Robert Heuckeroth
Chair, Irma and Norman Braman Endowed Chair for Research in GI Motility Disorders, CHoP · University of Pennsylvania Health System
Credentials: · · · ·
History
PresentIrma and Norman Braman Endowed Chair for Research in GI Motility Disorders Department · University of Pennsylvania Health System
- 1992–1995
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Research
Neurturin, a relative of glial-cell-line-derived neurotrophic factor
Nature · 1996 · 620 citations
Persephin, a novel neurotrophic factor related to GDNF and neurturin
Neuron · 1998 · 402 citations
GFR alpha1-deficient mice have deficits in the enteric nervous system and kidneys
Neuron · 1998 · 390 citations
20 papers
13 papers · 6 as a resident
11 papers · 3 as a resident
- SH
9 papers · 7 as a resident
6 papers
- ES
5 papers · 1 as a resident
5 papers
5 papers
Grants
- 2014–2030
Training Program: Genetic Basis of Pediatric GI, Liver and Nutritional Disorders
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · T32
PI · $298.2K · Children's Hosp of Philadelphia
- 2025–2028
Mechanistic Human Studies to Prevent Hirschsprung-Associated Enterocolitis
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · R01
Contact PI · $1.4M · Children's Hosp of Philadelphia
- 2021–2027
Biochemical and Cellular Mechanisms Linking Actin Mutations to Visceral Myopathy
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · R01
Contact PI · $3.5M · Children's Hosp of Philadelphia
- 2021–2026
Defining Non-Genetic Mechanisms That Prevent Death in a Hirschsprung Disease Mouse Model
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · R01
Contact PI · $2.3M · Children's Hosp of Philadelphia
Clinical trials
- 2022–2025
Polyethylene Glycol Safety in Children
Principal investigator · Completed
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia