

Research Centers & Institutes

Child and Family Translational Research Center
This is where Father Flanagan started it all, with research into early 20th-century juvenile justice and how treating juvenile offenders like children, instead of adults, could change the trajectory of their lives.

Center for Perception and Communication in Children
Established in 2014 with support from a Centers for Biomedical Research Excellence, our goal is to position Boys Town as the national leader for research on speech, language, hearing and cognitive development in children with communication disorders.

Center for Childhood Deafness, Language and Learning
Internationally recognized as a center of excellence for applied research, The Center for Childhood Deafness, Language and Learning provides research, early education and clinical services for children who are deaf or hard of hearing and children with developmental language disorder.

Institute for Human Neuroscience
The Institute for Human Neuroscience is setting the pace for neuroscience research in the areas of pediatric neuroimaging and developmental neuroscience with our groundbreaking technology.

Center for Pediatric Brain Health
The Center for Pediatric Brain Health focuses on advancing and expanding neuroimaging and brain health research in children and adolescents.