Mentored Fellow Research Award
A mentored research award for neonatal-perinatal medicine fellows interested in learning about and utilizing large data registries such as CHND for a scholarly project.
Program Aim
The CHNC Mentored Fellow Research Award provides project funding for neonatal-perinatal medicine fellows, supported by the CHNC. This program is designed for neonatal-perinatal fellows who are interested in pursuing scholarly work utilizing multi-site CHNC data. In alignment with the organization’s mission, “CHNC is dedicated to improving care and outcomes for infants in children’s hospital NICUs through sharing of data, information and ideas for benchmarking, research, and development of safety and quality improvement initiatives'', this grant provides the opportunity for fellows to engage in research during training that has the potential to impact the care and/or outcomes of neonates who are cared for in Level IV NICUs across the US and Canada.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be enrolled in neonatal-perinatal medicine fellowship at a participating CHNC site
- Applicants must have an additional two-year commitment (including research and clinical training) in an accredited neonatal-perinatal fellowship program from the award start date (annually in July)
Award Benefits
- CHNC analytic and statistical support for the trainee’s designed research proposal (up to 30 hours)
- CHNC mentorship (including content experts, data registry experts)
- Registration and travel funds (if applicable for in-person conference) for awardee at the CHNC Annual Symposium
Award Expectations
- Work presented at CHNC Symposium
- Submission of scholarly work product for publication
Application Timeline
(*dates vary and will be announced annually)
Informational webinar with Q&A session
Letter of Intent deadline
Full application and research proposal deadline
Applicants will be notified
Previous Recipients:
Phoenix Children's Hospital (2025)
Optimal Timing for Transcatheter Device Occlusion of the Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Premature Infants
Arkansas Children's Hospital (2025)
Change in Barriers and Facilitators of Kidney Replacement Therapy Across Time and Across Sites in Level IV NICUs in the Children’s Hospitals Neonatal Consortium
Boston Children’s Hospital (2024)
Risk Factors for Prematurity-Related Morbidity and Mortality in Neonates with Congenital Heart Disease
St. Louis Children’s Hospital (2024)
Genetic Diagnoses and Outcomes Among Infants with Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy
Mayo Eugenia Litta Children’s Hospital (2023)
Neonatal Onset Urea Cycle Disorders: Benchmarking Outcomes Across Level IV NICUs in the CHNC
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston (2022)
Neonatal Risk Factors for Pulmonary Vein Stenosis in Infants with Severe Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
St. Louis Children's Hospital (2022)
Association of Social Determinants of Health and Timing of Tracheostomy Placement for Severe Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
Children’s Hospital Colorado (2021)
Prevalence, Predictors, and Inter-Center Variability of Nasogastric Tube versus Gastrostomy Tube Feeding at Hospital Discharge among Preterm Infants
Children’s Hospital Colorado (2021)
Epidemiology of neonatal infections across neonatal intensive care units in the Children’s Hospitals Neonatal Consortium (CHNC) network
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