Overview

Cutting edge clinical, translational, and basic research that focuses on childhood disease is a fundamental priority for the Department of Pediatrics. The faculty and staff in the Department are engaged in individual projects and also collaborate with other investigators across the Duke University community who are focused on improving the health of children. Central to the research mission of the Department is a commitment to develop the next generation of clinical investigators.

Initiatives
 

The Department of Pediatrics' research initiatives include:

• Departmental Thematic Research Programs
• Departmental Programs by Specialty
• Alice and Y.T. Chen Center for Genetics and Genomics
• Jean and George Brumley, Jr. Neonatal Perinatal Research Institute (NPRI)
• International Pediatric Fungal Network
• Federally-Sponsored Research Networks
• Global Health Research Initiatives
• Duke Translational Medicine Institute (DTMI)
• Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI)
• Duke Clinical Research Unit (DCRU)
   

Support Services 

• Pediatric Site-Based Research Unit (SBRU)
  
• Histology and Microscopy Core Facility
• Division of Quantitative Sciences
  
• Clinical Research Support Office (CRSO)
  
• Institutional Review Board  Forms (eIRB): Protocol Submissions)
   

News and Announcements
 

Revised Guidelines for National Institutes of Health (NIH) Grants
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has implemented significant changes in the application instructions and forms for both paper-based PHS 398 applications and electronic SF 424 (R&R) applications. The new application instructions and forms must be used for applications intended for due dates on or after January 25, 2010. In addition, reviewers have been issued revised instructions regarding the assessment of grant applications.