For over a year, an interdisciplinary team from PolicyLab and the University of Pennsylvania have been maintaining a unique county-level COVID-19 forecasting model known as COVID-Lab, which has helped inform the efforts of policymakers…

Firearms are one of the leading causes of death for children. Despite calls for gun safety measures, advancing firearm research that could spur action on evidence-based policies to protect youth has proven difficult. In new PolicyLab…

PolicyLab’s Behavioral Health Portfolio is recognizing Mental Health Awareness Month with a new blog post, written in collaboration with partners in Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s (CHOP) Department of Child and Adolescent…

The Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting is where all the latest cutting-edge children’s health research is presented, and we are very excited to have many of our PolicyLab researchers participating this year. The…

Adolescence is a critical time of development and teens face many unique challenges to their health and well-being. From navigating the transition to adult care, behavioral health concerns, sexual and reproductive issues, and now the…

Last week, President Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan (ARP), which includes a temporary expansion of the Child Tax Credit. This expansion provides a cash benefit to many families with dependent children and has the…

Members of immigrant communities and those with limited English proficiency (LEP) are more vulnerable to the health and social consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. This past summer, PolicyLab and collaborators conducted a survey of…

Even prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and related financial crisis, the U.S. was seeing a troubling increase in uninsurance and underinsurance among our nation’s youth. In a new video released today, we outline the current children’s…

Through PolicyLab’s joint pilot grant program with Clinical Futures, we get to review exciting proposals for research studies aimed at answering cutting edge clinical questions, developing or informing clinical programs, or influencing…

With months of experience designing and implementing multilayered safety plans, a significant increase in knowledge on the virus, and the introduction of long-awaited public health tools at their disposal, school leaders are better…