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Child & Adolescent Health

IHPI experts strive to enhance knowledge that can improve child and adolescent health through research that examines the quality, equity, delivery and costs of the care and services that the youngest and often most vulnerable need to thrive throughout their lives.
 

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Susan B. Meister Child Health Evaluation and Research Center (CHEAR)

A multidisciplinary health services research unit, based in the Division of General Pediatrics, that brings together faculty from multiple pediatric subspecialty disciplines, other departments from the school of medicine and across the University of Michigan to address the most pressing child health issues of the day. 

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Sara Pasquali
Sara Pasquali, M.D., M.H.S.
Congenital heart disease outcomes and quality
Patricia Purcell
Patricia Purcell, M.D., M.P.H.
Clinical outcomes research for children with hearing loss
Courtney Shepard
Courtney Streur, M.D., M.S.
Improving the transition to adulthood for adolescents with disabilities
Rebecca Hasson
Rebecca Hasson, Ph.D.
Physical activity promotion and obesity prevention
Jeremy Adler
Jeremy Adler, M.D., M.Sc.
Improving outcomes for pediatric inflammatory bowel disease
K Elizabeth Speck
K. Elizabeth Speck, M.D., M.S., F.A.C.S.
Pediatric surgical outcomes research and implementation science
Caroline Hogan
Caroline Hogan, M.D.
Preventive health interventions and health policy
Fola Odetola
Folafoluwa (Fola) Odetola, M.B.Ch.B., M.P.H.
Pediatric critical care delivery process evaluation
Olivia Killeen
Olivia Killeen, M.D.
Access to eye care for children and adults