Research and Evidence team

We coordinate research activity and works across the College to ensure that outputs are evidence-based and their impact is appropriately evaluated. We develop guidelines, and support members and specialist groups with guideline development, and produce child protection evidence reviews.

We work internally and externally to promote child health research, influence key bodies to fund and carry out more high quality child health research and support staff, our membership and wider child health professionals to design, deliver and disseminate research.  We want to increase paediatric research capacity and ensure that all those involved in paediatric research have the skills and knowledge to actively involve children and young people in research.

Recent content

News

An interview with Dr Thomas Isaac, inaugural winner of the Williams Syndrome Cooper Bursary 2025

In 2025, we launched the Williams Syndrome Cooper Bursary, a new research award established in collaboration with the Williams Syndrome Foundation. The bursary recognises the best scientific paper relating to paediatric learning disability that has been published or accepted for publication within t...
Event

Academic Trainees Day 2026

18 November 2026
This free online event aims to support resident doctors who have research experience. We will cover the fundamentals of child health research through plenary talks and engaging, practical workshops.
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Digital health skills survey 2024-2025 - results

RCPCH members were invited to complete our survey about their skills, experience and confidence in using digital health technologies, their preferences for training and to what extent they participate in decision-making. These findings will help us develop resources to support members' skills now an...
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Digital health solutions survey 2024-25 - results

RCPCH members were invited to complete our survey to identify the digital health solutions in the workplace, their experiences of using them and their general views of the usefulness, benefits and challenges, barriers and facilitators to adopting these. We present the key findings from this survey a...