
Faculty Research Interests
We strive to advance knowledge in basic, clinical, and behavioral sciences to rapidly translate discovery and innovation into clinical practice.
- Joseph Alcorn,
PhD
Associate Professor
Lung Development, Surfactant Biology, Prematurity - Paul Au, PhD
Assistant Professor
Tuberous Sclerosis, Neural Tube Defects - Thomas G. Cleary, MD
Professor
Bacterial Enteropathogens, Human Milk Factor/Lactoferrin - Linda Ewing-Cobbs, PhD
Professor
Head Injury, Child Abuse, Mathematics Disabilities - Giuseppe N. Colasurdo, MD
Dean, Medical School; Professor and Chair, Pediatrics; H. Wayne Hightower Distinguished Professor in the Medical Sciences; David R. Park Professorship in Pediatric Medicine
Lung Biology, Respiratory Infections in Children, Pediatric Asthma - Charles S. Cox, MD
Professor
Stem Cells and Traumatic Brain Injury - Eric Eichenwald, MD
Associate Professor
Quality Improvement in the NICU, Nitric Oxide Therapy - Richard Frye, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Brain Imaging, Dyslexia, Autism - Michael J. Gambello, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Mouse Models of Neurogenetic Disorders, Autism - Christopher Greeley, MD
Assistant Professor
Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse - Jacqueline T. Hecht, PhD
Professor and Vice Chair for Research
Cartilage Biology, Cleft Lip and Palate, Clubfoot - Gloria Heresi, MD
Associate Professor
Pediatric AIDS, Neonatal Infections, Immunobiology - Kathleen Kennedy, MD, MPH
Professor
Neonatal Nutrition, Neonatal Chronic Lung Disease, Retinopathy of Prematurity - Amir Khan , MD
Associate Professor
Lung Injury, Pulmonary Hypertension, ECMO - Susan Landry, PhD
Professor, Children's Learning Institute
Learning Education, Early Childhood Development, Reading Readiness - Hope Northrup, MD
Professor
Tuberous Sclerosis, Neural Tube Defects - Andrew Papanicolaou, MD
Professor
Neuroimaging, Epilepsy, Brain Development - Marc Rhoads, MD
Professor
Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Diarrheal Disease - Kim Smith, MD, MPH
Professor
Pediatric Tuberculosis Diagnostics - Rita Swinford, MD
Associate Professor
Childhood Hypertension, Renal Dialysis - Jon Tyson, MD, MPH
Professor
Study Design, Neonatal Clinical Trials - Scott Wenderfer MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Immune Complex Disease, Glomerulonephritis, Lupus Nephritis - to the top
Location & Contact
6431 Fannin Street
MSB 3.020
Houston, Texas 77030
713-500-5700
Research
Divisions
- Pediatric Divisions Index
- Adolescent Medicine
- Allergy/Immunology, Rheumatology
- Cardiology
- Child Protection Pediatrics
- Children's Learning Institute
- Community & General Pediatrics
- Critical Care Medicine
- Endocrinology
- Gastroenterology
- Hematology
- Infectious Diseases
- Medical Genetics
- Neonatology
- Nephrology
- Neurology
- Pediatric Research Center
- Pulmonary Medicine

