Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute

This study tests a smartphone app designed to make asthma easier to manage for 370 teenagers and young adults. The app is a digital version of an asthma action plan, helping users track symptoms and follow treatment guidelines. The goal is to see if using the app improves asthma …

This study tests a program called WISE Words that helps childcare educators stop using feeding practices that can lead to obesity in young children. The program includes training, peer support, and personalized reminders. Researchers will observe mealtimes at over 260 childcare s…

This study looks at how a mother's weight during pregnancy might affect her baby's brain development. Researchers will follow 260 pregnant women (some with normal weight, some with obesity) and scan their babies' brains with MRI at 2 weeks, 1 year, and 2 years old. They will also…

This study looks at how different breakfasts affect thinking and brain activity in 9-10 year old children. Researchers will give kids either a high protein or high carbohydrate shake and then test their memory, attention, and brain function using tests and brain scans. The goal i…

This study uses MRI scans to look at the brains of 100 two-week-old babies. Researchers want to see if there are differences in brain structure and function between infants born to obese mothers and those born to normal-weight mothers. The goal is to understand how a mother's bod…

This study looks at 100 healthy 8-year-olds who were fed breast milk, milk-based formula, or soy-based formula during their first year. Researchers use brain scans and language tests to see if the type of infant diet affects brain function and language skills later in childhood.

This study looks at whether a mother's obesity during pregnancy can affect her baby's brain development. Researchers will use MRI scans on newborns at 2 weeks old to check for any differences. The study includes 13 healthy mothers with either a normal weight or obesity, but witho…

This study was designed to check if swallowed corticosteroids, used to treat eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) in children aged 5-12, affect bone density and growth over one year. It planned to compare these children to healthy age-matched controls. However, the study was withdrawn …

This study planned to test whether an 8-week course of a flavored drink containing essential amino acids plus arginine could reduce liver fat and improve metabolism in obese children aged 7-10. The researchers intended to measure changes in liver fat, blood fats, insulin sensitiv…