"Building Bridges to Child Health" Research Symposium will be held at Rady Children's Hospital, Friday Nov 6th, 2009, 8:30am - 4:40pm, MOB 113. Click link for info and Symposium Agenda

San Diego October 27, 2009 - Dr. Patricia East, a leading expert on teenage childbearing impact, was awarded the San Diego Business Journal the Women Who Mean Business Award for 2009.

In the past two weeks, several Pediatrics Faculty have been quoted in CNN Health, The New York Times, and the San Diego Tribune. These articles are featured online, covering a broad spectrum – from childhood cancer to in-vitro pregnancies, and the unnerving swine flu. Click the links below to read more.

Considering 6 children die per minute from respiratory conditions alone, the number one priority for improving child mortality should be renewed biomedical innovation in pediatric respiratory medicine. With a breath of fresh air, this is exactly what UC San Diego’s Department of Pediatrics is after.

The University of California, San Diego's new Pediatric Diabetes Research Center (PDRC) in collaboration with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) is hosting a Walk to Cure Diabetes Event at UC San Diego on Sunday, November 8, 2009.

In our Department alone, we welcomed 54 faculty members on September 1st. This is a historic moment for the Department of Pediatrics, UC San Diego Health Sciences, Children’s Specialists of San Diego, and Rady Children’s Hospital – San Diego.