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APA Highlighted Sessions at PAS 2021 Virtual   This list is not inclusive of the all the outstanding programming. View the full PAS schedule.

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April 14, 2021 Hello members, Our annual PAS meeting is almost here! This is the time we normally look forward to for several reasons- we get to present our exciting ideas, we get to meet our old friends, colleagues and mentors and we get to spend some time in a nice place away from our…

The Academic Pediatric Association is a member of the Federation of Pediatric Organizations. On March 26, 2021, FOPO released a Statement on Anti-Asian Hate.

We are currently accepting applications for the position of Co-Chair of the Academic Pediatric Association (APA) Hospital Medicine Special Interest Group (SIG). There is one available elected position for a Co-Chair who will serve a three-year term starting July 2021. Three co-chairs with staggered terms run the APA Hospital Medicine SIG. The responsibilities of an APA Hospital Medicine SIG…

APA’s  Conference for Pediatric Quality Improvement Methods, Research and Evaluation is hosted annually prior to the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Meeting. Clinicians, investigators and individuals interested in implementation science and quality improvement (QI) research develop expertise and state-of-the-art approaches to developing, evaluating, and publishing the effectiveness of interventions.  This conference focuses on providing training to…

COCME releases guidelines for presenting posters in a digital environment. Check them and other educator resources out.  

March 10, 2021 Dear APA members, COVID-19 has consumed every bit of our minds and thoughts for the past one year. When the first case of SARS coV2 infection was diagnosed in the United States on January 20,2020, we knew very little about it. Little did we know how quickly it would spread across the…

The Board of the Academic Pediatrics Association is opening an active search for a Director for the COntinuity Research NETwork (CORNET), the national, practice-based research network of more than 125 pediatric residency programs (~60% of U.S. pediatric residency programs). CORNET reaches more than 6,000 pediatric residents and 1 million children across the country. The Network…

Due to an unexpected change in plans, the Child Health Equity Research Program for Post-doctoral Trainees (CHERPP-T) at the University of Washington School of Medicine (UW) has reopened its call for applications for the 2021-2023 class and has set a new deadline for receipt of application materials to March 5, 2021. CHERPP-T is a 2-year…