Happy Anniversary to Clinical Futures

Clinical Futures, a Center of Emphasis within Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's (CHOP) Research Institute, is celebrating its first anniversary.

Clinical Futures originated as part of CHOP's Pediatric Generalist Research Group, which was formed to perform health services research. In 2007, the Pediatric Generalist Research Group split into two centers, the Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness (CPCE) and PolicyLab. Under the leadership of Director Alexander Fiks, MD, MSCE CPCE began a strategic planning initiative in 2019 to clarify the Center's vision and enhance its impact on pediatric clinical effectiveness research.

In 2022, CPCE underwent a renaming process to become Clinical Futures. Since October 2022, Clinical Futures has continued to achieve excellence in pediatric research and implementation. In this video, watch as their passionate and dynamic multidisciplinary team of clinicians, researchers, biostatisticians, private investigators, faculty, and leadership proudly tell the story of Clinical Futures.

Access the video transcript

"As the Director of Clinical Futures, I'm proud of the tremendous work that our faculty and staff have accomplished over the past year. I hope that by focusing our strategy and research methodological pillars, we can make an even greater impact and continue to improve the lives of children for decades to come" Dr. Fiks said.

Clinical Futures investigators employ various approaches, research designs, statistical tools and analytic models to conduct clinical effectiveness research both prospectively and retrospectively.

These Research Methodological Pillars include:

• Biostatistics
• Clinical Epidemiology
• Clinical Trials
• Comparative Effectiveness
• Implementation Science
• Social Science Methods In Healthcare Delivery

To learn more about this research and approach, please visit the Clinical Futures website.