100 Years of Pediatrics

Yale School of Medicine doctors and researchers with friends and family in Ukraine have organized to raise funds and equipment for overwhelmed hospitals in the embattled country.

By Christopher Hoffman

Institutional support encourages researchers and clinicians to diagnose and treat rare diseases.

By Brian Hudgins

Pediatrics' leaders since 1921.

Over the last century, the Department of Pediatrics has been at the forefront of major clinical and research advances.

By John Curtis

Yale-New Haven Children's NICU gets a new MRI machine.

By Christopher Hoffman

On-site attorneys help address the social determinants of health.

By Jeanna Lucci Canapari

For over a century, researchers have studied children’s well-being.

By Jenny Blair

Many of the people and significant achievements that have marked the history of the Department of Pediatrics were brought to life in a wide-ranging exhibit of captivating black-and-white photos and unusual artifacts hosted by the Yale Medical Historical Library. The exhibit, on display last summer, told the story of how a once-tiny department grew into a global leader in the pediatric community.

By Isabella Backman

Editor's Note

By Adrian Bonenberger

Advances in medicine allow people to live with congenital diseases that might have been fatal in the past.

By Ken Byron

A collection of recent scientific findings

In classrooms across the United States, five to 10 million children struggle with dyslexia. While offering intervention strategies in grades 1 through 3 can drastically improve the trajectory of a student’s education, the window for effective intervention is narrow. That makes early and accurate screening key. Now, researchers are discovering clues in our genes that could speed early assessment of the risk of dyslexia.

By Isabella Backman and Adrian Bonenberger

In memoriam: Zoe Nakos Canellakis, PhD

Marie Egan of YSM’s Department of Pediatrics has had a long and successful career helping patients and advancing research. Her advice to new doctors? Don’t dip your toe in the water: jump in.

A Q&A with Dean Brown about the state of pediatrics.

MARIETTA VAZQUEZ, MD, professor of pediatrics (general pediatrics) and associate dean for medical student diversity, is a trailblazer for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts both in her department and across the medical school. Born in Puerto Rico, her identity has shaped who she is today as a clinician and researcher. Yale Medicine Magazine spoke with Vazquez about her journey to medicine, as well as her present and future initiatives.