Le Bonheur Children’s will host a Pediatric Research Day on Tuesday, Oct. 14, to present research programs aimed at helping children.

Morning sessions will feature basic science, clinical and translational research programs, along with patient care and community educational programs conducted at Le Bonheur. The afternoon will feature oral presentations of selected posters.

Research Day runs from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. in Le Bonheur Children’s Auditorium. Presentations are free to attend, and no registration is required. Breakfast and lunch will be provided.

Robert H. Lustig, MD, will present a keynote speech on his research subject, “The Trouble with Fructose.” Lustig is the 2008 James C. Hunt Visiting Professor in Pediatrics.

Attendees will also be able to meet investigators and collaborators from Le Bonheur, the University of Tennessee Department of Pediatrics, the Children’s Foundation Research Center, Morgan Foundation and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center Clinical and Translational Science Institute.

For more information, call the Children’s Foundation Resaerch Center at 901-287-5355.