Public Health Pediatrics Education

Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine offers an ACGME-accredited three-year fellowship in child abuse pediatrics. Completion of the program prepares the candidate to sit for the Child Abuse Pediatrics board examination. View more information about the Child Abuse Pediatrics Fellowship program.

The Division of Public Health Pediatrics is proud to offer free educational sessions and trainings to teachers, counselors, childcare providers, healthcare professionals, social workers, nonprofit professionals, child welfare professionals, law enforcement, first responders and community members.

Topics include:

• Recognizing, responding and preventing child abuse and neglect
• Early brain development
• Using a public health framework to prevent and mitigate adverse childhood experiences (ACEs).
• Supporting children from trauma
• Human trafficking*
• Intimate partner violence screening
• Children with incarcerated parents
• Perinatal depression
• Perinatal substance use
• Child fatality prevention
• Adolescent mental health and suicide prevention

All trainings are available for free, and certificates of attendance and CEUs can be provided. For questions or to schedule a training, please contact Diane Kaulen at (832) 822-1944 or dbkaulen@texaschildrens.org.

*CMEs and CNEs are available

Regardless of what your career goals are, Division of Public Health Pediatrics has a multitude of opportunities to support your interests.

Master’s Degree Options

• Master’s of Science in Clinical Research
• Master’s of Education
• Master’s in Public Health

Education/Teaching

There are a variety of teaching opportunities within the TCH system and in the surrounding community. Fellows have the opportunity to build a robust portfolio of teaching and educational experience. Our fellows have engaged in workshops, conferences, and lectures at regional, state, national and international platforms.

There are many opportunities to engage in medical education, pre-medical students, medical students, and residents to build a portfolio of medical education experience, including curriculum development.

Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Research, Innovation and Scholarship (CRIS) is one of the first medical education center in the nation in a freestanding children’s hospital. CRIS fosters diverse opportunities for residents, fellows and medical faculty members to conduct scholarly research about teaching, experiment with innovative approaches and implement best practices.

Research

Mentorship for clinical research projects is readily available in the Division of Public Health Pediatrics with faculty who have primary interests in clinical research. Ongoing projects in the division include early recognition of physical abuse and neglect, innovative imaging protocols for suspected abuse, and ongoing collaborations with other pediatric subspecialties as well as the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences. There is support for project design, grant writing, IRB submission, and statistical analysis within our division.