Founded in 1963 Research Institute of Child Health had its roots in pediatric research realized in the 1st and the 2nd Department of Pediatrics of the University Children's Hospital. Institute has provided investigators to devote full time to research projects and has been excelent area for young scientis to bring new research ideas into the clinical practice. Recently the research has been focused to the prevention and therapy of the serious and frequent diseases of infancy and childhood from clinical, biochemical, cytogenetic, molecular genetic, social and enviromental point of view.
Basic research is orientated to the intercellular communication and signalization.
The Internal Grant Agency of the Ministry of Health and the Grant Agency of Czech Republic.