CHOC Pediatrica
News and Information for Pediatric Healthcare Professionals
CHOC continues to lead the way in technology and artificial intelligence in the world of pediatric medicine, with the second annual “Pediatrics 2040: Trends and Innovations for the Next 25 Years.” The conference was held in January at The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel, bringing together some of the brightest – and even youngest – minds in […]
Join us for CHOC Research Week, being held through Nov. 20 on CHOC main campus in Orange. Tuesday, Nov. 17 Research Resources at CHOC 8 a.m. – 9:30 a.m., Bill Holmes Tower, second floor, conference room A & B Presenters: Amit Soni, MD, Megan Bailey, BA, Phuong Dao, JD CHOC Research Institute Open House Noon […]
We are pleased to announce that we just completed another round of the CHOC – UC Irvine Child Health Research Awards, our annual call for proposals that enhance research collaborations between CHOC and UC Irvine and further the Mission, Vision and strategic aims of the CHOC-UCI Child Health Research Strategic Plan. Intended to support research […]
Dr. Anthony Chang, who helped establish the Sharon Disney Lund Medical and Innovation Institute at CHOC, has been appointed chief intelligence and innovation officer for the pediatric healthcare system. Innovation has been a long-held organizational value at CHOC and now, with Dr. Chang’s leadership, vision and focus, along with the generous support of the Sharon […]
CHOC’s new stem cell production facility, slated to open late this summer, will allow CHOC researchers to produce patient-specific cells for immune-matching therapies that could positively impact fatal neurological diseases in children – all at a fraction of the cost of building a larger, more complex laboratory. Within the state-the-art softwall clean room, CHOC researchers […]
Researchers are studying autism by turning skin cells into brain cells through genetic manipulation, says CHOC’s Philip Schwartz, Ph.D.
