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The 2025 Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Meeting will be held April 24-28 in Honolulu, Hawaii. This event is organized to connect the global academic pediatric community to advance scientific discovery and promote innovation in child and adolescent health.
This year, Clinical Futures and PolicyLab will be represented by more than 33 members,…
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It’s been a remarkable year for Clinical Futures! In January 2023, we launched the Research In Practice Blog. As we prepare to ring in the new year, let's look back at some of our favorite blog posts from the year.
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In 2006, CDC began recommending the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine series for eligible adolescents to confer protection against the vast majority of HPV-attributable cancers, including cancers of the mouth, throat, head, neck, and genitals. Since 2006, rates of these cancer-causing HPV infections have dropped significantly. The HPV vaccine series should be administered prior to environmental exposure to the HPV virus, and evidence shows that initiation before age 13 is ideal. However, HPV vaccine rates in this age group remain well below the 80% national target and recently stopped…
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Clinical Futures is pleased to recognize Aditi Vasan, MD, MSHP for receiving a 2023 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Patient-Centered Research Career Development Award (K08). This highly competitive award program provides individuals with a clinical doctorate degree who are interested in health services research with salary and research support for 3-5 years to advance their research career development experience. Dr. Vasan is an instructor of pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania, a general pediatric hospitalist at CHOP, and a Core Faculty member at Clinical Futures…
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Primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1) is a rare genetic disease that can have serious life-threatening complications. Early signs of PH1--primarily kidney stones—can be mistaken as signs of other health issues, but the introduction of novel therapeutics creates new opportunities for early detection and treatment than can vastly improve outcomes for individuals with this disease. Dr. Tasian and his research colleagues hypothesized that a set of features that precedes the diagnosis of PH1 may, if identified, enable earlier detection and treatment.
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Adolescence is a pivotal stage of development characterized by significant physical and social changes. During this period, young people experience increased independence, make personal decisions, rely more on peer relationships, and may engage in risk-taking behaviors. This critical phase is often marked by the emergence of substance use, initiation of sexual activity, a rise in depression rates, and increased access to firearms. Adolescents face numerous health vulnerabilities that can impact their well-being and long-term health. This blog post highlights a recently published study that…
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Infants born prematurely have a greater likelihood of experiencing complications and health issues. One such issue is early-onset sepsis (EOS)—a serious and potentially fatal infection of the blood and/or cerebrospinal fluid occurring within the first three days after birth. Delivery characteristics – including mode of delivery, presence of labor, and rupture of membranes (ROM) duration prior to delivery – are all thought to contribute to EOS risk. However, a framework was lacking to understand the association of these combinations of delivery characteristics with EOS incidence in preterm…
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This year the 2023 AAP National Conference & Exhibition will take place in Washington, D.C., from October 20 - 24, 2023. It is a great opportunity for pediatricians and other health professionals from around the world to meet and learn from each other.
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The Childhood Opportunity Index (COI) is a tool that relatively weights 29 neighborhood attributes and synthesizes them into a measure that predicts health and economic outcomes. COI has been recognized as useful for estimating and predicting other health outcomes. Our clinical researchers noticed overlapping clinical measures and parallels to other COI associations, and they suspected that the COI might also be representative of pediatric primary care outcomes related to preventive care access and child well-being.
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October 2023 marks one year since Clinical Futures announced our new name and identity. Since then, we've continued to achieve excellence in pediatric research and implementation. Watch as our multidisciplinary team of clinicians, researchers, biostatisticians, and experts tell the story of our Center.
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Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is a very serious chronic lung condition disease which can result when respiratory support is provided for newborns whose lungs are underdeveloped at birth. BPD is associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality, and babies with BPD require increased care and health services. It is known that inequities in both prevalence and outcomes of BPD exist, and our pediatric researchers wanted to know more about how racial disparities and social vulnerability affected health outcomes among infants with BPD. The research team used the CDCs demographics-…
