Our faculty have wide interests and expertise including medical education, injury prevention, emergency medical services, disaster management, point of care ultrasound, child abuse advocacy and research.  The division is a founding member and contributor to the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN), which conducts high-priority, multi-institutional research on the prevention and management of acute illnesses and injuries in children.

Our areas of research interest include:

  • Febrile illness & viral discovery in conjunction with the Division of Infectious Disease
  • Malnutrition & related diseases in Africa
  • Procedural sedation & analgesia
  • Head & cervical spine injury
  • Pediatric trauma & gun violence
  • Adolescent health
  • Pediatric mental health
  • Postpartum mood/anxiety disorders
  • Sepsis
  • Low-risk imaging modalities
  • Innovations in quality & safety of emergency services

Our division has participated in more than 18 multi-institutional studies covering a variety of issues in pediatric emergency medicine.

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