Vaccine Education Center

Our Faculty Spotlight features Paul Offit, MD, director of the Vaccine Education Center at CHOP.

When virtually everyone in the world was waiting for vaccines, the Vaccine Education Center at CHOP provided accurate, unbiased answers.

This week “In The News,” our scientists and their groundbreaking research appear in Newsweek, Cell Reports, and Molecular Therapy.

Scientist, author, professor or vaccine champion, Dr. Paul Offit's goal remains the same: Protect children & families from harm.

Notable awards, new autism initiatives, and a novel approach to managing sickle cell disease are all part of this week's roundup of research news. As Children's Hospital of Philadelphia experts made waves at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) National Conference in Chicago, our local Philadelphia Eagles launched a new commitment to support autism research at CHOP and neighboring institutions

Press badges in hand, the fourth and fifth-grade reporters of Philadelphia's local schools are taking today's news coverage about health and science into their own communities.

Welcome back to another weekly roundup of research news from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia! Exciting and important pediatric research spans everything from conditions that are common and treatable, such as ear infections, to others more rare and deadly, such as cancer.

Yippee! Hooray! Woo-hoo! We'd like to take a few moments to celebrate the recent accolades given to scientists and physician researchers at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute who are featured in the latest issue of Bench to Bedside, our monthly newsmagazine.


Douglas Wallace, PhD and Dr.

Vaccines are a routine part of healthcare for most Americans, but some parents remain passionately opposed to childhood immunizations, despite reassurance from public health experts about their safety and value.