Academic Partners

In addition to the Sanford School of Medicine of the University of South Dakota, Sanford Children’s collaborates with other nationally known partners in education and research. Among these are:

Mayo Medical School

Sanford Children’s is pleased to partner with the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine of the Mayo Medical School in Rochester, MN, in a variety of educational and research endeavors. Spurred by a generous donation from T. Denny Sanford, Sanford Children’s and Mayo co-sponsor collaborative starter research grants for investigators from both institutions that are awarded on an annual basis. The two institutions co-sponsor an annual educational symposium that rotates between the campuses. Finally, pediatric residents from the Mayo Program can elect to participate in a variety of specialty electives in children’s health at Sanford Children’s, and it is anticipated that Sanford Children’s residents will be able to take advantage of reciprocal opportunities at Mayo.

The Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine at the Mayo Medical School

Mayo Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine Residency Program

Sanford Children’s Health Research Center at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research

Accompanying a generous $20 million donation by T. Denny Sanford, a two-campus Sanford Children’s Health Research Center has been established, with one site at Sanford Research in Sioux Falls and the other at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research in La Jolla, CA. Founded as a non-profit medical research institute dedicated to cancer research, the Burnham Institute for Medical Research has grown to a 780 person effort, with an annual operating budget of $113 million, focusing on a host of medical conditions. A dedicated focus on children’s health allows for consolidation of existing research programs involving children’s health and development and growth of new children’s research programs at the Burnham. We believe that this synergy will lead to development of a major international center for discovery and education in children’s health in a matter of years. Scientists, graduate students and postdoctoral trainees will be able use the capabilities of both sites for research endeavors.

The Burnham Institute for Medical Research