PolicyLab funds a variety of innovative research projects through a pilot grant program with Clinical Futures. Check out this section to learn about these projects.
Through this project, we plan to establish the feasibility and acceptability of randomizing monthly UCTs in the NICU, understand caregivers’ lived experiences, and explore the efficacy of monthly UCTs on caregiver psychological stress…
Following changes to prescribing guidelines in 2015, our team will examine longitudinal trends in psychotropic prescribing rates among Medicaid-enrolled children in Pennsylvania from 2016 to 2021. The analysis will pay particular…
Our team plans consolidate and disseminate best practices to help pediatric researchers engage in anti-racist research practices. We will review existing literature to identify best practices for conducting anti-racist research, and to…
Our team will evaluate the impact of neighborhood greenspace on the risk of child maltreatment in Philadelphia. Given our emphasis on addressing neighborhood investment as part of this project, we will begin by identifying and engaging…
Through this project, we will take a mixed-method, population-based approach to assess and understand the impact of the pandemic on immigrant mothers’ access to prenatal health care and outcomes. This includes disparities based on…
Through a mixed-methods approach, our team plans to detail the experiences of families and providers who utilize telehealth services for the assessment of ASD in young children, and determine the acceptability, benefits of, and…
Using a qualitative, youth-centered approach, our team aimed to understand the experiences of adolescents and young adults who menstruate and live in poverty in the U.S., identify the barriers and facilitators to adequate menstrual…
To further explore this issue, our team sought to evaluate the impact of the Philadelphia Beverage Tax on soda consumption among youth, and to understand the perceived fairness and effectiveness of the tax among low-income parents. In…
Our team mapped and described sanctuary areas in the United States and assessed their impact on Latinx population health. To do this, we built a novel, merged national dataset that links demographic information, birth outcomes and data…
To address this issue, our team plans to develop and test a unique telemedicine system that simulates pharmacist prescribing and dispensing of contraceptives to adolescent women through medication dispensing machines, or MedStations…
To build on the success of this parenting intervention, our team will assess a new four-session Positive Discipline Module with caregivers of children 2-6 years old who have completed the PriCARE program. The additional module is a…