Research
Our Mission
To educate a diverse body of future physicians and biomedical scientists for a career dedicated to the highest ideals of their profession, to provide outstanding patient-centered care, and to conduct innovative research that benefits the health and well-being of the population of Texas and beyond.
In pursuit of the research mission of the Department of Pediatrics, our internationally renowned Research Vice-Chairs, and Pediatric Research Committee lead our faculty in an extraordinary commitment to quality research.
Pediatric Research Committee
![Mary Aitken, MD, MPH](https://med.uth.edu/pediatrics/wp-content/uploads/sites/63/2019/12/Aitken-Mary-web.jpg)
![Alvaro Coronado Munoz, MD](https://med.uth.edu/pediatrics/wp-content/uploads/sites/63/2020/12/Munoz-Alvaro-Jose-Coronado-web.jpg)
![Tina Findley, MD](https://med.uth.edu/pediatrics/wp-content/uploads/sites/63/2017/07/DSC_8980-Findley-180x225-2.png)
![Anthony Flores, MD, MPH, PhD](https://med.uth.edu/pediatrics/wp-content/uploads/sites/63/2021/07/Anthony-Flores-MD-2.jpg)
![Syed S. Hashmi, MD, MPH, PhD](https://med.uth.edu/pediatrics/wp-content/uploads/sites/63/2021/06/Syed-S.-Hashmi-MD-MPH-PhD-2.jpg)
![Jacqueline Hecht, PhD](https://med.uth.edu/pediatrics/wp-content/uploads/sites/63/2022/01/jacqueline-hecht.jpg)
![Gloria Heresi, MD](https://med.uth.edu/pediatrics/wp-content/uploads/sites/63/2022/08/Gloria-Heresi-MD.jpg)
![Joan Hernandez, MPH](https://med.uth.edu/pediatrics/wp-content/uploads/sites/63/2022/07/DSC_8879-Joan-Hernandez-180x225-1.png)
![Amir M. Khan, MD](https://med.uth.edu/pediatrics/wp-content/uploads/sites/63/2017/03/amir-khan1.jpg)
![](https://med.uth.edu/pediatrics/wp-content/uploads/sites/63/2017/03/Koenig.jpg)
![Yoshihiro Komatsu, Ph.D.](https://med.uth.edu/pediatrics/wp-content/uploads/sites/63/2017/03/Yoshihiro-Komatsu_4867.jpg)
![Rachel Miller, PhD](https://med.uth.edu/pediatrics/wp-content/uploads/sites/63/2022/11/Rachel-Miller-PhD.png)
![Ricardo Mosquera, MD](https://med.uth.edu/pediatrics/wp-content/uploads/sites/63/2021/11/Ricardo-Mosquera-MD.jpg)
![Hope Northrup, MD](https://med.uth.edu/pediatrics/wp-content/uploads/sites/63/2021/12/Hope-Northrup-1.jpg)
![Dr. Rhoads](https://med.uth.edu/pediatrics/wp-content/uploads/sites/63/2017/07/DSC_3142-Dr.-Rhoads-180x225-1.png)
![Matthew Rysavy, MD, PhD](https://med.uth.edu/pediatrics/wp-content/uploads/sites/63/2021/06/Rysavy-180-x-225.jpg)
![Heather Saavedra, RD/LD](https://med.uth.edu/pediatrics/wp-content/uploads/sites/63/2017/03/Heather-Saavedra-14068.jpg)
![Joyce P. Samuel, M.D., MS](https://med.uth.edu/pediatrics/wp-content/uploads/sites/63/2017/03/joyce-samuel.jpg)