A group of children’s hospitals from across the country will coordinate on the response to future pandemics and other disasters through a new $29 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration. The group, known as the Pediatric Pandemic Network, will focus on the unique needs and challenges to children during pandemics and disasters, ensuring that health equity is at the forefront of emergency planning.
The five hospitals are:
- Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C. (lead institution)
- Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
- University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Pediatrics at Children’s of Alabama
- Children’s Mercy Kansas City
- Seattle Children’s
The hub for this grant will be located at the newly opened Children’s National Research & Innovation Campus (pictured) – the site of the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Work will take place in the renovated Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. Read more.
