Children's Health Research

Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM) is a global leader in pediatric health research.

  • There are 229 open clinical studies in the Department of Pediatrics. This includes 59 treatment protocols where new therapies and medications for a variety of pediatric diseases are being devised and tested.
  • From July 2023 to June 2024: 100 WCM pediatrics faculty had 236 unique publications, including book chapters and articles, published in peer-reviewed journals.
  • 30 pediatrics faculty held National Institutes of Health (NIH) awards in 2023-2024, totaling $34,556,135 in total project funds. 
  • In August 2021, Dr. Sallie Permar launched Weill Cornell Medicine’s Physician Scientist Training Program (PSTP). The PSTP supports trainees in developing a research career by combining intensive clinical training with rigorous basic and translational science training. Through the program, 1-2 pediatric residents are accepted on an “integrated research track” where they spend one out of three years of residency conducting research mentored by our world-renowned faculty. This year’s PSTP trainees are Kelly Banks, M.D., Ph.D., Richard Piszczatowski, M.D., Ph.D. and Florina Grigore, M.D.. 

       

Children’s Health Investigators Fund Recipients 

Each year, the Investigators Fund awards seed money to support three projects, providing early-career investigators with the resources needed to establish preliminary research results essential to qualify for substantial grants from the NIH. Below are the research projects the Investigators Fund has made possible.

2024-2025 Recipients

2023-2024 Recipients

2022-2023 Recipients

2021-2022 Recipients

2020-2021 Recipients

2019-2020 Recipients

2018-2019 Recipients