As the field of pediatric research is incredibly broad, spanning prenatal care to adolescent health, genetics to community-engagement, disease-focused treatment to public health. Because of that, we partner with nearly every department on the Winston-Salem and Charlotte campuses of Wake Forest University School of Medicine, as well as nationally and internationally, to achieve these goals.
The Department of Pediatrics at Wake Forest University School of Medicine has active research in the following areas, with total external funding in 2023 of nearly $16 million:
- Social Determinants of Health and Health Equity, with a focus on inpatient and outpatient food insecurity
- Medical Education
- Neonatal- clinical trials and observational studies of prematurity
- Community Engagement and Community Health
- Sickle Cell Disease
- Childhood malignancies
- Obesity prevention and treatment
- Family Systems and Health
- Kidney disease, particularly hypertension, transplant, and acute kidney injury
- Care of children with chronic illness
- Celiac Disease and food allergy
- Vaccines in special populations
