INFANT

It is a non-profit organization created to research in the field of children's infectious diseases and to develop educational activities for the purpose of translating laboratory findings into direct-impact actions for children's health.

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One Infant study was able to reduce hospital stays of premature children. The project lasted two years and included a follow-up of 200 premature babies (less than 1.5 kilos upon birth), with chronic pulmonary disease and congenital heart disease, for the purpose of comparing the effects of different respiratory viruses.

Infant is working to establish a dengue research center in northwestern Argentina. A network of doctors will be trained on-site for the purpose of transferring the results of our basic research studies to clinical research, thus contributing to the development of vaccines and treatments that can protect the population in Argentina and throughout the world.

Development Program for Pediatrician Researchers. Together with the Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation and the Johns Hopkins University, Infant will train 36 Argentine pediatricians to detect and interpret scientific findings that are critical for children's health in Argentina and translate such findings into concrete medical actions with a wide range of impact.

Translational Health Science Internship in Argentina. The Infant Foundation is currently carrying out a training program for students from distinguished North American universities regarding the main respiratory viruses during infancy and the immune system's defense mechanisms.

Goals:

Translate science into children's health

Objectives:

Promote high-impact knowledge of children's health, in Argentina and throughout the world.
Transfer scientific findings from the laboratory to patient care.
Train young researchers in medical and biological sciences in our country, at the highest international level

Programs:

The Role of Oxidative Stress in Severe Diseases of Premature Babies.
The Role of Respiratory Viruses in Asthma Exacerbations.
Scientific Training for Pediatricians and Creation of a Translational Research Network for Respiratory Pediatric Illnesses in Argentina.
Mechanisms of breast milk-mediated protection against respiratory illnesses.
Study of the pathogenesis of dengue
Translational Health Science Internship in Argentina

Incorporation number:

1.7178e+06

Inspecting institution:

Inpección General de Justicia

Year founded:

2003

Staff:

Year:

2006

Assets:

Total Assets: 404 344,00 ARS

Liabilities:

Total Liabilities: 3 326,00 ARS

Income:

Total Income: 747 900,00 ARS

Expenditure:

Total Expenses: 439 678,00 ARS

Address:

Gavilán 94

Locality:

Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires

Zip/Postal Code:

C1406BAB

Telephone:

4634-0060/0070

Fax:

4634-0060/0070

E-mail:

aayrolo@infant.org.ar

Website:

http://www.infant.org.ar

Board of Directors:

Presidente: Carlos Kulish
Secretario: Norberto Polack
Tesorero: Raúl Bernasconi

Consejo Honorario: Steven Kleeberger, Fidel Zavala

Consejo Asesor: Guillermo Jaim Etcheverry, Santiago Kovadloff, Adrián Paenza, José Eduardo Abadi, Fernando Frydman, Irene Gorodisch, Renato Montefiore, Samuel Glicksberg y Jorge Sáenz

Team:

Director Ejecutivo: Fernando Polack
Investigador Principal: Pablo Irusta
Becarios en EE.UU: Federico Laham, Guillermina Melendi y Niranjan Bhat y Johanna Hernández.
Becarios en Argentina: Silvina Coviello, María Florencia Delgado, María Elina Serra, María Inés Klein, Ana Clara Monsalvo, Juan Pío Batallé.
Desarrollo Institucional: Ana Ayrolo
Asistente de Dirección: Mariana Alinez