Rounding out a week of soaring temperatures and some exciting research at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, we bring you this week's headline highlights, including last Friday's fun-filled Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation kickoff event, a series of CHOP experts featured in mainstream media articles, breakthroughs in helping to reduce children's pain in the emergency department, and more.
Your holiday season has been hectic, no doubt. Catch up with an early gift from us: Our biweekly roundup of research news from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia comes with all the trimmings!
More than 1,500 children die from child abuse in the U.S each year, and many more are injured. Hospitals, however, may be missing opportunities to protect these young victims of abuse.
Co-director of The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's PolicyLab David Rubin, MD, MSCE, was recently appointed to a government commission tasked with working to end child abuse and neglect-related deaths. Dr. Rubin is one of 12 experts from a variety of fields to be named to the Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities, and one of just six appointed by President Obama. Notably, Dr. Rubin is the only health care provider appointed to the commission.
