For Clinicians
Research Program
Research activities can be pursued during elective time in the second and third years of the program. Clinical research activities of the Division of Child Neurology include medical treatment of epilepsy and headache, surgical treatment of epilepsy, anticonvulsant metabolism, functional neuroimaging, behavior and cognition in pediatric epilepsy, treatment of muscular dystrophy, causes and treatment of stroke in childhood, and causes and treatment of inflammatory nervous symptom disease. The basic research activities of the division include development of targeted virus and immunotherapy to treat cancer, establishing an animal model of demyelineating disease, and mapping neuroanatomic connections in the brain using viral vectors.
A research project is required of all residents in the program. Residents are paired with mentors during the first year of the program. The mentor will assist the resident in developing a project that can be completed during the three years of the program. The project can be clinical or laboratory-based. Residents are encouraged to prepare their projects for presentation at national meetings and for publication.
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has an outstanding neuroscience community. Mentors and projects are available to child neurology residents at the University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Neuroscience.
