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

Tina Findley, MD

Syed Hashmi, MD, MPH, PhD

Jacqueline Hecht, PhD

Gloria Heresi, MD

Joan Hernandez, MPH

Amir Khan, MD

Mary Kay Koenig, MD

Yoshihiro Komatsu, PhD

Rachel Miller, PhD

Ricardo Mosquera, MD

Hope Northrup, MD

J.M. Rhoads, MD

Matthew Rysavy, MD, PhD

Heather Saavedra, RD/LD

Joyce Samuel, MD, MS