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To elucidate the relationship between social determinants of health and health care utilization among children (<18 y old at the time of LT) who have undergone LT, Dr Bittermann and her team performed a retrospective study merging data from the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) and the Pediatric Health Information System (PHIS) database. Read more.

Authors

Bennett, Aaron D.; Morales, Knashawn H.; Huang, Yuan-Shung V.; Tam, Vicky; Shah, Amit; Loomes, Kathleen M.; Serper, Marina; Bittermann, Therese

Read more about Lower Child Opportunity Index is associated with increased health care utilization following pediatric liver transplantation

We are thrilled to announce the appointment of Tiffanie Jones, MD, MSCE, as the new Co-Director of the Master’s in Clinical Epidemiology (MSCE) Program... Read more.

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We’re excited to invite you to Cores Day 2025, taking place on Thursday, September 11, 2025, from 10 AM–1 PM in the Smilow lobby. Read more.

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Lisa brings over 20 years of experience in clinical research. Read more.

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Using electronic health record data from a national collaboration of pediatric health systems, this study examined the effectiveness of BNT162b2 vaccines for preventing COVID-19 infections and severe disease among previously uninfected children and adolescents.

Authors

Qiong Wu, PhD*; Jiayi Tong, MS*; Bingyu Zhang, MS; Dazheng Zhang, MS; Jiajie Chen, PhD; Yuqing Lei, MS; Yiwen Lu, BS; Yudong Wang, PhD; Lu Li, BA; Yishan Shen, MS; Jie Xu, PhD; L. Charles Bailey, MD, PhD; Jiang Bian, PhD; Dimitri A. Christakis, MD, MPH; Megan L. Fitzgerald, PhD; Kathryn Hirabayashi, MPH; Ravi Jhaveri, MD; Alka Khaitan, MD; Tianchen Lyu, MS; Suchitra Rao, MBBS, MSCS; Hanieh Razzaghi, PhD, MPH; Hayden T. Schwenk, MD, MPH; Fei Wang, PhD; Margot I. Gage Witvliet, PhD; Eric J. Tchetgen Tchetgen, PhD; Jeffrey S. Morris, PhD; Christopher B. Forrest, MD, PhD; and Yong Chen, PhD.

Read more about Real-World Effectiveness of BNT162b2 Against Infection and Severe Diseases in Children and Adolescents

Angela DeMichele, MD and her team have recently received a $10 million grant to expand their work on how to prevent breast cancer recurrence, which is often fatal.