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​Pitt Pediatrics congratulates associate professor Ingrid M. Libman, MD, PhD, MPH of the Division of Endocrinology on her receipt of Pitt's prestigious Medical Student Research Mentoring Award.

There is no long-term benefit to surgically placing tympanostomy tubes in a young child’s ears to reduce the rate of recurrent ear infections during the ensuing two years compared with giving oral antibiotics to treat ear infections, a randomized trial led by UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and University of Pittsburgh pediatrician-scientists determined. 

Pitt Pediatrics congratulates Archana Ramgopal, DO, fellow in the Division of Hematology-Oncology, on receiving the 2021 Research Training Award from the American Society of Hematology.

Pitt Pediatrics congratulates Carlton M. Bates, MD, Vice Chair of Basic Research, director of the Division of Nephrology, and professor of pediatrics, on his appointment as Physician Scientist Development Lead on the Executive Committee of the Council for the Society for Pediatric Research (SPR).

​Pitt Pediatrics congratulates Craig A. Byersdorfer, MD, PhD, associate professor in the Division of Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapies, on receiving the Pitt School of Medicine's Medical Student Research Mentoring Merit Award.

Pitt Pediatrics congratulates Sylvia Choi, MD, FAAP, on her appointment as Vice Chair of Faculty Affairs.

​A team of collaborators including Diego G. Chaves-Gnecco, MD, MPH, FAAP, associate professor in the Division of General Academic Pediatrics, analyzed methods to improve the U.S. immigration system and reduce negative health impacts on migrant children and families.