Discovery

What Discovery Means for Kids

Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego is committed to the discovery of cures and treatments for childhood diseases -- through research, teaching and innovation.

Through our affiliation with the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and collaboration with other renowned research institutions, we are advancing Discovery, helping children here in San Diego, across the country and around the world.

Here are some ways we are already making a difference:

• More than 170 clinical trials and 260 other research projects are underway. Learn more about research at Rady Children's.
• Rady Children’s is part of the Children’s Oncology Group, the largest and most important pediatric clinical trial organization in the world helping children with cancer. Learn more about our cancer research.
• Rady Children's is the first pediatric hospital in the country to offer EOS, a groundbreaking orthopedic imaging system that dramatically reduces radiation exposure.
• New physicians who receive their training at Rady Children’s are among the best and brightest. Many of our residents are accepted into the most competitive fellowships in the nation. Learn more about graduate medical education at Rady Children's.