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Mike Steiner, MD, MPH. Pediatrician in Chief, N.C. Children's Hospital; Chief, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine; Director, Outreach and Network Development, Dept. of Pediatrics; Michael F. Durfee, M.D. Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics. What is UNC Children’s.
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Mike Steiner, MD, MPH Pediatrician in Chief, N.C. Children's Hospital; Chief, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine; Director, Outreach and Network Development, Dept. of Pediatrics; Michael F. Durfee, M.D. Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics
What is UNC Children’s • NC Children’s Hospital • UNC Department of Pediatrics
Our Clinical Home in Chapel Hill • Creating a unit dedicated to children with congenital heart disease and/or recovering from heart surgery • Actively recruiting more than 20 specialists • Improving function and patient experience in clinics • Children’s Surgical Verification • 24-7 Pediatric Emergency Department
2801 Blue Ridge Office Building • ~42,000 square feet of new space • Larger than current Children’s clinics in hospital, Raleigh clinic and Hem/Onc clinics combined • Completely focused on care of children • Pull-up parking • Located across street from Rex • 30 min from UNC Medical Center
Leveling the Playing Field • Mission: • Build partnerships to advance the health of children in NC and beyond • Partner with foundations, industry, & the community • Promote, pursue, & remain competitive for collaborative research • Work efficiently & collaboratively, sharing space, equipment, costs • Accelerate funding & providing latest scientific advancements to children Web Site: Childrensresearch.unc.eduEmail: childrensresearch@med.unc.edu
Why is Research in Children’s Health Important? Most kids in the U.S. are in good health, but… 1 in 4 have a chronic health condition 1 in 6 have a developmental disability 1 in 12 have asthma 1 in 300 are diabetic 1 in 13 have a rare disease 1 in 25 have a food allergy 4 out of 5 hospitalized children receive off-label medications* *off-label means the medication has not been studied in children! …certain health conditions are on the rise
7 great achievements of the past 40 years Savingpremature babies Curinga common childhood cancer Preventing HIV transmission from mother to baby Saving lives with car seats & seat belts Reducing SIDS with Back to Sleep Increasing life expectancy in children with chronic diseases Preventing disease with life saving immunizations Research in children saves lives 50% Survival rate of babies born at 23-weeks 47 years Life expectancy of patientswith cystic fibrosis 95%Survival rate of childhood leukemia
What are the next great achievements? Additional immunizations Cancer immunotherapies Big, life-course data: childhood origins of disease Genomic discoveries to predict & treat disease Improved systems of care Reduction of global poverty Personalized medicine & population health Basic Research: Understanding basic biology, diseases, & behavior Pre-Clinical Research: Developing interventions in simulations, animals, cells or tissue samples Clinical Research: Collecting data & conducting studies in people Clinical Implementation: Adoption into general practice, continued research, quality improvement, develop new questions Public Health: Population level outcomes of current treatments, develop new questions How are advances in health made? Image courtesy of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
What Can You Do? • Advocate • Make Connections • Get Involved
Pediatrician in Chief, N.C. Children's Hospital Email: msteiner@med.unc.edu Keela Lyon Mike Steiner, MD, MPH Senior Executive Director of Development, UNC Children’s Email: keela_lyon@unc.edu