Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute

Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute is a biomedical research institute affiliated with California’s pediatric medical center, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland.CHORI is based in Oakland, California, and operates a 100000sqft biomedical research facility that houses 300 staff members. It includes eight research centers that conduct focused research on cancer, critical care medicine, genetics, immunobiology and vaccine development, blood and marrow transplantation and cellular therapies, nutrition and metabolism, prevention of obesity, cardiovascular disease and diabetes, sickle cell disease and thalassemia.The National Institutes of Health is CHORI's primary funding source.Research Centers Center for Cancer Center for Critical Care Medicine Center for Genetics Center for Immunobiology & Vaccine Development The Jordan Family Center for Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapies Research Center for Nutrition & Metabolism Center for Prevention of Obesity, Cardiovascular Disease & Diabetes Center for Sickle Cell Disease & Thalassemia