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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…

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…

Coalition Issues White Paper and Recommendations to Inform ARPA-H Operations

The Coalition for Pediatric Medical research prepared a white paper, including a set of recommendations, to inform the operations of the recently constituted Advanced Research Projects Agency – Health (ARPA-H). The Coalition developed the white paper to help ensure the agency is not structured in a way that it limits opportunities on child health research…