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Department of Pediatrics

We are committed to giving children a bright future. We provide the highest-quality clinical care, and we improve it every day through scientific research and training tomorrow's pediatrics leaders.

About Us

Welcome! For over a century, faculty at Emory University have provided clinical care to children in Georgia. The Department of Pediatrics is committed to providing the best clinical care, cutting-edge research, and training opportunities for tomorrow's pediatric leaders.

 

Jain with baby

Clinical Care

From rare diseases to routine procedures, we provide advanced treatment for children and teens through our clinical facilities at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

Clinical Care

Leading the way in pediatric health

#1 in NIH funding

We rank among the top pediatrics departments in the U.S. for National Institutes of Health funding awards.

5 Specialties in Top 10: U.S. News & World Report 2019-20

Nephrology, Gastroenterology & GI Surgery, Cancer, Orthopedics, and Urology ranked in the top 10 for USNWR.

73 children cured of sickle cell

The largest sickle cell program in the nation gives children suffering from the disease a healthy new future.

400+ clinical trials for pediatric cancer

Our Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center has one of the largest brain tumor and leukemia-lymphoma programs in the U.S.

News Feature Baricitinib treatment resolves lower-airway macrophage inflammation and neutrophil recruitment in SARS-CoV-2-infected rhesus macaques

SARS-CoV-2-induced hypercytokinemia and inflammation are critically associated with COVID-19 disease severity. In this issue, Hoang et al. (460–475) investigate the use of baricitinib as a therapeutic for SARS-CoV-2 and demonstrate that treatment of SARS-CoV-2-infected rhesus macaques with baricitinib early during infection reduces lung pathology and inflammation.

Image credit: Jason Ooi (Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University).

News Feature Warp Speed chief visits Emory, urges participation in COVID vaccine trials Evan Anderson, MD

Operation Warp Speed's Chief Science Advisor visited Emory University and urged Americans to continue enrolling in ongoing COVID-19 vaccine trials. On Thursday, Nov. 12, Dr. Moncef Slaoui, chief scientific adviser for Operation Warp Speed, toured the Emory Children’s Center, where two leading COVID vaccine clinical trials are underway.

Warp Speed chief visits Emory, urges participation in COVID vaccine trials

News Feature Remdesivir for the Treatment of Covid-19

A novel coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was first identified in December 2019 as the cause of a respiratory illness designated coronavirus disease 2019, or Covid-19.1 Several therapeutic agents have been evaluated for the treatment of Covid-19, but none have yet been shown to be efficacious.

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