Posts Categorized: Research and Innovation
August 26, 2019
Local Conversation, Global Influence: How Rady Children’s Experts Are Helping to Innovate the Future of Care for a Rare Orthopedic Disease
Most health care professionals are accustomed to sharing their expertise with one patient at a time. But recently, two such professionals — V. Salil Upasani, MD, co-director of the International Center for Pediatric and Adolescent Hip Disorders at Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego and an associate clinical professor at University of California San Diego School of…
Orthopedics, Research and Innovation, Staff Stories
Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease, orthopedics, rare childhood disease, rare disease, rare disease research
July 8, 2019
Getting to Know: Peter Chiraseveenprapund, MD — Pediatric Rheumatologist
Peter Chiraseveenprapund, MD, (you can call him “Dr. Chira”) is a man on a mission. He’s a pediatric rheumatologist at Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego, and cares for kids with conditions including juvenile arthritis, lupus and scleroderma. He’s an associate professor of clinical pediatrics at University of California San Diego School of Medicine. And he’s working…
Research and Innovation, Rheumatology, Staff Stories
juvenile arthritis, juvenile arthritis awareness, pediatric medicine, pediatric rheumatologist, rheumatology
April 9, 2019
What’s Now and Next in Autism Spectrum Disorder Research?
Between 2000 and 2014, the number of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the United States more than doubled, from approximately one in 150 to approximately one in 59[1]. While it’s difficult to say whether this is due to a true increase in incidence, to heightened awareness and more frequent assessments, or a…
Behavioral Health, Research and Innovation
autism discovery institute, autism education, autism research, autism services, autism spectrum disorder, autism treatments
March 26, 2019
Getting to Know: George Liu, M.D., Ph.D. — Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases
George Liu, M.D., Ph.D., is one of the most recent additions to the Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego family. After growing up in Africa, earning his medical education in both San Diego and the United Kingdom, and honing his clinical and research expertise in Los Angeles, the newly minted chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases…
Infectious Diseases, Research and Innovation, Staff Stories
antibiotic resistance, Dr. George Liu, infectious disease research, infectious diseases, resistant bacteria, resistant bacteria research
February 1, 2019
Getting to Know: Justin Ryan, Ph.D. – Director of the 3D Innovations Lab
Justin Ryan, Ph.D., is an artist — a very specialized, highly technical, life-improving artist. After all, as director of the new 3D Innovations (3DI) Lab at Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego, he and his team craft 3D models of hearts, brains, bones and more to streamline surgical plans and improve outcomes for even the Hospital’s most…
Research and Innovation, Staff Stories
3D Innovations Lab, 3D modeling, 3D printing, 3DI, 3DI Lab, staff stories, surgical innovation, surgical models
January 30, 2019
Changing Policies, Changing Lives
Each year, the Cochlear Implant Program team from the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Departments (latter team pictured) at Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego witnesses dozens of profoundly deaf or severely hard-of-hearing children experience the sounds of the world around them for the first time. Being outfitted with a cochlear implant, a surgically placed electronic device, can…
Child Development, Hearing/Speech, Research and Innovation
audiology, cochlear implants, speech-language pathology, telemedicine, telespeech
December 12, 2018
Food for Thought: Understanding and Managing Food Allergies in Kids
Food allergies are becoming increasingly common, particularly in children. We sat down with Stephanie Leonard, M.D., director of the Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego Food Allergy Center and an associate clinical professor for the Division of Allergy-Immunology-Rheumatology within University of California San Diego School of Medicine’s Department of Pediatrics, to discuss prevalence, what’s new in research…
Allergy/Immunology, Research and Innovation
allergy immunotherapy, childhood food allergies, food allergies, food allergy prevalence, food allergy research, food allergy symptoms, food allergy treatment
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