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Developing careers and strategies to promote advocacy and child health the APS-SPR virtual chat series

Pediatric Research volume 93, pages 63–71 (2023)Cite this article

Steve Abman (SA): We are pleased to welcome you to our joint American Pediatric Society (APS) and Society for Pediatric Research (SPR) Virtual Chat Series on the challenges of academic medicine. Past sessions have included conversations on many aspects of academic medicine, including issues of career development, navigating career transitions, the “pipeline,” valuing and achieving diversity in academic medicine, and many other topics. Today’s session is entitled “Developing careers and strategies to promote advocacy and child health.” As pediatricians, we clearly recognize the vital importance of advocacy to optimize the health and well-being of our children and their families. Success within many roles, achievements and activities of academic medicine, as related to clinical care, research, training, community engagement, and public policy are all strongly dependent on successful advocacy. This is especially true in this time of so many overlapping challenges, including COVID, health disparities, racism and social injustice, and many issues regarding health-care delivery.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Tufts Children’s Hospital and Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA

    Jonathan M. Davis

  2. Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Moira Szilagyi

  3. Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan School of Medicine and the Susan B. Meister Center for Child Health Services Research, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Gary L. Freed

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Davis, J.M., Szilagyi, M. & Freed, G.L. Developing careers and strategies to promote advocacy and child health the APS-SPR virtual chat series. Pediatr Res 93, 63–71 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41390-021-01826-7

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