Coalition News & Statements
Coalition Welcomes Release of Report and Recommendation On How NIM Can Support Child Health
The Coalition for Pediatric Medical Research welcomed today’s release of the National Academies’ Strategies to Enhance NIH-Funded Research: Optimizing Child Health report and recommendations. The Coalition took this idea to Congress and worked to secure its inclusion in the Fiscal Year 2024 spending bill. “The Coalition thanks the National Academies leadership and staff and the study…
Read More Coalition Responds to NICHD RFI on Extramural Research Training & Career Development
WASHINGTON (April 17, 2024) – The Coalition for Pediatric Medical Research on Monday submitted a comprehensive response to the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Request for Information (RFI) in response to recommendations made earlier this year regarding the Institute’s career development and training programs. The Coalition supports several of…
Read More Coalition Applauds Reintroduction of Bipartisan Bill to Enhance Support for Early-Career Pediatric Medical Researchers
Washington (July 21, 2023) – The Coalition for Pediatric Medical Research, which consists of about two dozen of the nation’s most research-intensive children’s hospitals, applauded the recent reintroduction of the bipartisan and bicameral Pediatricians Accelerate Childhood Therapies Act (S. 2345 and H.R. 4714) which will strengthen National Institutes of Health (NIH) programs to support early-stage…
Read More Coalition Urges Senate Panel to Consider Research Workforce
The Coalition for Pediatric Medical Research sent a letter to Senate HELP Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders and Ranking Member Bill Cassidy in response to their request for information on shortages in the healthcare workforce. In its letter, the Coalition urged Senators to consider the research workforce needs as part of this overall effort. To read…
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