# Pediatric Research Center Keywords: version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"? version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"? ## Finland’s largest research community for pediatric diseases Research is the basis of good care. We use science to promote the health of children by finding new methods of preventing, identifying, and treating illnesses. The Pediatric Research Center (PRC) is located in Helsinki, in the Meilahti hospital area. Here, our research groups work in the largest Faculty of Medicine in Finland, the largest children’s hospital in the Nordic countries and several other research institutes located in the area. [ Information about Pediatric Research Center ](/en/research-and-education/scientific-research/pediatric-research-center/information-about-pediatric) [ Ongoing research in the Pediatric Research Center ](/en/research-and-education/scientific-research/pediatric-research-center/ongoing-research-pediatric) [ Becoming a Pediatric Researcher ](/en/research-and-education/scientific-research/pediatric-research-center/becoming-pediatric-researcher) ## News & Events [ Medix Prize of the Minerva Foundation awarded to Timo Otonkoski’s group (opens in new window, links to another website) ](https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/centre-of-excellence-in-stem-cell-metabolism/news-events/medix-prize-of-the-minerva-foundation-awarded-to-timo-otonkoskis-group)  [ Data Lake benefits pediatrics research (opens in new window, links to another website) ](https://www.hus.fi/en/newsroom/data-lake-benefits-pediatrics-research)  [ A smart jumpsuit provides information on infants’ movement and development (opens in new window, links to another website) ](https://www.helsinki.fi/en/news/healthier-world/smart-jumpsuit-provides-information-infants-movement-and-development)  ## Press releases ### [ Hemispheric surgery can treat severe epilepsy in children ](/en/newsroom/hemispheric-surgery-can-treat-severe-epilepsy-children) Press release - 5.11.2024, 12:25  ### [ A new disease causing short stature and multi-organ dysfunction discovered ](/en/newsroom/new-disease-causing-short-stature-and-multi-organ-dysfunction-discovered) Press release - 26.9.2024, 14:21  ### [ Promising treatment for APECED, a disease causing severe yeast infection and endocrine disorder ](/en/newsroom/promising-treatment-apeced-disease-causing-severe-yeast-infection-and-endocrine-disorder) Press release - 10.6.2024, 10:37  ### [ Children's surgery for a good quality of life ](/en/newsroom/childrens-surgery-good-quality-life) Article - 5.2.2024, 10:25  Updated: 18.09.2023