Uniting researchers & providers
For improving the health of mothers, children and adolescents
dIRECTOR
Elizabeth A. Shenkman, Ph.D.
I invite you to learn more about the work we do at the Institute for Child Health Policy.
our focus
Improving health outcomes
Conducting evidence-based research with real-world impact to improve the health of children, teens and young adults.
Leveraging big data
Utilizing large and diverse data sets to build new infrastructure and improve the efficiency and accuracy of children’s health research.
Advancing health research
Pioneering new research methods, technologies and innovative study designs to improve children’s health research.
Helping the most vulnerable
Improving children’s health by increasing immunizations, preventing drug abuse, improving oral health and managing diabetes. This is only the beginning.
UF Health & CTSI
Pediatric Antibiotic Stewardship Project
In partnership with the UF Clinical and Translational Science Institute, this implementation project intends to improve antibiotic prescribing for children with acute respiratory tract infections (ARTIs) in outpatient settings in Georgia and Florida.
News and updates
UF researchers work to enhance HPV self-testing…
Influential input at conference on dissemination…
Implementing research on antibiotics for children…
Supporting community
Tobacco control
Tobacco free for kids
Some of our team members supported local efforts in Alachua County in 2019 to raise the age for tobacco sales to 21. It was the first county in Florida to make this change.
