This Program focuses on developing research that links PCC medicine and science to the epidemiology, prevention, and treatment of childhood disabilities. The Program sponsors competitive research on all aspects of PCC—including critical analyses of outcomes for children who are survivors of trauma, congenital anomalies, neonatal asphyxia, infectious processes, septic shock, and many other less common, but still devastating childhood processes.
The PCC Program also provides support for the Pediatric Critical Care Scientist Development Program (PCCSDP), a national faculty training and career development program that develops successful pediatric critical care physician scientists conducting research to enhance the scientific understanding, clinical management, and rehabilitation of pediatric critical illness.
Also through this Program, the NICHD supports the Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network, which serves as a national resource for studying the scientific bases of pediatric critical care medicine.