All six basic science departments rank in the top 6 in National Institutes of Health funding for federal fiscal year 2021, according to a new report by the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research, and 12 clinical departments rank in the top 30. Half of the school’s basic science departments (three) are ranked first among peer public schools of medicine.

Co-led by Hendrée Jones, PhD, at the UNC School of Medicine, this work is major step towards improving standards of care for infants prenatally exposed to opioids, part of the HHS Overdose Prevention Strategy.

Andrea Hayes-Jordan, MD, Byah Thomason Doxey-Sanford Doxey Distinguished Professor, Chief of the division of general pediatric surgery, has been elected a governor of the board of directors for the American Pediatric Surgical Association.

UNC Children’s is nationally ranked in seven subspecialties, two in the top 25

The UNC Allergy and Immunology Clinic has been selected to become an FCN Discovery Center of Distinction. With this new designation, lead principal investigator, Edwin Kim, MD, MS, will receive a $100,000 stipend to help develop critical infrastructure necessary to deliver optimal clinical care and leadership in the community to patients with food allergy.

The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) has announced a new project to test whether an antibiotic taken during labor can prevent infections in mothers and newborns in seven countries. The UNC-Chapel Hill site leader is Carl Bose, MD.

Joseph Piven, MD, and Jackson Roush, PhD

Jackson Roush, a professor and clinically trained audiologist in the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences, has received the 2019 Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities (CIDD) Impact Award.

Can the kinds of microbes colonizing the gut at age 1 predict later cognitive development? Findings from the UNC School of Medicine shed light on the surprising role of bacteria in how our brains develop during the first years of life.

Tag: Pediatrics

UNC School of Medicine NIH Funding Ranks 5th Among Public Universities

HHS Announces a Standard Clinical Definition for Opioid Withdrawal in Infants

Hayes-Jordan Elected to American Pediatric Surgical Association Board of Directors

UNC Children’s Named to U.S. News’ “Best Children’s Hospitals” for 12th Straight Year

FARE Clinical Network Selects UNC Allergy and Immunology as FCN Discovery Center of Distinction

FNIH Launches Project Testing Antibiotic to Prevent Infections in Mothers, Newborns

Jackson Roush, PhD, Receives Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities’ Impact Award

Toddler Brain Development: bacterial clues found in dirty baby diapers