Center for Child and Adolescent Health Research and Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital

The mission of theMassachusetts GeneralHospital Centerfor Child & Adolescent Health Research and Policy (CAHRP) is to build the scientific knowledge base in order to provide evidence for effective advocacy, policies and program development that promote the lifelong health and wellbeing of children, their families and the communities in which they live and grow. Through innovative, multilevel research that is based on principles of social justice and the view that child development is a dynamic process of changing interactions between biology, behavior, and the physical and social environment, the Center works to improve lifecourse health development and the quality of systems serving children, families and communities and also to reduce health disparities.