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Doctor Ronald Scott retires after 60 years in the Department of Pediatrics. The retirement party was filled with gratitude, joy, and tears. Many of his patients thanked him, while colleagues shared moving stories. 
 

Drs. Fred Rivara (UW Pediatrics) and Laura Prater (UW Psychiatry) discuss the intersection of toy, video, and real guns and the interplay of these in the minds and actions of children.

Dr. Pooja Tandon speaks on a new state law that creates equitable recess opportunities in elementary schools, giving children daily opportunities to move, play, and refresh to reduce stress and barriers to learning.

Associate Professor, Yolanda Evans, is on a mission to improve health information and access for patients and families. “By thinking innovatively, we can create a workforce who don’t necessarily need a master’s, but who can still be trained to intervene early on for mental health needs like depression, anxiety and eating disorder care. This way, adolescents aren’t struggling with these issues for months to years before they are helped.

UW Pediatrics professor Janet Englund joins 47 UW faculty and researchers who have demonstrated significant influence in their chosen field. The highly anticipated list of researchers highlights those who have published multiple highly cited papers during the last decade. 

A cooperative initiative between the University of Washington and Seattle Children's Hospital finds success in liver transplants from living adults to children in need. In fact, the program has the highest volume of such transplants in the U.S. this year.

UW Pediatrics assistant professor and physician/scientist Danny E. Miller has received a competitive National Institutes of Health Director’s Early Independence Award, which provides up to $1.25 million over 5 years. 

Genomic advances are helping solve undiagnosed genetic disorders in children—and UW Pediatrics is making it even faster. Learn how UW Pediatrics researcher and assistant professor, Dr. Danny Miller, is using whole-genome sequencing technology to expedite clinical decisions and treatments, and enlighten parents about their child’s genetic conditions. Thanks to an award from the National Institutes of Health, Miller aims to accelerate child genome sequencing to only three hours.

Dr. Fred Rivara, director of the Firearm Injury & Policy Research Program at Harborview Medical Center, has more than 30 years of experience researching injury prevention. He says making any sense of the deadly mass shooting that occurred May 24 at a Texas elementary school is difficult.

Mignon Loh, MD, joined the UW School of Medicine’s Department of Pediatrics as division chief of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, Bone Marrow Transplant and Cellular Therapy on Dec. 1, 2021.