A founding member of PolicyLab at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and senior fellow at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Center for Public Health Initiatives, Dr. Guevara wants to help families connect with early intervention (EI) services to help children experiencing developmental delays get the best start in life.
Biomedical research advocates had hoped that a surge in research and development funding in the 2014 budget would be the best medicine for the National Institutes of Health, which has been impaired by mandated across-the-board sequestration cuts.
Last week, President Obama signed into law the National Pediatric Research Network Act. The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and other leading children's hospitals making up the Coalition for Pediatric Medical Research lobbied Congress over a number of years to pass legislation that creates multi-institution pediatric research networks throughout the United States.
We're pleased to announce that during the 2012 Federal fiscal year, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute received more NIH funding than any other independent children's hospital. Children's Hospital received more than $125 million in NIH funds in 2012, beating out Boston Children's Hospital.
This good news is the latest in a series of #1 rankings and honors. In