Research

Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital benefits from its affiliation with Yale School of Medicine, one of the nation's premier institutions devoted to improving our understanding the causes and treatments of disorders that affect children.

Research efforts at Yale New-Haven Children's Hospital and Yale School of Medicine include leading basic science and clinical research in many areas, and exciting translational research efforts that bring what is learned at the research bench to the bedside. The Section of Pediatrics ranks among the top pediatric departments in the country in National Institutes of Health grant support. Many of our faculty are recognized nationally and internationally for their contributions to pediatric research, as well. Learn more about our research initiatives.

SNAPSHOT: Bioengineering to correct heart disease

At Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital visionary research on building a living, working, heart valve for children with congenital heart disease is helping to revolutionize heart care for children. YNHCH pediatric surgeons Christopher Breuer, MD, and Toshiharu Shinoka, MD, have developed a novel procedure, approved by the FDA, that uses a patient's own cells to create a new, bioengineered heart valve. Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital is the only center in the United States to offer this potentially life-saving procedure to children with severe heart disease.