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Pediatrics Critical Care Research Overview

The University of Utah Department of Pediatrics Division of Critical Care includes over 100 faculty and staff who regularly design and conduct research in the following areas:

  • Injury control
  • EMS
  • Trauma systems
  • Clinical research
  • Clinical trials
  • Data systems
  • Probabilistic linkage methods

We are also pursuing active quality improvement projects to refine care for pediatric sepsis, traumatic brain injury, and prevention of nosocomial infections.

Current education efforts focus on medical simulations to improve delivery of urgent care and resuscitation efforts.

Data Coordinating Center

The division supports a data coordinating center (DCC) that provides data coordination and management services for a variety of national research networks.

Our new state-of-the-art, energy efficient data center supports more than 1400 users around the country. The data center provides a secure, reliable, enterprise-wide infrastructure for delivering critical systems and services.

Research Projects & Partnerships

We have research projects in the following areas:

Contact Us

Phone: 801-587-7572
Fax: 801-581-8686

Department of Pediatrics
Division of Critical Care

Physical Location
295 Chipeta Way
Salt Lake City, Utah 84108

Mailing Address
Department of Pediatrics
Division of Critical Care
P.O. Box 581289
Salt Lake City, Utah 84158

Primary Children's Pediatric ICU Phone: 801-662-2465
FAX: 801-662-2469