PECARN Network
revised
2/12/16

Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Northeast, West and South (PEM-NEWS)

Institution:
Children's Hospital of New York, New York, NY

Principal Investigator:
Peter Dayan, MD, MSc

Title:
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Northeast, West and South (PEM-NEWS)

Goals and Objectives:

  1. To develop and obtain extramural grant funding for high-priority hospital and prehospital-based observational studies and clinical trials relevant to EMSC
  2. To successfully participate in all PECARN research, including the enrollment of a large volume of children into appropriate studies
  3. To broadly disseminate PECARN research findings
  4. To perform knowledge translation research in order to effectively translate EMSC-related evidence into clinical practice
  5. To forge collaborations with a broad coalition of stakeholders in EMSC in order to enhance PECARN’s research efforts

 

Hospital Emergency Department Affiliates (HEDAs):

  • Children's Hospital of New York, New York, NY
  • Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX
  • Children's Hospital Colorado, Denver, CO

EMS Affiliate:

  • Aurora Fire Department, Aurora, CO

EMSA Scientific Advisor:

  • Kathleen Adelgais, MD, MPH, The Children's Hospital of Colorado

 

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