Kathleen Noonan, JD and Dorothy Miller, JD, MPH analyzed child welfare agency laws, policies, and regulations in sixteen states.  Their Article argues that, given new federal requirements related to psychotropic medications and chil...

Dr. Senbagam Virudachalam wants to ensure that parents of young children have the skills and confidence to regularly prepare healthy food at home.  Read Philly.com article about Dr. Virudachalam's work and a new CHOP and Aramark ini...

Implementing the ACA-Obamacare: Multi-Stakeholder Perspectives  This course will examine the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act across the country through the eyes of different stakeholders, including ...

See commentary, Bending the Value Curve, written by Evan Fieldston, Jennifer Jonas and Mallika Marar in Hospital Pediatrics, where they discuss the shortfalls of focusing on costs alone when it comes to health care spending in the U...

On June 10, PolicyLab released a report, Supporting the Needs of Students Involved with the Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice System in the School District of Philadelphia, at a press conference in partnership with the City, Scho...

Dr. Katherine Yun has been elected to serve on the Executive Committee of the Section on International Child Health (SOICH) at the American Academy of Pediatrics.  SOICH is committed to improving the health and well-being of the wor...

PolicyLab is pleased to announce that Meredith Matone was named to the fourth cohort of fellows for Chapin Hall's Doris Duke Fellowships. Read more about the fellowship and her work here.

May 3rd to 6th marks the annual meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies in Vancouver.  The event is hosted by the American Pediatric Society, the Society for Pediatric Research, the Academic Pediatric Association, and the Americ...

PolicyLab Co-Directors David Rubin and Kathleen Noonan present at CHOP Grand Rounds with their lecture entitled “The ACA and Pediatrics: Now and Going Forward."  The presentation describes key elements and goals of the Affordable Ca...

David Rubin deliberates as to whether Governor Corbett's fight to maintain Pennsylvania's CHIP program is politics as usual or actually something more - good policy. His musings can be found on Penn LDI's blog.