CHOP & Penn Medicine Receive $50m NIH Grant: Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program

A multidisciplinary group of researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and Penn Medicine just secured access to a $50 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to investigate the impact of environmental influences on pregnancy and children's health. The research program is part of the NIH's Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program, which funds research to uncover how environmental exposures during preconception, pregnancy and early life affect children's long-term health.

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