Phoenix Children’s Research Institute earned three R01 grants from the National Institutes of Health, including one focused on spine care, according to a Dec. 18 news release.
Matthew Halanski, MD, division chief of orthopedics and sports medicine, earned a grant to advance the understanding of children’s spinal growth and flexibility. His study is a collaboration with the University of Wisconsin – Madison, University of Missouri – Columbia and University of California – Berkeley and is focused on vertebral body tethering.
His team will develop an advanced computer simulation model to help surgeons personalize procedures to a child’s anatomy and growth pattern.
The other two grants focus on lung disease treatment.
