Our team of researchers is actively involved in many projects designed to improve the health and well-being of children with endocrine disorders. Some examples of current research studies include those that aim to:

• improve our understanding of poor growth in children who have normal growth hormone secretion
• improve the final adult height of children with CAH, idiopathic short stature, and premature adrenarche by controlling estrogen synthesis
• improve the monitoring of steroid levels in patients with CAH
• determine whether controlling estrogen will increase sperm production in male patients with CAH
• evaluate the effect that intra-uterine stress has on the neuroendocrine system and on cognitive development in small for gestational age babies
  evaluate new treatments for short stature

Growth hormone registries are regularly updated to improve the safety and success of treating children with short stature and growth hormone deficiency

More information about these studies is provided on the Pediatric Endocrinology Web site (click on Research or Clinical Studies) or by calling 612-624-5409.