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Life Course Translational Research Network

Accelerating Upstream Together

Accelerate means to work faster to improve MCH outcomes and eliminate disparities. At the LCIRN we are approaching this in three ways.

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Center Updates

Center Director, Dr. Neal Halfon, to present CDI Scientific Seminar

Dr. Halfon to present at UCLA CDI Seminar on February 15th.

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Life Course Translational Research Network

Charting the Life Course: an interdisciplinary blueprint

The NCATS Life Course Research Visual Toolkit, Charting the Life Course: An Interdisciplinary Blueprint, is now available.

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Life Course Translational Research Network

Children’s Mental Health and the Life Course Model

With rapidly rising rates of mental health disorders, the need for a better understanding of the developmental origins and influence of mental health.

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Center Updates

Connect with the Center at AMCHP 2024!

We're excited to be attending the 2024 AMCHP Annual Conference in Oakland, CA.

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Life Course Translational Research Network

COVID-19 and Children’s Well-Being: a Rapid Research Agenda

The LCIRN created a COVID-19 rapid research agenda in 2021.

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Life Course Translational Research Network

Framework for Life Course Intervention Research

The Life Course Intervention Research Framework sets out a stepwise approach to intervention development.

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Data Informed Futures

Introducing Data Informed Futures

Data Informed Futures (previously TECCS) offers unique, neighborhood-level data and mapping throughout the course of a child's life.

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Life Course Translational Research Network

Introducing the Life Course Translational Research Network (LCT-RN)

The Life Course Intervention Research Network (LCIRN) is now the Life Course Translational Research Network (LCT-RN)

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Data Informed Futures

Latest Research on Children and Adolescents Using Data from the EDI and MDI

New research shows how middle schoolers fared in the pandemic and how neighborhood conditions impact children's growth and well-being.

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LCIRN Co-Hosts 2022 INRICH Workshop

We co-hosted the 13th Annual Workshop of the International Network for Research into Inequalities in Child Health (INRICH).

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LCIRN Pilot and Feasibility Program

The LCIRN has launched the Pilot & Feasibility program with five inaugural pilot projects.

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Life Course Translational Research Network

LCIRN Year 2 in Review

The LCIRN continues to grow and has finished its COVID-19 Research Agenda.

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Life Course Translational Research Network

Now Available: The Handbook of Life Course Health Development

LCHD as an innovative field with a sound theoretical framework for understanding wellness and disease from a lifespan perspective.

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Life Course Translational Research Network

Putting the I in LCIRN

We need to rethink our approach and transform outdated and ineffectual systems.

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