Our faculty have unique research interests and contribute to state-of-the-art research. We collaborate with Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units (PEHSU), Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS), the Georgia School-Based Health Alliance, as well as other local, state and national organizations. Our current research interests include:
- School-based health
- Health disparities and social determinants of health
- Trauma-informed care and adverse childhood experiences
- Medical education
- History of medicine and pediatrics
- Early childhood literacy and school preparation
- Adolescent health
- Injury prevention
- Climate change and child health
- Global health/ immigrant and refugee care
- Foster care
- Child advocacy
- Developmental progress for at risk children
- Medical toxicology and environmental preparedness
- Oral health
- Pediatric infectious disease