Description

Sandra L. Fenwick Institute’s Pediatric Health Policy and Research Symposium provides a one-of-a-kind forum for discourse on research related to pediatric health equity and policy. It is an opportunity to bring together researchers and leaders working to advance health equity for children.

Keynote Speaker

Elena Fuentes-Afflick, MD, MPH, is the Association of American Medical Colleges’ (AAMC) Chief Scientific Officer and leads the association’s programs that support medical research and the training of physician-scientists and researchers in academic medicine. She provides leadership and vision for addressing research and science policy and other related critical issues facing academic medicine, medical schools, teaching health systems, and teaching hospitals.

 

 

Course Format 

This will be presented in-person only. Location to be announced soon. 

Call for Original Research Abstracts

Original research abstracts for studies focused on child health policy and/or health outcomes in underserved populations are invited for submission. Research topics for abstracts may include but are not limited to: underserved populations as well as the association of social policies, legislation and social determinants of health on child health outcomes. Authors of accepted abstracts will be invited for oral presentations of their work. Abstracts submitted by trainees, students, and post-docs are welcome.

All invited research presenters will be expected to attend the Symposium in-person. Meeting registration fees will be waived for all presenters.

We will be accepting abstracts from March 1 to May 12. Notifications about abstract acceptance will be sent in June.

Now Closed

Learning Objectives: 

At the conclusion of this educational program, learners will be able to:

• Describe current research focused on pediatric health and policy
• Examine possible approaches for advancing pediatric health through policy
• Apply skills for advocacy and neighborhood measures to pediatric health and policy research

To register, please click on the register tab above. If this is your first time registering for a conference at Boston Children’s Hospital, you will need to create an account. Returning users can log in to their account to complete the registration process.   

Registration Type	Price
General Registration	$250.00

Course Cancellation, Transfer & Refund Policy

In-Person Course Registrations: For in person course registrations, refunds are available on the following schedule: 100% refund up to 8 weeks before the first day of the course; 50% refund up to 2 weeks before the first day of the course; No refunds will be processed for cancellations within 2 weeks of the first day of the course

Boston Children’s offers the opportunity to change your attendance preference: Should your circumstances change after you have registered for the IN-PERSON program, you have the ability to change from one attendance option to the other up until two weeks before the program begins. Please contact us via email if you would like to make a change.

“No shows” for both in person courses are subject to the full course fee and no refunds will be issued once the course has started.

Refunds will be made in the following ways: For payments received by credit or debit cards, the same credit/debit card will be refunded.

*If you have extenuating circumstances, please contact us at continuingeducation@childrens.harvard.edu

Cancellation of Services

Although highly unlikely, in case an event is canceled or postponed, Boson Children’s can provide a full refund or offer a credit towards future events to those who have already registered.