Department of Pediatrics

In the News

2022 US News and World Report ranks UW School of Medicine

US News and World Report ranks UW School of Medicine:

UW Medical Center ranked Best Hospital in Washington state and Seattle Children's Hospital nationally ranked in 10 Children's Specialties.

NIH awards $10 million to study concussions in schoolkids

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke has awarded a $10 million grant to research the prevention and treatment of concussions in children. The five-year study will be led by Dr. Frederick Rivara of Seattle Children’s Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development and UW Medicine's Department of Pediatrics, Dr. Chris Giza, and Dr. Gerard Gioia.

Program led by Dr. Ben Danielson to keep youth out of jail

A program to tackle youth incarceration by promoting paths to opportunity for young people, especially among youth of color, to be led by clinical professor of pediatrics, Dr. Benjamin Danielson.