Academic medicine

Academic training posts offer paediatricians the opportunity to do crucial research in child health. Find out about this area

Course

RCPCH-BPSU Webinar: PIND - What you need to know about the many neurodegenerative diseases of UK children

17 March 2026

In this webinar, Dr Christopher Verity explores the recognition and diagnosis of rare neurodegenerative diseases in children and provides practical guidance on designing epidemiological studies, drawing on insights from the BPSU PIND study

Course

Neonatal & Paediatric ECG & Arrhythmia Course

21 January 2026

This is a basic plus course that will upskill clinicians and allied health professionals in neonatal and paediatric ECG interpretation and relevant management

Academic medicine

Anaesthesia

Cardiovascular

Child and adolescent mortality

Community child health

Emergency medicine

General paediatrics

Intensive care medicine

Course

Neonatal Cardiology including POCUS (Remote Delivered)

14 January 2026

This is a Basic Plus Online Course that will benefit neonatal consultants & trainees, paediatricians with neonatal interest and critical care doctors and advanced nurse practitioners, and researchers who have commenced or intend to commence performing echocardiograms on neonates. The Course aims to ...

Inherited metabolic medicine

Intensive care medicine

Course

Point of Care Ultrasound – lung & lines, abdomen & heart (Hands on)

21 February 2026

Brighton

This Course will benefit Paediatric and Neonatal consultants & trainees, and advanced nurse practitioners, and researchers in the diagnostic use of ultrasound as per POCUS guidance. The Course aims to deliver the essential theoretical knowledge and practical experience with helpful tips relevant to ...

Intensive care medicine

Academy of Medical Sciences - Professorship Scheme [OPEN]

This scheme supports to biomedical and healthcare researchers taking up a full Professorship in the UK.

Award programme/theme

Fellowship (award type)

Funding amount range

£250,001 to £500,000

Maximum duration

5 years

Submission deadline

3 September 2025

Paediatric Educators' Special Interest Group - Medical Education Research Grants [CLOSED]

This award is for PEdSIG members who wish to undertake medical education research.

Award programme/theme

Research support grant

Funding amount range

Under £50,000

News

Dr Tom Waterfield wins the 2021 Donald Paterson prize

12 May 2021

In memory of Dr Donald Paterson, we offer this award to one individual for the best published paper in paediatrics from the last two years. We hear from the Paterson family and we speak to Tom about his winning publication and its importance for child health.

Individual profile

Professor Steve Turner, President

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BPSU study - Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)

Surveillance of Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) is due to commence in March 2021. In conjunction with parallel reporting through the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Surveillance System, this study aims to establish incidence rates of ARFID presenting to secondary health care, refe...

Area of medicine

Academic medicine

Allergies

Community child health

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BPSU study - Conservative care in end-stage kidney disease

This surveillance study commenced in September 2020. This study aims to identify children with ESKD who receive conservative care, to understand how the decision not to start renal replacement therapy is made and important factors that are considered in this decision-making process.