Department of Pediatrics News Search

Mpls.St.Paul magazine recently released its list of 2024 Top Doctors. Of the 201 University of Minnesota faculty members honored this year, 50 are from the Department of Pediatrics.The Top Doctor...

This summer at the Minnesota State fair, another new attraction will be happening: The gene sequencing of a corn dog.Beth Thielen, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Division of Pediatric Infectious...

Lindsy Halleckson, staff member in the Department of Pediatrics and local artist, participated in the Love Data Week Big Ten Academic Alliance Data Viz Championship. Her project, the Leaf...

Parents all around are struggling to understand the best ways to take care of their children with autism because there are no open inpatient appointments available. Therefore, many of these families...

The Blue Ridge Rankings, produced by the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research, are published rankings of medical institutions, departments, and researchers based on NIH funding received. We are...

 Join us in congratulating Cynthia Howard, MD, MPHTM, Professor in the Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine at the University of Minnesota on receiving the 2023 Gold-Headed Cane Award!The...

The University of Minnesota’s 10,000 Families Study was recently awarded a grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI). This funding will be directed towards additional investigation into cancer...

A new study from the University of Minnesota is the first to demonstrate the ability for gene therapy to repair neural connections for those with the rare genetic brain disorder known as Hurler...

We are excited to announce that Catherine M. Bendel, MD, received The Graduate Medical Education Lifetime Achievement Award for her noteworthy and lasting contributions to education in the University...

“The health of Minnesota is built on the 135-year legacy of care from remarkable physicians like these,” said Bevan Yueh, MD, MPH, vice dean of clinical affairs at the University of Minnesota Medical...

We invite you to attend this hybrid educational experience on Sept. 21-22, 2023. The Twin Cities Pediatric Update is hosted by Children’s Minnesota, the University of Minnesota Department of...

Please help us in welcoming our upcoming chief residents for the 2023-2024 year: Pediatrics Ruegba Bekibele Katrina Christian Paige Dahlgren Kayla Solstad ...

Vaccinations prevent millions of deaths each year, coming to the forefront as one of the most impactful health interventions in recent decades. Even with the promising preventative effects of...

On February 6th, 2023, Minnesota became the first state to screen all newborns for congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV), the most common infectious birth defect in the United States. Though anyone can...

Recently, the 2022 Blue Ridge Research Rankings were released, showing the University of Minnesota Medical as being ranked 21st of all medical schools for National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding...

The University of Minnesota has been surveying and examining wastewater in various counties across Minnesota in order to determine the rate at which COVID is declining. This has become a more...

As we approach a new academic year, the Department of Pediatrics has selected another group of Pediatric Chief Residents. To see the upcoming year's information and future selections, view the list...

An Alabama family with three children that all have rare diseases have found the M Health Fairview Masonic Children’s Hospital as a place that they can call home when needed. This article highlights...

Since the beginning of the pandemic, there has been a dramatic increase in obesity rates in children. In this article, Aaron Kelly, PhD sits down with an interviewer to discuss current childhood...