Texas Childrens Hospital

Research: texas children's/baylor researchers at the feigin center, the jan and dan duncan neurological research institute and the children's nutrition research center are conducting some of the most innovative ongoing research in a variety of areas from pediatric cardiology to infectious diseases, nutrition, vaccines and pediatric neurology and neurogenetics. During the year, texas children's invested more than $126 million in clinical, basic and translational research projects, exploring a wide range of children's and women's health issues. In addition, the hospital continued its strategic focus on the growth and success of all texas children's research endeavors through enhanced infrastructure, such as the expansion of the jan and dan duncan neurological research institute where investigators can access cutting edge imaging modalities, such as two-photon microscopy, and state-of-the-art neurophysiology and behavioral science core resources.

Education: the hospital serves as the primary pediatric teaching facility for baylor college of medicine (their long-term academic partner). In addition, the texas children's pavilion for women is one of the premier private training hospitals for baylor college of medicine's department of obstectrics and gynecology. The close affiliation between the institutions extends through texas children's operations, baylor faculty including service chiefs, medical directors and staff physicians across the hospital's 54 sub-specialty care offerings. During the fiscal year ended september 30, 2024, the hospital invested more than $57 million in the training of over 1,200 trainees in approximately 80 training programs rotating at texas children's. Baylor and texas children's have a proven track record recruiting transformative physician-scientists and one of the strongest pediatric residency programs in the country. Baylor's pediatric residency program is the largest training ground for pediatrics and one of the most competitive in the country.