There’s no doubt that a student’s health can influence their academic achievement. As students around the country are starting a new school year, we thought it would be a good time to examine this relationship and consider ways that...

On October 22, PolicyLab is hosting a 10th anniversary convening of regional and national leaders in children’s health policy and practice. Join policymakers, advocates and researchers for a day of presentations and discussion on to...

All youth deserve the healthiest start to life possible, but transgender and gender-expansive youth face unique challenges that impact their physical and mental health—challenges that can stem not just from their medical needs, but ...

The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program provides much-needed primary medical care and essential support services for individuals living with HIV who are uninsured or underinsured. Vulnerable populations such as adolescents and young adults ...

Evidence-based home visiting services, funded through the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program, provide tremendous support to low-income families in Pennsylvania and around the country. While these pr...

For parents of children with complex chronic conditions, the challenges of coordinating and providing care for their children are often at odds with maintaining employment, forcing families to make difficult choices around job stabi...

In 2008, a doctor and a lawyer came together to form a research center that would leverage both of their expertise to address some of the biggest health and health care challenges facing children and families. Ten years later, Polic...

PolicyLab researcher Brian Jenssen, MD, MSHP, wrote an opinion piece for PennLive that provides an overview on the efficacy of Tobacco 21, an initiative that would raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco to 21. This initiative is ...

A number of PolicyLab researchers are heading to Toronto for the Pediatric Academic Societies' (PAS) annual meeting May 5-8. Each year, several of our investigators attend this event to share their latest projects with colleagues fr...

One of the key ways that medical innovation and advancement happens is if those embedded in the medical field apply an entrepreneurial framework to their work and research. PolicyLab researcher Dr. Brian Jenssen is part of Children’...