Flint Corner

MSU-Hurley Children's Hospital Pediatric Public Health Initiative (PPHI)

The MSU-Hurley Children's Hospital Pediatric Public Health Initiative (PPHI) was formed in January of 2016 with the goals to help address Flint's lead exposure and better the lives of children in the local Flint area. Many experts in various fields of study are collaborating in this effort to ensure success in bettering the lives of flint residents.

For more information on this initiative visit http://humanmedicine.msu.edu/pphi/

We are fortunate to have many amazing faculty putting their efforts into bettering the lives of Flint residents. These faculty include:

Image of Nigel Paneth Nigel Paneth

University Distinguished Professor, RAIND Co-Director,

Pediatrician, and Epidemiologist

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Mona Hanna-Attisha

Pediatrician, Hurley Children's Hospital & Assistant Professor

Department of Pediatrics and Human Development

Jane Turner

Professor

Department of Pediatrics and Human Development

Lauren O'Connell

Developmental Behavioral Pediatrician

Department of Pediatrics and Human Development

ECHO Initiative

Nigel Paneth, MSU University Distinguished Professor of epidemiology and biostatistics in the College of Human Medicine, will lead a new research grant from the National Institute of Health.

The ECHO Initiative will address Flint's enviromental factor effects on our health.

"A $4.8 million grant awarded to Michigan State University from the National Institutes of Health will help Michigan’s top three research universities, a leading health care system and a state health agency investigate how exposure to a range of environmental factors in early development influences the health of children and adolescents.

Joining MSU as collaborators on the national Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes, or ECHO, initiative are the University of Michigan, Wayne State University, Henry Ford Health System and Michigan Department of Health and Human Services."

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