Academic and Research Skills
Clinical Research Pathway
Emergency Medicine
General Pediatrics
Health Services Research
Alex Fiks, MD, MSCE (he/him/his)
Professor of Pediatrics, Distinguished Endowed Chair in Pediatrics
Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia
Merion Station, Pennsylvania, United States
Todd Lyons, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Emergency Medicine
Boston Children's Hospital
Wayland, Massachusetts, United States
Christopher Stille, MD, MPH (he/him/his)
Professor and Section Head, General Academic Pediatrics
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Aurora, Colorado, United States
The PCRN SIG is a forum for PAS members who either are involved in or are planning to establish clinical research networks (defined as enduring multi-site clinical research collaborations). This year’s session topics are:
• In light of the recent declaration of a national emergency in child mental health, we will feature a discussion about mental health research currently underway in PCRNs. Investigators will describe their work in areas such as substance use screening, integrated behavioral care for children with complex needs, and new onset psychiatric illness. Participants will be asked to talk about challenges they have encountered, best practices, and to brainstorm about opportunities for collaboration between distinct networks working to improve behavioral health.
• A discussion about the challenges and opportunities experienced by network investigators in the context of the pandemic. Participants will be asked to share their experiences about conducting research during the pandemic, describe what they have done to adapt their studies to function in the current environment, how COVID-19 may impact their outcomes, and how it has shaped their grant planning for future applications.
SIG Speaker: Sion K. Harris, PhD – Harvard Medical School/Boston Children's Hospital
SIG Speaker: Lydia A. Shrier, MD, MPH – Boston Children's Hospital
SIG Speaker: Kristina Malik, MD – University of Colorado School of Medicine
SIG Speaker: Verenea J. Serrano, PhD – University of Colorado School of Medicine
SIG Speaker: Jennifer A. Hoffmann, MD – Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
SIG Speaker: Alex Fiks, MD, MSCE – The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
SIG Speaker: Todd W. Lyons, MD, MPH – Boston Children's Hospital
SIG Speaker: Christopher J. Stille, MD, MPH – University of Colorado School of Medicine