The Center for Prevention Science in Child and Family Health presents...
Child and Family Health Research Symposium
Date: September 18th, 2026
Time: 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Location: The Pearl, Wake Forest School of Medicine
Address: 905 Pearl Park Way, Charlotte, North Carolina, 28204
Present your research on child and family health from the past year, across the full translational science spectrum. This event is designed as an opportunity to showcase research projects in front of faculty, staff, and colleagues. Open to investigators from across all of Advocate
Lunch will be provided.
The keynote address by Dr. Alexander Fiks will be at 8 a.m. followed by a Poster session and Awards Ceremony from 9 a.m. - 12 p.m., with lunch provided. Faculty, fellows, residents, graduate students & medical students with the most meritorious research posters will be selected for awards.
Event Registration | Abstract Submission
Virtual Option
- Keynote address and research presentations will be both recorded both and broadcast via virtual platforms.
- A call for abstracts will be sent across the enterprise.
Call for Abstracts
We want to showcase your abstracts. Learn more about the abstract submission and guidelines.
Questions/Comments
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More about the Keynote Speaker
Dr. Fiks is a primary care pediatrician, a Professor of Pediatrics, and holds a Distinguished Endowed Chair in the Department of Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Board certified in clinical informatics, Dr. Fiks’ research is aimed at improving outcomes for ambulatory pediatric patients through primary care practice-based research with a focus on improving health and healthcare decision-making through health information technology.
With the American Academy of Pediatrics Pediatric Research in Office Settings Network, which he directs, Dr. Fiks has overseen the creation of the Collaborative Electronic Reporting for Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER2), an electronic health record database designed to support pharmacoepidemiologic and other comparative effectiveness studies that currently includes >3 million US children from across multiple health systems and independent practices.
Dr. Fiks is also the Steering Committee Chair for the Pediatric Research Consortium (PeRC), CHOP's practice-based research network and director of Clinical Futures, a CHOP Research Institute Center of Emphasis with more than 110 faculty. He also leads the Possibilities Project, a CHOP-based effort focused on primary care practice innovation and transformation.