Department of Pediatrics

Department of Pediatrics

Paul earns national award for work on behalf of infants and their families

Silhouette of a boy in a tunnel

Depression screening rates remain low among adolescents

A young girl uses a purple marker to sign a blank, white steel beam. Her hand is guided by a woman standing to the side.

Beam-signing event marks milestone in Children’s Hospital expansion

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Adding higher frequencies helps detect adolescent hearing loss

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Sign language may be helpful for children with rare speech disorder

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How parents cope with stress of the NICU affects family dynamics

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Educating parents on healthy infant sleep habits may help prevent obesity

overweight baby

Intervention reduces rates of overweight tots by half

Dr. Leslie R. Walker-Harding

Dr. Leslie R. Walker-Harding named chair of pediatrics

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Better definition needed for reasonable medical certainty in child abuse cases