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To know if stool transplant from a healthy person into an ulcerative colitis patient can help treat the disease.

Develop better ways of screening and diagnosing certain types of brain injuries in infants and children who are born with and without congenital heart disease.

To better understand the genetic changes that make children susceptible to the development of autism spectrum disorder, and to study how these changes influence clinical outcomes.

To understand how environmental factors affect a child's early brain development. This includes positive factors like social support and parent-child bonding and challenges like poverty, stress and early life exposures.

It is common for individuals to develop headaches after a lumbar puncture (LP) procedure. While LPs are frequently performed, little is known about the risk factors for headaches in pediatric populations. This study aims to address this gap in knowledge by evaluating the risks factors on headache incidence, duration, onset, psychological state, and impact on quality of life. This study also aims to examine health inequities.

To investigate the connection between diet, genetics, and diseases in Hispanic / Latino youth.

1) To determine if 5 doses of Epo (Erythropoietin) 1000 U/kg (birth weight) intravenous (IV) reduces the rate of death or neurodevelopmental impairment (mild, moderate, or severe) at 24 months of age. 

2) To assess safety of Epo. 

3) To determine whether Epo decreases the severity of HIE-induced brain injury as evidenced by early MRI and plasma biomarkers of brain injury.

To improve patient care and achieve the best health outcomes possible for children with IBD.

We are interested in observing whether and how infants learn when interacting with a robot during a learning assessment contingency paradigm. 

The purpose of the study is to collect information from children 0-18 years of age with all types of pancreatitis to determine the number of children diagnosed with this condition, understand the causes and progression of the disease, and review laboratory and imaging findings as well as responses to any treatments given.