The April 2018 issue of Current Opinion in Pediatrics features seven manuscripts authored by and about the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) research program, supported by the National Institutes of Health. Readers can find each of the manuscripts, one from each active ECHO Program Component, in the journal’s “Therapeutics and Toxicology” section. Together, they offer readers a glimpse into ECHO’s mission and progress from diverse vantage points.
“Current Opinion in Pediatrics gives us a forum to showcase how each of ECHO’s Components is working collectively toward the ECHO mission to enhance the health of children for generations to come,” said Matthew Gillman, ECHO program director, National Institutes of Health. “We developed ECHO on the premise that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. That premise applies equally to the ECHO Cohorts and the IDeA States Pediatric Clinical Trials Network. Their combined intellectual capital, disciplines, innovation, and analyses will bring us closer to our mission than individual cohorts or clinical trial sites could ever reach alone. I am inspired by the work across all ECHO Components to bring this premise to life.”
“Current Opinion in Pediatrics is a great platform for ECHO. As a publication that spans all the subspecialties and primary care, it represents a product that is more than the sum of its parts, just like ECHO,” said Robert Wright, the publication’s editor. “It is critical for the pediatric health care community to learn about ECHO and the exciting work that will one day change the way pediatrics is practiced.”
Readers can access all seven articles electronically in the journal’s April 2018 (volume 30, issue 2) publication or via the links below:
- Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes, a Research Program of the National Institutes of Health (ECHO Contributing Component: NIH ECHO Program Office)
- Coordination of the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes Program: So the Whole is Greater Than the Sum of its Parts (ECHO Contributing Component: Coordinating Center)
- An Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes Viewpoint of Data Analysis Centers for Collaborative Study Designs (ECHO Contributing Component: Data Analysis Center)
- Measurement Framework for the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes Research Program (ECHO Contributing Component: PRO Core)
- The Child Health Exposure Analysis Resource as a Vehicle to Measure Environment in the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes Program (ECHO Contributing Component: CHEAR)
- The Importance of Cohort Research Starting Early in Life to Understanding Child Health (ECHO Contributing Component: Pediatric Cohorts)
- The Institutional Development Award States Pediatric Clinical Trials Network: Building Research Capacity Among the Rural and Medically Underserved (ECHO Contributing Component: IDeA States Pediatric Network)