangione-Smith Lab develops innovative ways to pinpoint which medical treatments, procedures and practices improve patients’ lives.

Mendoza Lab

The Mendoza Lab focuses on preventing childhood obesity and its long-term health effects, especially among minorities and low-income groups.

Myers Lab

Myers The Myers Lab is focused on providing evidence-based mental healthcare services through telemental health to rectify current disparities in access to mental healthcare.

Pediatric Pain and Sleep Innovations Lab

Palermo The Pediatric Pain and Sleep Innovations Lab's research focus is on pediatric chronic and recurrent pain--in particular, the psychosocial and family factors that affect pain perception, daily functioning and quality of life in children and adolescents.

Saelens Lab

Saelens The Saelens Lab conducts research in environmental influences on physical activity and eating behaviors and on the psychosocial factors that influence individual choice for weight-related behaviors.

Sathyanarayana Lab

Sathyanarayana 70x70 The Sathyanarayana Lab investigates how chemicals in our environment impact children, and develops ways to reduce chemical exposures and help families lead healthier lives.

Seattle Children’s Innovative Technologies Lab (SCITL)

Shic SCITL 70x70 Seattle Children’s Innovative Technologies Lab (SCITL) uses, advances and develops technologies for improving the lives of children with autism spectrum disorders and other developmental disabilities

Seattle Pediatric Concussion Research Collaborative

Rivara Concussion 70x70 The Seattle Pediatric Concussion Research Collaborative conducts studies to find better ways to prevent, diagnose and treat youth concussion.