Swiss TPH Awarded New Grant for Early Career Researchers

Electronic clinical decision support tools are designed to improve the quality o
Electronic clinical decision support tools are designed to improve the quality of care for sick infants in LMICs. (Photo: Swiss TPH)
Electronic clinical decision support tools are designed to improve the quality of care for sick infants in LMICs. (Photo: Swiss TPH) - The Botnar Research Centre for Child Health is supporting five new research projects within its new initiative, Postdoctoral Excellence Programme (PEP), which aims to foster the next generation of scientific leaders. One of the projects has been awarded to two researchers at Swiss TPH, Gillian Levine and Tracy Glass, who will conduct work on an electronic clinical decision support tool for young infants for the next three years. The Botnar Research Centre for Child Health (BRCCH) has announced five new research projects around the topic of child health within their Postdoctoral Excellence Programme (PEP). One of these projects has been awarded to Swiss TPH, with the aim to enhance and test an electronic clinical decision support tool for young infants in lowand middle-income countries (LMICs). "The aim of the tool is to improve the quality of care for sick young infants in LMICs," said Tracy Glass, group leader at Swiss TPH. "The tool could have a big impact on the well-being of this extremely vulnerable and understudied group.
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