Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute

"CHORI" redirects here. For other uses, see Chori (disambiguation).
Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI)
CHORI North Campus
Established1959 (1959)
Faculty55
Staff280
Formerly calledBruce Lyon Memorial Research Laboratory (BLMRL)
Address5700 Martin Luther King Jr. Way
Location
Oakland
,
California
,
United States
Coordinates37°50′33″N 122°16′10″W / 37.84250°N 122.26944°W / 37.84250; -122.26944 (CHORI)
Websitewww.chori.org

Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI) is a biomedical research institute affiliated with California’s pediatric medical center, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland.[1]

CHORI is based in Oakland, California, and operates a 100,000-square-foot (9,300 m2) biomedical research facility[2] that houses 300 staff members.[citation needed] It includes eight research centers that conduct focused research on cancer, critical care medicine, genetics, immunobiology and vaccine development,[3] blood and marrow transplantation and cellular therapies, nutrition and metabolism, prevention of obesity, cardiovascular disease and diabetes, sickle cell disease and thalassemia.[4][2]

The National Institutes of Health is CHORI's primary funding source.[2][5]

  1. ^ "Trauma Research". ucsfbenioffchildrens.org. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  2. ^ a b c "Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland". www.nbiaalliance.org. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  3. ^ "Center for Applied Genomics (CAG)". 1162986667203299. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  4. ^ "Chori.org". UCSF Sickle Cell Center of Excellence. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  5. ^ Maps, Oakland CA United States See map: Google. "Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute". www.biotech-careers.org. Retrieved 2024-03-31. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)