The Ryan White Center for Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Global Health at Indiana University School of Medicine is improving the health of children in Indiana and worldwide through the reduction and prevention of infection. With a research focus on malaria and HIV, infections that represent the leading causes of death and disability in children worldwide, faculty physicians at this center are recognized nationally for their work in global health. In 2020, with the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers in the Ryan White Center have initiated multiple SARS-CoV-2 studies in children and adults.
Malaria Research
Malaria research at the Ryan White Center for Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Global Health focuses on why children develop severe malaria and the neurodevelopment consequences of severe malaria. Investigators are exploring the risks of malaria in children with sickle cell disease and the effects of changing transmission on malaria immunity.
HIV Research
HIV research at IU School of Medicine’s Ryan White Center for Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Global Health focuses on adherence to HIV medications, stigma in HIV, disclosure of HIV status to children, evaluation and treatment of HIV in adolescents, and neurodevelopmental impairment in infants exposed to HIV.
COVID-19 Research
A look at studies being conducted in the Ryan White Center for Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Global Health on SARS-CoV-2 and the Indiana community.