Vanderbilt Medical Center Takes Part in Landmark Study of Children’s Health

Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., has launched the largest long-term study of children’s health in national history in conjunction with another organization, according to a Vanderbilt news release.

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The National Children’s Study, in conjunction with the Davidson Partners for Children’s Health, will begin recruiting mothers and their unborn babies on Dec. 15. Overall, the study will track 100,000 children from before birth to age 21.

Vanderbilt is one of about 30 pilot sites for the study. The project will ultimately cover 105 areas across the nation.

Read the Vanderbilt news release on Vanderbilt’s involvement in the National Children’s Study.

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