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Research. Our History and Our Future.

We are proud of the department's long history of cutting edge investigation in all types of health science research. While our investigators continue to pursue substantial bench research, we have been expanding our focus in the areas of translational and clinical research.

Research

FEATURED PROGRAMS

Children's Research Institute

Children’s Research Institute

Food Allergy Initiative

Rare and Genetic Lung Diseases

RESEARCH BY SPECIALTY

Lab researcher

Allergy-Immunology

Dr. Sylvester using a pipette in his lab

Gastroenterology

Two Pediatric Patients playing in the clinic waiting room

General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine

Dr. Powel examining patient in clinic

Genetics and Metabolism

Dr. Salvodo looking at samples with a microscope

Hematology-Oncology

Uma Nagarajan looking into a microscope

Infectious Diseases

Dr. Melissa Bauserman and NP Kimberly Nail checking on infant with a stethoscope

Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Dr. Esther and colleague examining a specimen in the lab

Pulmonology

Dr. Wu and Dr. Stein having a discussion in clinic

Rheumatology

PEDIATRICS RESEARCH NEWS

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  • Camilia Kamoun, MD, MSME

    Kamoun Awarded Greenwall Foundation Making a Difference Grant

    Camilia Kamoun, MD, Assistant Professor in Pediatric Endocrinology, was recently awarded a grant by the Greenwall Foundation through its Making a Difference Program, in support of her project, “Moving Away from Race-Ethnicity Based Clinical Care of Early Female Puberty Towards Race and Ethnicity Conscious Puberty Justice”. Congratulations Camilia!

  • Samantha Morrissey, MD, PhD

    Morrissey Receives Bondurant-Ehringhaus Award

    Samantha Morrissey, MD, PhD, a UNC Med-Peds resident, has been honored with the prestigious Bondurant-Ehringhaus Award for her groundbreaking research conducted at the UNC McAllister Heart Institute under the guidance of Brian Jensen, MD, a professor of medicine in the division of cardiology.

  • Toni Darville, MD

    UNC School of Medicine Leads $9.3-Million Study to Create Chlamydia Vaccine

    This five-year grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases is led by Toni Darville, MD, director of the UNC Children’s Research Institute, in collaboration with scientists at Vaxcyte, Inc. and the University of Chicago.

  • Lauren Frazer, MD

    Frazer Awarded NEC Society Early Career Research Award

    At PAS 2024, the NEC Society awarded the Early Career Research Award to Lauren Frazer, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. Congratulations!