Pediatric Infectious
Diseases
Our mission is to provide excellence in patient care, research, education, advocacy, and community engagement. We strive to accomplish our mission while embracing the core values of community, family, respect, responsibility, and diversity.
Welcome to the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Now more than ever, Infectious Diseases are changing the way we live. A worldwide pandemic, life threatening emerging infections like Ebola, and multidrug resistant bacteria are challenging us to find therapies and algorithms to deal with these new problems. Yet, seldom has there been a more exciting time in translational medicine. Together, clinicians and scientists have brought forth diagnostics and therapeutics to combat a pandemic in record time. Phages are used to treat pan-resistant microbes and fecal microbiota and gene therapy are successfully healing intractable diseases. Infectious disease physicians play a major role bridging basic science and clinical medicine to expand our understanding of infections and bring novel therapies to patients with complex diseases.
At UCSD Dept. of Pediatrics and Rady Children's Hospital, we invite you to join the fight and help lead the way as we bring cutting-edge therapeutics to children with infection.
George Y. Liu, MD, PhD
Division Chief
Infectious Diseases
In the News
Current Research
Update on Diagnosis and Management of Kawasaki Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association
November 13, 2024
The World Needs a Staph Vaccine—New Research Could Bring It a Step Closer
August 2, 2024
Meet Our Faculty
About the Fellowship
The research opportunities for Fellows at UCSD/RCHSD are vast and varied, so that each individual may optimize their experiences to match their career path. The UCSD Pediatric Department currently ranks #6 in NIH funding and consistently ranks near the top in NIH funding per faculty member. In addition to the tremendous research infrastructure within the Department, collaborations exist with local famed institutions such as: The Scripps Research Institute, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla Institute of Allergy & Immunology, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, UCSD Clinical & Translational Research Institute, UCSD Institute of Genomic Medicine, Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine, and over 500 biotechnology companies involved in research and development. Fellows can tap into any of these multiple resources.
About the FellowshipContact Our Division
Mailing Address
3020 Children's Way, Mail Code 5041
San Diego, CA 92123
Physical Address and Phone Number
Rady Children's Health
Medical Office Building, 2nd Floor, South
3030 Children's Way
San Diego, CA 92123
Phone 858-966-7785
Fax 858-966-8658