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Pediatrics

The Department of Pediatrics includes divisions in cardiology, neurology, endocrinology, genetics, gastroenterology, hematology/oncology, infectious diseases, nephrology, pulmonology, and allergy/immunology, as well as general academic pediatrics, critical care medicine and newborn medicine. Sub-specialists provide outstanding family-centered care for children of all ages. Research programs include basic science and clinical research on topics such as cancer metastasis, reducing infant mortality, asthma, quality and patient safety, chronic kidney disease and metabolism, and brain tumors. Our residency program and fellowships offer tailored training programs in subspecialty care, community-based pediatrics and clinical research to prepare the world's next generation of pediatric physicians.

News

Common-Cold Coronavirus Could be the Key to a Better COVID-19 Vaccine

November 10, 2025

Prior exposure to coronaviruses that cause ordinary colds can boost the immune system’s ability to attack a vulnerable site on the COVID-19-causing coronavirus SARS-CoV-2,...
Keeping Pediatrics Afloat in a Sea of Funding Cuts

November 1, 2025

As Medicaid funding cuts enacted through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act are expected to reduce health coverage among adults, researchers and clinicians warn that children are at...
More Exposure to Mother’s Voice After Birth May Prevent Preemies’ Language Delays

October 14, 2025

Among preterm newborns, greater exposure to the mother’s voice after birth appeared to speed up the maturation of a key language-related brain circuit, in a small clinical trial...

Events

Nov 18, 2025
12:00pm to 1:00pm
Pediatrics Grand Rounds
Nov 25, 2025
12:00pm to 1:00pm
Pediatrics Grand Rounds