News and Events

The School of Medicine Office for Faculty recently announced the 2022 Duke Clinical Leadership Program (DCLP) participants, including 7 from Pediatrics.

Andrew Landstrom, MD, PhD, an associate professor of pediatrics in the Division of Cardiology and assistant professor of cell biology, has received a Single Ventricle Research Fund (SVRF) from the nonprofit foundation Additional Ventures.

A new bed tower at Duke University Hospital has now fully opened, with pediatric patients and their families moving into new rooms on four floors over the weekend.

The following are new and competing renewal awards made to faculty in the Department of Pediatrics through the months of October / November 2021.  Please extend your congratulations to the following individuals.

The goal of the Children’s Health & Discovery initiative (CHDI) is to foster multidisciplinary and innovative research that will positively impact childhood and lifelong health.

Congratulations to the 2021 ALICE program graduates, including Carolyn Avery, MD, Mai ElMallah, MD, and Mikelle Key-Solle from the Department of Pediatrics! 

Christoph Hornik MD, PhD, MPH, has recently been named the new vice chair of research in the Department of Pediatrics, effective January 14, 2022.

Congratulations to the 2021 ADVANCE-UP program graduates, including Gillian Noel, MD; Victoria Parente, MD; and Joanna Robles, MD from the Department of Pediatrics! 

Duke Children's Hospital has been named a Center of Care by the Children's Cardiomyopathy Foundation (CCF), a national nonprofit committed to improving the health outcomes and quality of life for children with cardiomyopathy.

A survey of parents and caregivers of children with cancer found that nearly a third of them expressed hesitancy to vaccinate their youngsters against COVID-19.