April 11, 2024
Welcome to Melissa A. Haendel, PhD, FACMI, as the Sarah Graham Kenan Distinguished Professor in the Department of Genetics. In addition to her primary appointment, she will also be appointed as professor in the Department of Pediatrics and the School of Data Science and Society.
April 5, 2024
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was one of four academic medical centers on the study, which shows that an intervention program developed by the American Academy of Pediatrics can dramatically reduce injuries in young children.
March 25, 2024
As the World Health Organization pushes to eradicate the Hepatitis B virus (HBV) by 2030, preventing vertical transmission is key, says Peyton Thompson, MD, MSCR, Assistant Professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. But despite widespread availability of effective childhood vaccines, HBV remains endemic throughout sub-Saharan Africa, including the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
March 23, 2024
Emily Vander Schaaf, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, has been awarded the Academic Pediatric Association Public Policy and Advocacy Developing Award for 2024. Congratulations!
March 23, 2024
We are pleased to announce the next group of fellows accepted into our UNC Carolina Child Health Scholars Program, which is our Department of Pediatrics Fellowship Physician-Scientist Training Program. This program seeks to foster the next generation of physician-scientists to improve children’s health and build up the pipeline of pediatric clinician-investigators.
March 21, 2024
Kelley Ward, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Hospital Pediatrics, was published in ‘A Piece of My Mind’, the long-running JAMA series devoted to telling stories about the joys, challenges, and hidden truths of practicing medicine in the modern era. Check out the full article!
March 15, 2024
We are thrilled to welcome the following students to our Pediatrics Family as first year residents!
March 1, 2024
Catherine O'Connell, PhD was promoted to Professor of Pediatrics effective March 1, 2024. Dr. O'Connell has been a faculty member in Pediatric Infectious Diseases since 2013. Dr. O’Connell received her BA in Microbiology from Dublin University in 1987 and received her PhD in Microbiology from Dublin University in 1993. She joined us at UNC in 2013 as an Assistant Professor from the University of Arkansas Department of Pediatrics.
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We have a long history of progressive, national and international investigation in all types of health science research. While investigators continue to pursue substantial bench research, we continue to expand our focus in translational and clinical research. Routinely, we are annually ranked in the top 25 of NIH Awards to Pediatric Departments.
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We inspire each other every day. With pride in our mission and our accomplishments, it is an honor to be surrounded by these exceptionally talented and dedicated faculty, staff, and learners. Our teams are tireless advocates for children and families throughout the state and beyond.
For more than half a century, the Department of Pediatrics at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine has offered excellent, cutting-edge care in our children’s units at UNC Hospitals. 2002 marked the beginning of a new era. For the first time, all pediatric services were provided out of a single state-of-the-art facility, NC Children’s Hospital. Located on the UNC medical campus in Chapel Hill, NC, the Children’s Hospital allows the Department to provide complete inpatient and outpatient care for children in one location, a true children’s hospital.
