The science of paediatrics, child health research, and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

INTRODUCTION Having completed a five year term as Science & Research Vice President of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), I offer a personal reflection. I explain why I believe the science of paediatrics, and child health research in the UK, are vibrant and strong and present my view that with a strengthened RCPCH, and sustained vision by paediatricians, these could become an international beacon, benefiting child and population health globally. The science of paediatrics and child health research The word ‘science’ derives from the Latin scientia, meaning knowledge. The science of children's health and disease has its origins in antiquity. Cephalhaematoma was described by Hippocrates c400 BC, rickets by Galen c200 AD and neonatal tetanus and umbilical abscess by Ibn Sinha (Avicenna) c990 AD. In 1545, Thomas Phaire, represented on the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) coat of arms, wrote...
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Category: Pediatrics Authors: Tags: Liver disease, Immunology (including allergy), Drugs: infectious diseases, Hepatitis and other GI infections, Vaccination / immunisation, Childhood nutrition, Diet, Malnutrition, Child and adolescent psychiatry (paedatrics), Childhood nutrition (paediatri Source Type: research