Education

The University of Utah Pediatric Education Enterprise provides high quality education from pre-med through subspecialty training. Our faculty commitment to teaching prepares physicians to meet the growing needs of Utah and the Intermountain West.

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Education

Research

The Department of Pediatrics is one of the largest pediatric programs between Denver and the West Coast with numerous recent multi-year awards. We have over $86 million in awards including 144 federally funded proposals, 85 clinical trials, and 99 other awards. We hold nearly half of the School of Medicine Clinical Department's Career Development Awards (K Awards). The Pediatric Research Enterprise provides department-wide resources and programs to support basic, clinical, and translational science investigators, enhance the quality of research, and increase grant funding.

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Research

Clinical

The University of Utah Department of Pediatrics, through its partnership with Intermountain Healthcare, Primary Children's Medical Center, provides the Intermountain West with the most comprehensive care for infants, children, and adolescents.

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Department of
Pediatrics

Welcome to the Department of Pediatrics. Founded in 1943, we are the second largest department in the University Of Utah School Of Medicine, and one of the largest in the country. We have more than 270 full-time faculty members with a fairly equal distribution of men and women, and over 400 staff members. We support the retention and promotion of women and have the greatest number of tenured women faculty in the School of Medicine. We train more than 100 residents and fellows annually and approximately 60 family medicine residents on pediatric rotations. To ensure their success, the Department links pediatricians with effective mentors early in their careers, uses a loan repayment program to minimize the effects of educational debt, and cultivates a nurturing environment that promotes successful academic careers.
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Dr. Ed Clark

Ed Clark, M.D.
Chair, Department of Pediatrics

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Wed, May 08 2013
K-Club Meeting

This month we are happy to invite Anne Kirchhoff, Ph.D., M.P.H. from the Department of Pediatrics. The K Club will be held on ... Read More

Thu, May 09 2013
Pediatric Grand Rounds - Robert Mendelson, MD, FAAP "The Influence of Screen Time on Infants, Children, and Adolescents: What We Know; What Can We Do About It?"

Pediatric Grand Rounds - Robert Mendelson, MD, FAAP "The Influence of Screen Time on Infants, Children, and Adolescents: ... Read More

Fri, May 10 2013
Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery

Interesting Pediatric Case Conference, Presented by Harlan Muntz, MD ... Read More

Thu, May 16 2013
Pediatric Grand Rounds - Christian Yost, MD presenting "Neutrophils, NETs, and Neonates: New Biology of Neonatal Neutrophil Dysfunction"

Pediatric Grand Rounds - Christian Yost, MD presenting "Neutrophils, NETs, and Neonates: New Biology of Neonatal Neutrop ... Read More

Fri, May 17 2013
Woman & Child Institute Spring Research Conference - "Personalizing Our Population's Health"

Woman & Child Institute Spring Research Conference - "Personalizing Our Population's Health", Objective: ... Read More

Programs

News and Announcements

  • The Academic Pediatrics Association (APA) recently announced its 2013 Research Scholars and Educational Scholars progam awards.  Faculty members Paul S. Carbone, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics, and Gabrielle Zimbric Hester, M.D., visiting instructor of pediatrics, each received research scholar awards, an impressive accomplishment given that only 13 pediatrics faculty members nationwide received the honors...[read more]

  • Dr. Joni Hemond in the Division of General Pediatrics has been selected to be an Academic Pediatric Association Educational Scholar. The goal of this program is to assist pediatric educators in developing skills to increase the quality, status and visibility of pediatric educators in academia.

  • The Research Education Office is pleased to announce the approval of a minor in Pediatric Clinical Research.  The minor consists of 16 credit hours in required courses PED 5900, 5901 and 5902 and the elective course PED 5700, Survey of Pediatric Research-In-Progress. Daniel Freed, Program Coordinator for the Academic Associates program, which houses the courses and the minor, says "this minor is an amazing opportunity for students interested in pediatric medicine and clinical research to gain first-hand experience and exposure to both aspecs of the field."
    For information about the minor or other Research Education courses, please contact Dianiel Freed at daniel.freed@hsc.utah.edu.


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