page_title: UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
section_title: Research
hierarchical_section_title: UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh / About / Research
caption_attribution_description: English: Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
context_page_description: UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, a hospital of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, is the only hospital in Southwestern Pennsylvania dedicated solely to the care of infants, children, teens and young adults well into their 20s and beyond, generally stopping around age 26. UPMC Children's also sometimes even treats older adults that require pediatric care. Care is provided by more than 700 board-certified pediatricians and pediatric specialists. Children's also provides primary care and specialty care at over 30 locations throughout the Pittsburgh region, as well as clinical specialty services throughout western Pennsylvania at regional health care facilities. UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh was one of only eight pediatric hospitals in the United States to make U.S. News & World Report's 2010-11 Best Children's Hospitals Honor Roll and is ranked in all ten of the specialties evaluated by US News. Children's is also one of only eight children's hospitals in the United States to be named as a Leapfrog Top Hospital and was ranked sixth in the nation by Parents magazine.
context_section_description: Children's Hospital's research heritage began in the earliest years of pediatric medicine and is filled with significant research achievements. Today, Children's research is accelerating at an unprecedented pace. They are one of the fastest growing pediatric research programs in the United States and rank seventh in National Institutes of Health grant funding.
  The John G. Rangos Sr. Research Center serves as the hub of pediatric research in Pittsburgh. In 2008, the research center transferred to a new 300,000-square-foot (28,000 m²) state-of-the-art facility with nearly triple the space for research activities. The space accommodates 70 principal investigators and supports biomedical research, including genomics, cellular imaging, signal transduction, structural biology, immunology and neuroscience, among other fields.
  The research center also houses a conference center and is home to the Richard King Mellon Foundation Institute for Pediatric Research.
caption: Exterior view of the Children's Hospital.
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