Using AI to Diagnose Ear Infections in Children

Baby holding mother's finger

As director of the Division of General Academic Pediatrics and president of UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics (CCP), Alejandro Hoberman, MD, recently led a team of researchers in developing a new smartphone app that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to accurately diagnose ear infections in children.

How Donors are Fueling Ewing Sarcoma Research

For Kelly Bailey, MD, PhD, Ewing sarcoma is more than a rare and difficult-to-treat bone tumor that predominantly affects teenagers. It’s the focal point of her research and the primary reason she practices medicine.

Innovation in Gene Therapy Starts at UPMC Children’s

UPMC Children’s is on its way to becoming the lead site for development and human clinical trials of a new gene therapy treatment for VLCADD (Very Long Chain Acyl CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency), a rare genetic disorder that is identified through newborn screening.