Research Centers & Institutes

The Saban Research Building

The Saban Research Building is the flagship for the Institute from which it takes its name. Visible from the eastern approach to the campus on Sunset Boulevard, it contains the office of the Director of Research as well as the Office of Research Advancement and Administration.  Its five floors hold 88,500 square feet of bench laboratory space, several large conference rooms, the Neuroscience Program and a 1,000 capacity auditorium, which sponsors a variety of symposia as well as The Saban Distinguished Lecture Series, a venue where world-famous research scientists and physicians present their work on a monthly basis. 

The USC-CHLA Institute for Pediatric Clinical Research

The USC-CHLA Institute for Pediatric Clinical Research at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles was established to conduct research on pediatric illness and disease, with a particular emphasis on clinical trials.  With the combined resources of the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California and Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, investigators seek to discover the best means to diagnose, treat and prevent pediatric disease and to promote child and adolescent health.

Clinical Research Centers

As an academic medical center, physicians across all disciplines are committed to programs of research excellence.  In areas where patient need is greatest, the hospital has developed research programs to complement our patient care centers.  In these areas, special efforts are made to transfer knowledge gained at the laboratory bench to the bedsides of our patients to help them recover.  These research programs are coordinated through the: 

• Children's Center for Cancer & Blood Diseases
• Center for Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
• Heart Institute
• Center for Neonatal & Infant Health
• Children's Orthopaedic Center
• Vision Center

The General Clinical Research Center

The General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) is an inpatient and outpatient research support service funded by the National Center for Research Resources of the National Institutes of Health. The GCRC at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California established a satellite GCRC at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles in 1995. Of particular interest to the Childrens Hospital GCRC is providing support for protocols that address genetic diseases, the effects of diseases and their treatment on the developing nervous system, introduction of new technology into pediatric care and the long-term evaluation of patients receiving treatment with new technologies.

The Childrens Clinical Investigations Center

The Childrens Clinical Investigations Center (CLIC) demonstrates the top priority the hospital places on clinical and translational research, which transfers basic scientific findings from the laboratory to clinical applications - that is, from "Bench-to-Bedside."  More than 900 clinical research studies in new therapies, treatment ideas and technologies are active at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles.