pediatrics

David J. Birnkrant, professor emeritus of pediatrics at the School of Medicine, was chosen to give an honorary lecture at the annual meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians in Boston. The Margaret Pfrommer Endowed Memorial Lecture in Home-Based Mechanical Ventilation honors “a clinician ...

Renowned neonatologist Cynthia F. Bearer has been awarded the prestigious 2025 Mary Ellen Avery Neonatal Research Award by the American Pediatric Society and the Society for Pediatric Research. Bearer is professor of pediatrics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and chief of the D...

As cold and flu season approaches, people face the challenge of keeping themselves—and, in the case of those who are parents, their children—healthy amidst rising illness rates. With viruses becoming increasingly prevalent during this time of year, understanding how to effectively manage symptoms an...

A recent Bruker BioSpin “customer insight” article highlighted how Chris Flask, professor of radiology, biomedical engineering and pediatrics, and his team are uniting preclinical and clinical research at the Case Center for Imaging Research (CCIR). Bruker BioSpin is a newsletter covering magnetic r...

Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to a University Hospitals Rainbow Pediatric Grand Rounds Series event hosted by the UH Rainbow Center for Child Health and Policy and co-sponsored by the Schubert Center for Child Studies at Case Western Reserve University. Rebecc...

Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to learn more about the pediatric primary and acute care nurse practitioner major in the Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) program at Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing. A virtual information session will be held Tuesday, Jun...

A team of researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine recently had an article published in the journal Pediatric Pulmonology. David J. Birnkrant, professor emeritus of pediatrics; Jane B. Black, clinical assistant professor of pediatrics; and John C. Carter, assistant professor...

David J. Birnkrant, professor of pediatrics, and Jane B. Black, clinical assistant professor of pediatrics, penned an op-ed for cleveland.com calling for the public to rely on expert consensus rather than personal opinion when considering COVID-19 information. In their piece, titled “Expert consens...

Andrew Garner, clinical professor of pediatrics and an associate with the Schubert Center for Child Studies, recently co-authored a new policy statement titled “Preventing Childhood Toxic Stress: Partnering With Families and Communities to Promote Relational Health,” for the American Academy of Pedi...

Case Western Reserve University researchers have demonstrated that the risk for myocarditis/pericarditis (heart inflammation) among male teens (12-17) diagnosed with COVID-19 is nearly six times higher than their combined risk following first and second doses of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccination. The ris...