The Child and Maternal Health (CMH) Program of the CCTSI is a new clinical-translational research program focused on lifespan research. Because much of chronic disease is programmed during the period of life from conception through childhood, preemptive interventions are likely to have the widest impact if initiated during these periods. In addition, child health issues of all kinds must be investigated with the lifelong consequences kept in mind. Taking our cues from this insight, our Child and Maternal Health Research Program will be designed to provide specific support for multidisciplinary, integrated, translational research programs focused on problems that begin early in life and during childhood. Our vision is that solving such problems through clinical-translational research will preempt and prevent their adverse outcomes in later life. An important focus is to provide uniquely enriched environments to develop a new generation of child and maternal health researchers trained in the complexities of translational research involving maternal, maternal-child, and child health issues. The research initiative in CMH addresses the life trajectory of the mother and child. Our transformed CMH Program will be a scaffold for initiating new collaborations among basic, clinical, and translational scientists in multiple disciplines in both the medical center and the community, and for providing a streamlined infrastructure for longitudinal studies to accommodate lifespan research.
If you are interested in the CCTSI's CMH Program, please check out our CMH Pilot Grant Program.