Advancing Research in Maternal and Child Health. The Stanford Maternal and Child Health Research Institute (MCHRI) accelerates Stanford discoveries to improve the health of pregnant women and children by fostering transdisciplinary research in the pre-clinical, clinical, and basic sciences. The MCHRI works in partnership with the Stanford Children’s Health - Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford (LPCH), the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health (LPFCH), and the Stanford School of Medicine (SOM).