Our vision

Our vision is of a nationally and internationally renowned multi-disciplinary department providing leadership, excellence and opportunity in paediatric teaching, research and clinical practice; a department that is at the forefront of child and adolescent health.

NEWS and EVENTS


	The University of Melbourne and the Royal Children's Hospital's will again be co-ordinating the yearly Clinical Paediatric Update. This year's CPU will be held on weekend of Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd June in the Health, Education and Learning Precinct at the Royal Children's Hospital. Please click here for more information and registration.
	The University and Royal Children's Hospital's Teddy Bear Hospital (TBH) program will again be part of the Good Friday Appeal's Kids Day Out on Friday 29 March.
	"Health for Generations" Learn about the excellent work of our Professors Susan Sawyer and George Patton and their teams at the Hospital's Centre for Adolescent Health and the MCRI and some of their recent achievements.
	TB in children has been generally neglected in the context of global TB control but this is changing as it is increasingly recognised as an important cause of child morbidity and mortality. As a member of the Strategic and Technical Advisory Group on TB for the World Health Organisation Associate Professor Steve Graham is working at the forefront of the fight to "Stop TB". To commemorate World TB Day 2013, The Lancet Infectious Diseases has published a series of papers on tuberculosis, including a commentary by Associate Professor Steve Graham and colleagues from the Centre of Research Excellence on Tuberculosis Control which discusses the Progress and challenges in childhood tuberculosis.
	Professor Susan Sawyer recognised for "her pioneering work in the field of adolescent health" by being inducted into the Victorian Women's Honour Roll as one of the 20 women inducted as part of the 2013 International Women's Day celebration. [more]
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